DEA Archived Press Releases

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Jamaican Man Sentenced To 20 Years For Distributing Crack Cocaine

PORTLAND, MAINE - Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Rashidi Campbell, 32, of Jamaica, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland by Judge George Z. Singal, to 20...
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Holiday CVS Final Order Reveals Gross Negligence By Two CVS Pharmacies In Stanford, Florida

(MIAMI, Fla.) - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, announced the Federal Register publication of Holiday CVS, L.L.C., d/b/a CVS/Pharmacy Nos. 219 and 5195; Decision and Order, on October 12, 2012. The order is effective 30 day from the date of publication in...
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Holliston Man Sentenced For Defrauding His Physician

OCT 15 - (Boston) - Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration - New England Field Division, United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz, William P. Offord, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation in Boston, and Colonel Timothy P. Alben...
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Fresno Man Indicted For Growing Marijuana And Interstate Trafficking

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single count indictment Thursday charging Douk Duke Pen, 33, of Fresno, with cultivating and possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute it, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According...
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Rancho Cucamonga Man Convicted For Operating Large-Scale Marijuana Grow Operation

LOS ANGELES - On October 12, 2012, a federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Mr. Aaron Sandusky, 41, of Rancho Cucamonga, former president of G3 Holistics, Inc., a marijuana business operating in the Inland Empire, of one count of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana plants, to possess with intent to distribute...
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Four Individuals Involved In Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Are Sentenced

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Kevin L. Lane, Acting 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 four individuals involved in a New Haven-area oxycodone trafficking were sentenced this week by United...
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Stanislaus County Couple Indicted For Growing Marijuana On Agricultural Land

FRESNO, Calif. - Saelee Fahn Meng, aka Kathy Ming Lee, 53, and her husband, John Yaohinh Lee, of Waterford, were indicted today for growing marijuana near Waterford High School, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court...
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Alleged Members Of Drug Trafficking Organization Arrested

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Federal agents arrested 16 alleged members of a Dominican-based drug trafficking organization. An indictment, unsealed yesterday, charges 19 defendants with conspiracy to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin. A separate criminal complaint also charges a 20th defendant in the conspiracy. The indictment alleges that the defendants...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For Role In Drug Trafficking Ring

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Kevin L. Lane, Acting 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 LUIS ORTIZ, also known as “Big Nose,” 23, of New Haven, was sentenced today by United...
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Convicted Felon Sentenced For Planning Murder

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that yesterday U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore sentenced Asieba Imadjam (26, Tampa) to 30 years in federal prison for...