DEA Archived Press Releases

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Atlantic City woman sentenced to 78 months for money laundering

CAMDEN, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced an Atlantic City woman was sentenced to 78 months in prison for her role in a drug trafficking and money...
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Hickory, N.C., man sentenced to more than 10 years for drug trafficking and firearms offenses

STATESVILLE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Tevin Jerome Gaither, 29, of Hickory, N.C., was sentenced to 123 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release on drug trafficking and firearms offenses, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Andrew Murray. U.S...
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Norcross cousins plead guilty to operating meth lab

ATLANTA – Roberto Arroyo-Garcia has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking on premises where a minor child resides and within 1,000 feet of a school. Arroyo-Garcia and two co-defendants illegally entered the United States from Mexico and then utilized a family home across the street from an elementary school to operate...
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Charleston area man given lengthy sentence on federal drug charges

CHARLESTON, S.C. – United States Attorney Sherri Lydon announced today that Brian Dale Lee, 40, was sentenced in federal court in Charleston after pleading guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel, of Charleston, sentenced Lee...
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Swansea man sentenced to thirty years in federal prison on federal drug charges

CHARLESTON, S.C. – United States Attorney Sherri Lydon announced today that James C. Edgerton, IV, 35, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia after pleading guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., of...
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Atlanta drug trafficker sentenced for heroin distribution

ATLANTA – Ramone Shirley has been sentenced for possession with the intent to distribute heroin. Shirley is a prior convicted felon who had nearly 200 grams of heroin and two firearms in his possession when officers arrested him in 2018. “The successful results of this investigation should let career criminals...
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Man and woman arrested, charged with obstruction involving overdose heroin death

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division, Raymond P. Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kevin Toth, 29, of Tonawanda, NY, and Samantha Yeates, 27, of Depew, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with...
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Farmington man sentenced to 46 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

CONCORD, N.H., – DEA New England Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Randy Stevens, 29, of Farmington, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess fentanyl with intent to distribute and possession of fentanyl with the...
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Dover man sentenced to 10 years for methamphetamine trafficking

CONCORD, N.H., – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Alfonz Vei, 45, of Dover, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, beginning in...
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16 individuals charged or arrested as part of joint law enforcement effort

BURLINGTON, Vt. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont Christina E. Nolan announced a multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional law enforcement effort that focused on drug trafficking in the areas of Newport and Saint Johnsbury, Vermont. During the...