DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Last Of 17 Defendants Convicted In Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy Is Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

FORT WORTH, Texas - Octavio Colin, 34, of Cleburne, Texas, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 240 (20 years) in federal prison, following his guilty plea earlier this year to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney...
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Easthampton Man Sentenced For Cocaine And Marijuana Distribution

WORCESTER, Mass. - - An Easthampton man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Worcester for distributing cocaine and marijuana. David Dulchinos, 51, of Easthampton, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In February 2016, Dulchinos...
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Burlington Man Sentenced To Home Confinement And Supervised Release For Heroin Dealing

BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that, Samuel Spivack, 32, of Burlington, Vermont was sentenced to three years of supervised release after his guilty...
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Father, Girlfriend Of Rikers Island Inmate Charged With Conspiracy And Solicitation To Commit Murder

NEW YORK - - Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, today announced that the father and girlfriend of a 36- year-old Queens man...
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United States Files Civil Complaint Seeking Injunctive Relief, Penalties And Forfeiture Of Assets Tied To Suffolk County Clinic’s Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Painkillers

NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, today announced the filing of a civil complaint seeking injunctive relief and penalties against Roger Kaplan and Choice...
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Two Sent To Prison For Meth Distribution

McALLEN, Texas - Two local men have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Guadalupe Trevino Jr., 43, and Guadalupe Trevino...
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Two Mexican Citizens Face Mandatory Life In Federal Prison After Jury Convicts Them On Federal Charges Related To May 2013 Murder Of A Southlake, Texas, Man

FORT WORTH, Texas - After a trial lasting more than two-weeks, a federal jury has convicted two Mexican citizens on federal charges related to the murder of Southlake, Texas, resident, Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa, at Southlake Town Square on May 22, 2013, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern...
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Woman Who Operated Heroin Processing Mill In Hartford Sentenced To 46 Months In Federal Prison

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 Amanda Gambardella, 26, formerly of Hartford and Cheshire, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in...
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To 12.5 Years In Prison

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Joel Elias Gonzalez, 53, formerly of Franklin, N.C. was sentenced yesterday to 151 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking large quantities of crystal methamphetamine, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Gonzalez pleaded guilty in...
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Two More Convicted In Multi-State Heroin Ring In Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge Eric Watson and United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that two more defendants have been convicted in Operation Goldy Locks for their roles in a multi-state heroin ring which involved disguising heroin as oxycodone pills in...