DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA Serves An Order To Show Cause On Walgreen’s Pharmacy In Fort Pierce

FEB 12 - (MIAMI) - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), served an Order to Show (OSC) today on Walgreens Corporation d/b/a Walgreens #04391, located at 2501 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, (hereafter “registrant”). An OSC is served as a notice to a DEA registrant to provide them an opportunity...
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Two Defendants Admit Roles In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. - Two defendants today admitted their roles in one of the nation’s largest and longest running stolen identity refund fraud schemes ever identified, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. The scheme caused more than 8,000 fraudulent U.S. income tax returns to be filed, which sought more than $65 million...
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Former Law School Student Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Methamphetamine

WASHINGTON - Marc A. Gersen, 31, a former law school student, was sentenced today to a four-year prison term for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in the Washington, D.C. area, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police (MPD). Gersen, of Washington, D.C...
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Guatemalan Drug Smuggler Extradited To Tampa

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 the extradition from Guatemala of Alma Lucrecia Hernandez-Preciado, a/k/a "La Tia," (40, Tecun Uman, Guatemala). Extradition to Tampa was sought...
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former Police Officer On Drug Charges

MIDLAND, TX - -In Midland today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging 38-year-old former Odessa Police officer Jackie Lynn Thompson and five other Odessa, Texas, residents in connection with a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy announced Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso Division of the...
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Three DEA Operation “Meilky Way” Defendants Sentenced In Methamphetamine Distribution Case Ring Leader Sentenced To 35 Years Imprisonment

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Today, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock District Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) William J. Bryant and Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced United States District Judge J. Leon Holmes sentenced Michael Meilke, age 38...
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Violent Drug Dealer Sentenced To 15 Years Imprisonment

PHOENIX - On Feb. 4, 2013, Robert Francis Dayaye, Jr. (a.k.a. “Fat Rob”), 33, of Whiteriver, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judges Neil V. Wake and G. Murray Snow to a combined term of imprisonment of 15 years. Dayaye pleaded guilty on Oct. 5, 2102, to possession with intent...
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Fourteen Individuals Indicted In Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

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, announces today the unsealing of a federal indictment charging 14 individuals with conspiring to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana...
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DEA Serves Another Walgreens Pharmacy An Order To Show Cause

MIAMI - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), served an Order to Show (OSC) yesterday on Walgreens Corporation d/b/a Walgreens #03836, located at 9332 U.S. Highway 19, Port Richey, (hereafter “registrant”). An OSC is served as a notice to a DEA registrant to provide them an opportunity to show...
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Kentucky Career Criminal Sentenced To 20 + Years For Head Role In Cocaine Conspiracy

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Richmond, Kentucky man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced today to more than 250 months for dealing cocaine and using his retail store to conceal his drug trafficking activity. U.S. District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood sentenced 30-year-old Jakolbe Chenault, aka, “Kolbe Cheese,” for conspiracies...