DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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22 Charged In The Southern District Of Texas As Part Of Largest National Medicare Fraud Takedown In History

HOUSTON - Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human (DHHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today an unprecedented nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 36 federal districts, resulting in criminal and civil charges against 301 individuals, including 61 doctors, nurses and other...
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Intelligence Report Addresses Marijuana Grow Houses In Colorado

Amendments 20 and 64 have unintended consequences for many of our neighborhoods DENVER - The Drug Enforcement Administration has released a new Intelligence Report titled “” available on the DEA.gov website. The report was produced by the Intelligence Unit of the Denver Division and addresses some of the unintended pitfalls...
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Two Brothers Charged With Distributing Heroin Involved In Overdoses

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that an investigation into a recent drug overdose death of a man in Monroe and a non-fatal overdose...
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Branford Man Sentenced To Prison For Selling Heroin And Crack

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Oretagus Eaddy, 39, of Branford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to...
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Former Bakersfield Police Detective Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking

FRESNO, Calif. - Patrick Mara, 36, of Bakersfield, a former detective with the Bakersfield Police (BPD), pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, between June 14, 2012, and October 2013...
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DEA To Train Law Enforcement On Heroin Overdose Investigations To Combat Epidemic Of Prescription Opioid And Heroin Abuse

PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the Berks County area release of “Operation Trojan Horse,” which is a coordinated effort between the DEA and state and local law enforcement agencies to combat the current prescription opioid and heroin abuse epidemic. The...
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Maine Man Sentenced To Five Years For Conspiracy To Traffic Oxycodone And Cocaine

PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Anthony Lacomb, 30, of Biddeford, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to five years in prison...
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Riverhead Physician Assistant Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Illegally Prescribe Oxycodone

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Michael Troyan, a physician assistant who operated two urgent care clinics on the east end of Long Island, today pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain medication. The guilty plea was entered before United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley at...
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest 15 Individuals On Federal Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Federal, state and local authorities have arrested 15 individuals charged in connection with a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy occurring in South Texas, Central Texas and Oklahoma. That announcement was made today by United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Western District of Texas; United...
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Nine Arrested For Running Methamphetamine, Cocaine And Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

LUBBOCK, Texas - Nine west Texas residents, including four alleged members of the Texas Syndicate, remain in federal custody following their arrests earlier this week on federal charges stemming from their roles in a methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of...