DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Rochester man sentenced to 120 months for drug trafficking and gun offenses

CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that James M. Nesbitt, 44, of Rochester, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison on Friday for participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl...
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Operators of large-scale drug trafficking organization in Kern County face federal charges

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned three indictments against nine individuals on Thursday, charging the defendants with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Kern County, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux announced. The first indictment charges Miguel Zuniga Arteaga...
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Valley Stream man arrested for allegedly using doctor’s prescription pad to acquire thousands of opioid pills

MINEOLA, N.Y. – Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Valley Stream man was arrested today for allegedly using a doctor’s prescription pad to acquire more than 13,000 oxycodone and morphine pills during a nine-month...
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Syracuse resident sentenced to nine years in federal prison for drug conspiracy and distribution

SYRCAUSE, N.Y. – Isidro De Los Santos, 33, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve nine years (108 months) in federal prison for his convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of heroin, fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, and...
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Buffalo woman sentenced for selling cocaine

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Latisha Williams, 40, of Buffalo , NY, who was convicted distributing cocaine, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. Jr., to...
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Second Bronx gang member charged with 2015 murder

NEW YORK – Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations, and Raymond Donovan, the Special...
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44 Charged Following 18 Month Investigation Into Drug Trafficking Organization

SANTA ROSA BEACH, Fla. – A total of 15 defendants have been indicted on federal drug-trafficking charges and an additional 29 co-conspirators face state drug-trafficking charges as a result of a multi-agency effort to bring down an organized drug trafficking operation in North Florida. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for...
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Guyanese national extradited to face cocaine importation charge

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Shaun Nebblett, also known as “Shaun Wyatt” and “Dapper,” will be arraigned this afternoon in federal court in Brooklyn before United States Magistrate Judge Sanket J. Bulsara on an indictment charging him with conspiracy to import cocaine and other narcotics offenses. Nebblett was extradited to the United...
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Rochester man going to prison for more than 21 years for his role in drug trafficking organization: shot at both law enforcers and rival gang members

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Obed Torres Garcia, 23, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and one kilogram or...
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Burke County men indicted for operation of illegal pill factory

AUGUSTA, GA - Two Burke County men have been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges for operating an illegal pill factory. Cedrick Gabriel Brown , a/k/a “Pop,” 47, and Telly Savalas Carswell, 46, both of Midville, Ga., are charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and To Distribute...