DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Texas Syndicate Gang Member “Diablo” Sentenced for Third Federal Drug Charge

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 58-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been sentenced to a total of 200 months in prison for meth trafficking and two supervised release violations, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani...
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Georgia Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Armed Fentanyl Trafficking

ALBANY, Ga. –A Southwest Georgia resident with a lengthy criminal history who distributed kilograms of fentanyl and other deadly drugs while in possession of firearms and ammunition was sentenced to serve 40 years in federal prison for his crimes. Larry Roger Sparks, Jr., 46, of Albany, was sentenced to serve...
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Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Selling Fentanyl That Killed One Woman, Hospitalized Another

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Thursday sentenced a man who sold the fentanyl that killed one woman and sent another to the hospital in one day in 2019 to 14 years in prison. Zachary Hovis, 24, provided fentanyl to an 18-year-old woman in the parking...
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Armed Robber Exiled to 35 Years In Federal Prison

SEP 11 -- (Baltimore, Maryland) - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Rahsean Holmes, age 30, today to 35 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit a commercial robbery, conspiracy to distribute narcotics, use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime...
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Two Charged In Frederick County Meth Lab Bust

SEP 9 -- (Baltimore, MD) – On September 5, 2008, Toby Thomas, age 34, and Rose Johnson, age 31, both of Frederick, Maryland were charged by complaint today with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, after law enforcement searched their residence early this morning and seized items used to produce methamphetamine, announced...
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Operator of Charm City Motors Sentenced to Almost 11 Years

AUG 8 -- (Baltimore, Maryland) - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Harrington Campbell, age 34, of Baltimore, today to 130 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and structuring...
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Fairfax County Man Pleads Guilty to Drug, Gambling Charges

AUG 5 -- (ALEXANDRIA, VA) -– Dwight F. Day, Jr., 45, of Fairfax Station, Virginia, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and conspiracy to engage in an illegal gambling business. Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Shawn Johnson...
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Pharmacy Owners Convicted of Illegally Selling 10 Million Hydrocodone Pills Over The Internet, Laundering $20 Million in Proceeds and Failing to Pay Taxes

AUG 01 -- (Baltimore, Maryland) – A federal jury today convicted Steven Abiodun Sodipo, age 51, of Forest Hill, Maryland and Callixtus Onigbo Nwaehiri, age 49, of Jarrettsville, Maryland of illegally selling 9,936,075 pills or dosage units of hydrocodone over the Internet, conspiracy to launder money, engaging in monetary transactions...
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26th Annual IDEC to be held in Turkey

JUN 30 --(Washington, D.C.) – On July 8-10, the Turkish National Police in cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will preside over the 26 th - annual International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC), which will bring together over 300 high-level drug law enforcement officials from 93 countries throughout the...
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Second Truck Driver Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison for Delivering Drugs in Marijuana and Cocaine Conspiracy

JUN 17 -- Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Robert May, also known as “Chico,” age 49 of Hazzard, Kentucky, today to 151 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine and over 1000 kilograms...