DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Police Chief, Mayor And Village Trustee Of Columbus, New Mexico Indicted In Federal Firearms Trafficking Case

LAS CRUCES, NM- - DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph A. Arabit, ICE Special Agent in Charge Manuel Oyola-Torres, ATF Special Agent in Charge William Newell, and United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales for the District of New Mexico announced today that a federal grand jury in New Mexico has...
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Boston Man Sentenced To 30 Years For The Attempted Murder Of A DEA Informant

BOSTON, MA. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; U.S Attorney Ortiz; Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis; and Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph D. McDonald, Jr. announced today that TREVOR A. WATSON - , 44, of Boston, was sentenced today to the...
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35 Members And Associates Of Barrio Azteca Gang Charged With Racketeering And Other Offenses, Including 10 Charged In U.S Consulate Murders In Juarez, Mexico

WASHINGTON, D.C - . - Thirty-five members and associates of the Barrio (BA) gang have been charged in a third superseding indictment unsealed today with various counts of racketeering, murder, drug offenses, money laundering and obstruction of justice, announced Administrator Michele Leonhart of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA). Of the...
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Second Hermantown Man Sentenced For Marijuana Grow Operation In His Home

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - March 7, 2011 - The second of two men from the small northeastern Minnesota community of Hermantown was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Minneapolis for growing marijuana in his home. United States District Court Judge David S. Doty sentenced Matthew Daniel Blank, age 23, to 18...
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Wallingford Man Sentenced To 26 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine

BOSTON, MA. - 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, today announced that HERIBERTO PEREZ, 29, of Wallingford, was sentenced yesterday, March 8, by United States District Judge Janet Bond...
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Arizona To Host Second Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

- PHOENIX, AZ. - This spring, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local and tribal law enforcement partners 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. On Saturday, April 30, 2011, from...
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DEA Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

WASHINGTON, D.C. - This spring, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national and community partners 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. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m...
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Wethersfield Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

BOSTON, MA. - 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, announced that EUGENE ARGRAVES, 42, formerly of Ridge Road, Wethersfield, was sentenced yesterday, March 7, by United States District Judge...
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Defendant Sentenced To Eleven Years For Drug Distribution

BOSTON, MA. - A Fitchburg man was sentenced yesterday in federal court for conspiracy and distribution of cocaine base. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and announced today that ANGEL ROMAN -...
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Snohomish Nurse Sentenced To Prison For Stealing Pain Medication From Nursing Home

SEATTLE - Jolene Larsen, 38, a Licensed Practical (LPN) at a Snohomish, Washington nursing home, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to a year in prison and three years of supervised release for tampering with consumer products. In her plea agreement dated November 11, 2010, Larsen admitted...