DEA Archived Press Releases

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Bucks County, Pennsylvania Doctor Pleads Guilty To Running Northeast Philadelphia Pill Mill

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Christopher Vassalluzzo, D.O., 47, of New Hope, PA, pleaded guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to operate an office that was, in fact, a “pill mill” that distributed millions of prescription controlled substance diet drugs outside a professional practice. Vassalluzzo’s office, where he had others operate...
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Philadelphia Man Sentenced To 188 Months In Prison For Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that Frederick Sellers was sentenced today to 188 months in prison following his...
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DEA Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

LOS ANGELES, CA - The Drug Enforcement Administration and its community partners throughout Nevada will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its...
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DEA Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

LAS VEGAS, NV - The Drug Enforcement Administration and its community partners throughout Nevada will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its...
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DEA Task Force Operation Takes Down Alleged Bridgeport Drug Trafficking Ring

HARTFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division, today announced that...
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DEA Atlanta Hosts Second Pill Take Back Event Community Encouraged To Turn In Unwanted & Expired Prescriptions At Numerous Sites

ATLANTA, GA. - On April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and numerous state and local law enforcement agencies will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring...
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Illinois Man To Plead Guilty To Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Drugs

BOSTON, MA. - An Illinois man was charged and has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to conspiracy to distribute prescription drugs. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Mark Dragonetti, Special Agent in Charge...
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Centralia Man Sentenced To 120 Months On Crack Cocaine Charges

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - . - A Centralia, Illinois, man, convicted of distributing crack cocaine, was sentenced to 120 (10 years), in federal prison on March 24, 2011, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. James M. Strowder, 21, of Centralia...
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United States Attorney Announces Indictment Of Major Cocaine Distribution Organization

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - . - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois announced that a federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis, has returned a 29 count indictment charging 23 individuals with being members of a large cocaine distribution organization. The indictment...
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The New Orleans Field Division DEA Office Is Taking Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs April 30, 2011

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - On April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Drug Enforcement (DEA) has partnered with Local Law Enforcement Agencies to give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring...