DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Springfield Man Pleads Guilty to Meth, Illegal Firearms

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing firearms and methamphetamine to distribute. The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division investigated along with the Springfield, Missouri Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Jacob Winterhawk Ryder, 38, pleaded...
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Catskill physician receives 54 months in prison for distribution of opioids, health care fraud, aggravated identify theft, and obstruction of justice

ALBANY, N.Y. – Myra Mabry, age 50, of Catskill, New York, was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for unlawfully distributing opioids, for impersonating her patients and defrauding insurance companies as part of the opioids distribution scheme, and for attempting to obstruct the investigation into her criminal activities. The...
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Prolific Snohomish County fentanyl dealer sentenced to 15 years in prison

SEATTLE - The head of a drug distribution ring who was convicted at trial of drug and gun crimes was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to15 years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. Rhett Irons, 41, of Lynnwood, Washington was convicted on December 12, 2019...
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Colombian submarine manufacturer pleads guilty to cocaine smuggling charges

TAMPA, Fla. - Alexander Giraldo Santa (48, Colombia) has pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine while aboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. According to...
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New York resident supplied by Waterbury drug trafficker sentenced to federal prison

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that James Tyrone Hayes, also known as “Ty,” 50, of Newburgh, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet C...
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Dominican National sentenced to five years for fentanyl and heroin conspiracy and distribution

BOSTON – A Dominican National was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester, Massachusetts for distributing fentanyl and heroin. Erotides Mendez, 50, a Dominican National previously residing in New York City, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Hillman to five years in prison to be followed by...
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Lawrence man sentenced to 40 months for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Jared Gil, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court to 40 months for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and...
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Grand jury indicts Kansas man who fled from troopers

TOPEKA, Kan. – A federal grand jury indicted an Olathe, Kansas man Wednesday on charges of drug trafficking, in a case investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division and the Kansas Highway Patrol. Dustin Schultz-Bergin, 40, Olathe, Kansas., is charged with one count of possession with intent to...
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Katy, Texas man indicted for trafficking drugs through Beaumont

BEAUMONT, Texas – A 38-year-old Katy, Texas man has been indicted for federal drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge, Steven S. Whipple and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Paul Andrew Cabiro was indicted by a federal grand jury...
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Kirbyville man sentenced to 24 years for meth conspiracy

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Kirbyville, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri, in a case investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, and the Bureau of Alcohol...