DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Saratoga Springs Man Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Involvement In A Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

ALBANY, N.Y. - Eric Canori, 33, of Saratoga Springs, New York, was sentenced yesterday, November 27, 2012 by Chief United States District Court Judge Gary L. Sharpe, in Albany to 30 months of imprisonment for his role in a marijuana distribution conspiracy, announced Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge...
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DEA Scam Alert -- Extortion Scheme

MIAMI - The Drug Enforcement Administration continues to warn the public about criminals posing as DEA special agents or other law enforcement personnel. This criminal activity continues to occur, despite significant public attention to the illicit scheme. DEA offices nationwide regularly receive telephone calls from concerned citizens who are the...
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Oxycodone Trafficker Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison

ORLANDO, 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 yesterday that U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell sentenced James (49, Irvine, KY) to 14 years in federal prison for...
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Former Nurse Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison

ORLANDO, 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 Gregory A. Presnell sentenced Terrie (43, Apopka) to six years in federal prison for knowingly...
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DEA Serves Order To Show Cause To Three Walgreens Pharmacies

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced today the issuance of Orders to Show (OSC) to three Walgreen’s pharmacies located at Walgreens #04727, 4950 S. US Hwy 1, Fort Piece, FL; Walgreens #03629, 12028 Majestic Blvd., Hudson, FL; and...
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DEA Scam Alert -- Extortion Scheme

HOUSTON, Texas - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) continues to warn the public about criminals posing as DEA Special Agents or other law enforcement personnel. This criminal activity continues to occur, despite significant public attention to the illicit scheme. DEA offices nationwide regularly receive telephone calls from concerned citizens who are...
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Conspiracy In Bakersfield

FRESNO, Calif. - Alejandro Uriostegui-Rodriguez, aka Jose Salgado Valladares, aka Guerrero, 40, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana grown in Santa Barbara County for distribution from his residence in Bakersfield, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent...
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St. Paul Man Sentenced In Large Drug-Trafficking Operation

MINNEAPOLIS - On November 26, 2012, a 45-year-old St. Paul man was sentenced in federal court for his role as the leader of an organization that distributed large quantities of cocaine and marijuana in Minnesota, between 2005 and October 2010. United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced Jesus...
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Ringleader And 14 Others Arrested In Takedown Of Paterson Narcotics Supply Ring Allegedly Distributed Millions Of Dollars In Heroin

PATERSON, N.J. - Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced the arrest of the alleged ringleader and 14 other defendants in the takedown of a major narcotics supply network that allegedly was distributing millions of dollars in heroin out of a number of heroin processing “mills” and stash houses in Paterson...
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Canadian Trucker Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Marijuana

SEATTLE - A Canadian truck driver who was identified as a drug smuggler for a criminal group related to the Hells Angels was convicted last week in U.S. District Court in Seattle of conspiracy to distribute marijuana. James Postlethwaite, 60, of North Vancouver, BC, Canada faces a mandatory minimum 10...