DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Salisbury Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Charles Riley, Jr., age 45, of Salisbury, Maryland, to 20 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and for two counts of possession with intent to distribute...
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Sacramento Men Indicted For Methamphetamine Trafficking

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Lagranger Jones, 36, and Lamonte DeShannon Rush, 45, both of Sacramento, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and methamphetamine distribution. According to court documents, between October 2014 and February 2015, Jones and Rush sold methamphetamine during...
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Doctor And Clinic Owner Sentenced For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Conspiracies

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Joseph J. Mogan, III, M.D., age 48, formerly of New Orleans, and Tiffany Miller, age 43, of Metairie, were sentenced yesterday for conspiring to dispense prescription drugs illegally through “pill...
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Alleged High Ranking Member Of Los Zetas Cartel Arrested

LAREDO, Texas - Jose Manuel Saldivar-Farias aka “Z-31” or “El Borrado” has been charged with conspiracy to possess marijuana allegations after illegally entering the U.S., announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Saldivar-Farias, 27, is alleged to be a...
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Investigation Into Drug Trafficking Organization In Carrol County Results In Six Defendants Being Sentenced To A Total Of Over 50 Years

FORT SMITH, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that six individuals have been sentenced this week to a combined total of over 50 years in prison for drug-trafficking offenses stemming from...
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DEA Issues Nationwide Alert On Fentanyl As Threat To Health And Public Safety

WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) today issued a nationwide alert about the dangers of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues/compounds. Fentanyl is commonly laced in heroin, causing significant problems across the country, particularly as heroin abuse has increased. This alert was issued through the multi-agency El Paso Intelligence (EPIC)...
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Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Doctors And Owner Of Pain Management Clinic Charged With Illegally Distributing Controlled Substance Prescription Drugs

DETROIT - The owner, office manager and three doctors associated with a pain management clinic located on the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti border were indicted yesterday for illegally distributing prescription pills, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Joseph P. Reagan...
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Portland Man Sentenced To Over Nine Years For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

(PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that David Jones - , 30, of Portland, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to...
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13 Indicted In Wellsville Meth Roundup

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned three separate indictments charging 13 defendants with conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute and to distribute...
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Former Fugitive Narcotics Trafficker Handed Hefty Sentence

McALLEN, Texas - Jose Urbano Cortinas, 29, has been ordered to prison for nearly 23 years following his conviction of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Cortinas, of Memphis...