DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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24 Years In Prison For Leader Of Crack Distribution Ring

(GREENVILLE, Tenn. - Marco Bobo, 39, of Forrest City, Arkansas was sentenced on November 21, 2016, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 292 months in federal prison. Upon his release from prison he will be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for five years...
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New London Man Sentenced To 34 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin Involved In Overdose

NOV 21 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Rudy Hernandez, 43, of New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P...
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Hartford Man Admits Distributing Heroin And Fentanyl

NOV 21 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Josemanuel Rios, also known as “Jay,” 40, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S...
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Major International Drug Traffickers Extradited For Importing Narcotics Into The United States

SAN DIEGO - Roberto Ponce-Rocha was extradited from Colombia on November 17, 2016, where he had been arrested for charges arising out of his leadership role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving the transportation of large-scale quantities of cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine into the United States. As part of the...
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Nephews Of First Lady Of Venezuela Found Guilty Of Conspiring To Import Cocaine Into The United States

(NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Efrain Antonio Campo Flores and Franqui Francisco Flores De Freitas were found guilty today of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States. Together with others, Campo Flores and Flores De...
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Former Doctor Sentenced In White Plains Federal Court To 18 Months In Prison For Selling Oxycodone Prescriptions

(NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD) George P. Beach II, the...
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Medical Doctor Convicted Of Federal ‘Structuring’ Charges

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles doctor has been convicted of federal “structuring” charges for making cash deposits totaling nearly a half million dollars in an effort to circumvent federal reporting requirements. Washington Bryan II, 48, of Westwood, was found guilty of 29 counts of structuring Thursday afternoon by a...
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Falmouth Doctor Convicted Of Tax Evasion, Illegal Drug Distribution And Health Care Fraud

NOV 18 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine announced that Dr. Joel A. Sabean, 69, of Falmouth, Maine, was found guilty today following a two-week jury...
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Tennessee Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

(GREENVILLE, Tenn. - George Mooneyham, 57, of Cosby, Tennessee was sentenced on November 16, 2016, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 120 months in federal prison. In July 2016, Mooneyham pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute marijuana. At the time of...
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Ohio Man Convicted In 200 Kilo Cocaine Conspiracy

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A U.S. District Court jury convicted Oscar Collado-Rivera, 32, of New Albany, Ohio of conspiring with others to distribute nearly 200 kilograms of cocaine involving at least $4 million in U.S. currency over a six-month period in 2015. U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman of the Southern District...