DEA Archived Press Releases

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Hartford Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Distribution Charge Stemming From Enfield Overdose Death

MAR 23 - 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 Aaron Gyambibi, also known as “E,” 26, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today in New Haven...
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Vermont Man Sentenced To 24 Months In Prison For Heroin Dealing

MAR 23 - 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 Michael Prescott, 52, of Fairfax, Vermont, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison...
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Houston Man Guilty In Beaumont IH-10 Drug Trafficking

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 41-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Fabian Paredes Alvarez, also known as Fabian Hernandez Alvarez, has pleaded...
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Two Michigan Physicians Convicted Of Illegally Distributing Powerful Painkillers At Ann Arbor Area Pill Mill

DETROIT, Mich. - Dr. Anthony Conrardy, age 61, and Dr. William McCutchen, III, age 46, were found guilty yesterday of unlawfully distributing Schedule II narcotics by a federal jury in Detroit, MI, acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced today. Dr. Anthony Conrardy was convicted of five counts of...
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Lawrence, Massachusetts Man Sentenced To 87 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Fentanyl

MAR 22 - CONCORD, N.H - Elgid Guzman, 46, of Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced to serve 87 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley...
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Milford Psychiatrist Sentenced To 26 Months For Illegal Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud Offenses

MAR 22 - 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 Ljudmil Kljusev, M.D., 52, of Fairfield, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson...
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Cartel Connected Leader Of Large Drug Distribution Ring Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

SEATTLE, Wash. - Enrique Aguiliar Valencia, the leader of a drug trafficking organization, who admits his connection to the Los Zetas drug cartel was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 12 years in prison. Valencia, 55, who resided in Fremont, California, led a drug distribution ring that...
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DEA ALERT: Fake Oxy Pills Killing Arizonans

PHOENIX - The DEA is alerting all citizens to drug overdose deaths tied to counterfeit pills laced with powerful opioid fentanyl. Manufactured by Mexican drug trafficking (DTOs) and sold as oxycodone on the illicit drug market, fentanyl is an opioid 100 times stronger than morphine. These counterfeit pills are smuggled...
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Guilty Plea For Accessory To Cocaine Overdose Death

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - Marc Henry Johnson pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman to acting as an accessory after the fact to a narcotics offense. As alleged in the indictment to which Johnson pled guilty and the related criminal complaint, Johnson helped move an unresponsive woman’s...
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Multi-Agency Operation Nabs Three-Seizes Three Kilos Of Heroin And $4.1 Million

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration Customs (ICE) Homeland Security (HSI) New York, James P. O’Neill, New...