DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Physician And His Patient Indicted In Scheme To Fraudulently Prescribe And Dispense Oxycodone And Adderall

CHICAGO - A southwest suburban doctor and his patient are facing federal drug charges for allegedly scheming to fraudulently prescribe and dispense thousands of Oxycodone and Adderall pills, authorities announced today. From approximately January 2010 to July 2013, Dr. William Mikaitis issued over 500 prescriptions for Oxycodone and Adderall tablets...
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48 Members And Associates Of 2 Rival Bronx Street Gangs Charged In Federal Court With Racketeering Offenses, Including 3 Murders, Narcotics Trafficking, And Firearms Offenses

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Delano A. Reid, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Bureau...
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McComb Doctor Charged In Federal Indictment

McCOMB, Miss. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel Comeaux and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today Dr. Lawrence Edsel Stewart, 59, of McComb, has been charged in a 27-count federal indictment with violations of knowingly and intentionally distributing and dispensing schedule II, III, and IV...
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Previously Convicted Felon From Newark, New Jersey, Charged With Firearms Possession, Drug Distribution Offenses

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Newark, New Jersey, man with at least six felony convictions in New Jersey courts was arrested today...
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Final Two Aryan Brotherhood Associates Sentenced To Federal Prison For Their Roles In Methamphetamine Distribution Operation All 34 Individuals Charged And Convicted In This Investigation Have Now Been Sentenced To Federal Prison

WACO, Texas - In Waco, a federal district judge sentenced to federal prison the remaining two Aryan (AB) associates convicted of participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau...
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Michigan Man Sentenced To 12.5 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

BURLINGTON, Vt - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Damein Hampton, 38, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, appeared Friday for sentencing in United States District Court in Burlington...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: DEA To Conduct Pharmacy Diversion Awareness Conference In Pittsburgh As Part Of The 360 Strategy To Address The Diversion Of Prescription Opioids

PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today that the DEA will host a Prescription Drug Awareness (PDAC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as part of the DEA’s ongoing 360 Strategy to address prescription opioid and heroin abuse in Western Pennsylvania. The...
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Local Residents Indicted In Multi-Million Dollar Ketamine Conspiracy

HOUSTON, Texas - Four people have been charged in a $17 million health insurance fraud scheme involving the sale of ketamine to patients without a valid prescription, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Catherine A. Hermsen, Food and Drug Administration - Office of Criminal (FDA-OCI)...
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Two Sentenced For Cocaine And Firearm Sales In Leominster

BOSTON - Two men were sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with selling cocaine on multiple occasions in Leominster. Jose Rodriguez, 32, of Fitchburg, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 63 months in prison and four years of supervised release. Rodriguez...
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Two Men Charged With Fentanyl Overdose

BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the US Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Gary Delima, 26, and Sharif Cargo, 26, both of Brooklyn...