DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Fresno Synthetic Drug Smugglers Indicted

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment on Thursday against Terry Ford, 37, and Dawn Peters, 35, both of Clovis, charging them with distributing synthetic drugs, conspiracy, and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin announced. According to court...
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Hartford Man Sentenced To Four Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin And Fentanyl

MAR 17 - NEW HAVEN, 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 Josemanuel Rios, also known as “Jay,” 41, of Hartford, was sentenced by U.S. District...
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Sacramento Area Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 34 Years In Prison

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. sentenced Isreal “Puck” Washington, 43, of Sacramento, today to 34 years in prison for trafficking heroin, cocaine, cocaine base, and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and San Francisco Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced...
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10 Arrests In Investigation Of Major Multistate Oxy, Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking Ring

MAR 16 - BOSTON - Ten men were arrested in connection with an oxycodone, heroin, and fentanyl trafficking and money laundering operation operating between Massachusetts, Maine, and Florida. Each of them was charged in a superseding indictment unsealed today, with offenses including conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent...
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Guilty Plea For Salem Man For Distributing Heroin To Overdose Victim

MAR 16 - NEW HAVEN, 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 Lee Henrici, 32, of Salem, waived his right to be indicted and pled guilty before U.S...
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Guilty Plea For Kingston Man: Distributed Fentanyl To Overdose Victim

MAR 16 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Kenneth Chapman, 62, formerly of Kingston, New Hampshire, pled guilty to unlawful distribution of fentanyl. According to documents filed in United...
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Manchester Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charge Resulting From Substantial Methamphetamine Seizure

MAR 16 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Rigoberto Ramirez-(40), formerly of Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and...
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Fairfield County Heroin Dealer Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison

MAR 16 - 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 Wilfredo Gutierrez, also known as “Bean” and “Big Pun,” 40, was sentenced today by U.S...
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49 From Two Bronx Drug Trafficking Organizations Charged In Joint DEA/NYPD/HSI Investigation

NEW YORK) - - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the DEA, Darcel D. Clark, the Bronx County District Attorney, James O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City...
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Three Heroin Dealers Arrested On Federal Drug Charges In Connection To The Overdose Death Of A Farmers Branch Woman

DALLAS - A Dallas-area man has been charged by federal criminal complaint stemming from his role in selling the heroin that caused a young woman’s overdose death at a McDonald’s restaurant in Farmers Branch in June 2016. Two other men were charged by federal criminal complaints stemming from their trafficking...