DEA Archived Press Releases

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Centralia Man Sentenced On Crack Cocaine Charges

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Ezell A. Curry , 38, of Centralia, Ill., was sentenced today in United States District Court in East St, Louis, Ill., to 188 months imprisonment, six years of supervised release, and was fined $400, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen...
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Texas Man Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Offenses

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on February 4, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East St. Louis, Ill., Joshua McMurray , 32, of Lufkin, Texas, plead guilty to an...
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Carbondale Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Drug Distribution Conspiracy

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - . - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on February 7, 2011, Clifford David Liddell, Jr., aka “Woop,” 25, of Carbondale, Ill., was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Ill., to 240 months...
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Three Men Sentenced To Federal Prison For Drug Conspiracy Involving More Than A Ton Of Marijuana

MADISON, WI. - - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge for the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin announced that three men were recently sentenced for conspiring to possess marijuana with intent to distribute. U.S...
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Worcester Man Convicted On Drug Charges

BOSTON, MA. - A Worcester man was convicted today in federal court of attempted possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Boston Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today that EFRAIN MATIAS...
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Man Sentenced In Heroin Trafficking Case

LEAVENWORTH, KS. - A Kansas City, KS, man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for his role in a heroin trafficking ring that caused the deaths of users in Wyandotte, Leavenworth and Johnson counties, according to a news release from the office of United States...
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Two Members Of Drug Ring With Ties To Sinoloa Cartel Sentenced To Ten Year Prison Terms

SEATTLE - - Marisol Perez-Almonte, 28, of Renton, Washington, and Joan Luis Azamar-Sanchez , 31, of Seattle, Washington, were each sentenced to 10 year prison terms today in U.S. District Court in Seattle for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Perez-Almonte was convicted by a jury in November 2010, following the five...
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Two Sentenced For Selling Oxycodone In The Twin Falls Area

BOISE, IDAHO - Mark Thomas, Acting Special Agent in Charge announced that James Toliver Latham, 23, and Ryan J. Simmons, 22, both of Twin Falls, Idaho, were sentenced this week for conspiracy to traffic oxycodone. Latham was sentenced to 48 months and Simmons to 30 months in federal prison. Both...
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Second South L.A. Gang Leader Sentenced To Life Without Parole In Federal Prison For Distributing PCP

LOS ANGELES, CA - The leader of a South Los Angeles street gang, who was convicted of organizing and leading a wide-ranging conspiracy to manufacture and distribute large quantities of the drug phencyclidine - better known as PCP - was sentenced today to life without parole in federal prison. Alphonso...
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Two California Jet-Setters Plead Guilty To Conspiring To Transport Marijuana Into Ohio Aboard Private Jet

COLUMBUS, OH - Lisette Lee, 29, of Los Angeles, California and Frank S. Edwards, 40, of Hacienda, California, each plead guilty in United States District Court today to conspiring to transport 14 separate shipments of large quantities of marijuana from Los Angeles to Columbus, Ohio on a private jet. Carter...