DEA Archived Press Releases

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Twenty-Four Defendants Facing Federal Drug Charges For Transporting Heroin And Cocaine To Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

CHICAGO - Federal charges unsealed today accused 24 individuals of various drug offenses for allegedly using Amtrak trains to transport heroin and cocaine to Chicago from California. One of the defendants is an Amtrak employee who allegedly stole a package of cocaine upon arrival at Chicago’s Union Station. Authorities uncovered...
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Man Indicted For Alleged Attempt To Kill Two Officers

CHICAGO - A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a Morris man on attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to kill two DEA Task Force officers during an undercover drug sting in Joliet, IL. Adan Godinez, 31, of Morris, tried to kill the officers during an undercover operation in...
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Brothers Plead Guilty To Heroin Distribution Charges Stemming From Overdose Investigation

OCT 27 - 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 Erick Delgado, 39, and his brother, Anoris Delgado, also known as “Alex,” 28, both of...
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New England Residents Turn In 68,958 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs During Take-Back Event

OCT 26 - BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England announced that 68,958 pounds of expired, unused, and unwanted prescriptions were collected throughout New England on Saturday, October 22, 2016 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at one of 566...
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Over 20 Individuals Indicted On Heroin Trafficking Charges

OCT 26 - CONCORD, N.H. - 20 individuals recently were indicted in federal court in Concord in connection with their participation in heroin trafficking activities. Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced the indictments...
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Presque Isle Man Sentenced To Four Years For Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

OCT 26 - BANGOR, Maine - Andrew Grivois, 32, of Presque Isle, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute bath salts. The defendant pled guilty to the charge...
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Baldemar Valencia-Alcazar was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The sentence...
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Former Bakersfield Police Detective Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

FRESNO, Calif. - Patrick Mara, 36, of Bakersfield, formerly a detective with the Bakersfield Police Department, was sentenced Monday to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for a conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court...
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Middlesex County, N.J. Man Admits Role In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced that a Middlesex County, New Jersey man admitted his role in a conspiracy to traffic approximately four kilograms...
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San Jacinto Man Affiliated With Riverside Gang Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Methamphetamine Trafficking

LOS ANGELES - A San Jacinto man affiliated with the Riverside San Jacinto First Street gang was sentenced to a decade in prison Monday for his role in methamphetamine trafficking. Luis Miguel Castro, aka “Fat Boy,” 27, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dale S. Fischer, who found that...