DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Jefferson County Jail Supervisor Found Guilty Of Providing Prisoner With Cell Phone

BEAUMONT, Texas - A jury has found a 43-year-old Beaumont, Texas man guilty of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced today by Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. Donald Roy Kelly was found guilty by...
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Hartford Man Charged With Distributing Heroin Involved In Overdose Of East Haddam Resident

DEC 15 - HARTFORD, 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 Hector Raul Cintron, also known as “G” and “Big G,” 22, of Hartford, was arrested...
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Etna Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Heroin Conspiracy

DEC 15 - BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Don Grace, 54, of Etna, Maine, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr...
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Overdose Investigation Results In 30-Month Sentence For Norwich Man

DEC 14 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jonathan Fisher, 35, of Norwich, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in...
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Rensselaer Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy

(ALBANY, N.Y - - Justin M. Brooks, age 27, of Rensselaer, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute oxycodone. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA). Brooks faces up to...
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Former Santa Fe Pharmacist Pleads Guilty And Is Sentenced For Conviction On Misdemeanor Charge Of Dispensing Testosterone Without A Prescription

ALBUQUERQUE - David Nunez of Santa Fe, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to the misdemeanor offense of dispensing a controlled substance, testosterone, without a prescription. Nunez was a licensed pharmacist and the owner of a pharmacy in Santa Fe at the time he committed the...
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20 Individuals Charged With Trafficking Heroin And Fentanyl

DEC 13 - BOSTON - Twenty individuals were charged today in connection with trafficking heroin, Fentanyl and cocaine from Mexico and the Dominican Republic to Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In a series of arrests and searches conducted early this morning, approximately 8 kilograms of heroin, a number of firearms, and...
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Members Of Taos County-Based Heroin Trafficking And Money Laundering Ring Enter Guilty Pleas

ALBUQUERQUE - Ivan Romero, 40, the leader of a heroin trafficking organization based in Taos County, N.M. pleaded guilty earlier this week to federal heroin and money laundering charges filed as the result of a 15-month DEA-led multi-agency investigation. His brother, Ricco Romero, 29, and his wife, Melissa Romero, 37...
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Extradited Drug Smuggler Gets Nearly 30 Years In Federal Prison

LAREDO, Texas - A 32-year-old man extradited to the U.S. and later convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin has been ordered to federal prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Fernando...
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Detroit Area Doctor Sentenced: 8 Years Prison

DETROIT, MI - U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today that a Livonia, Michigan doctor, Fanny Dela Cruz, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription pills, and to defraud Medicare. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Timothy J. Plancon...