DEA Archived Press Releases

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Nineteen indicted in drug distribution conspiracy

Seattle –Twenty-one people were arrested today on indictments and criminal complaints charging an extensive drug dealing conspiracy by defendants who often illegally possessed firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Law enforcement teams from FBI, DEA, Seattle Police Department, and other public safety organizations executed about ninety search warrants...
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Sikeston Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Distribution of Meth

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., sentenced Jimmy Warf to 144 months in prison today. The 46-year-old Sikeston, Missouri, resident pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of methamphetamine in January. On August 18, 2020, Warf sold 55 grams of methamphetamine to a DEA confidential...
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Seven Defendants Charged for Kidnapping, Robbery, Firearms, and Narcotics Offenses

NEW YORK CITY – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, and U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss, Southern District of New York announced today the unsealing of a nine‑count superseding indictment charging Fernando Ra, Kenny Batista, Fernando Rosario Cruz, Yonathan Junior Garcia Valdez, Anttwan Crosbie...
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Fredonia Man Going to Prison for Selling Crack 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 Nathaniel Gates, Jr, 47, of Fredonia, NY, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute, and distributing, 28 grams or more of crack...
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Pembroke Woman Sentenced to 129 Months for Methamphetamine Trafficking

CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Nadine Jacques, 46, of Pembroke, was sentenced to 129 months in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking. According to court documents and statements made in court, in February...
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Dominican Man Residing in Lawrence Sentenced to 75 Months for Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acing United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Frailin Manuel Gomez-Gil, 29, a citizen of the Dominican Republic most recently residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison for participating...
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Kansas City Man Sentenced to 12 Years Imprisonment for Distributing Heroin

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been sentenced on federal charges of distribution of heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Duston Slinkard said today. Titus Sanders, 24, was sentenced on April 1 to 144 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Sanders entered a...
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Georgetown Pharmacy to Pay $24,500 to Resolve Claims of Recordkeeping Requirement Failure

Columbia, South Carolina - Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that his office has resolved claims that RPh Now, LLC d/b/a/ The Medicine Shoppe of Georgetown failed to abide by recordkeeping requirements of the Controlled Substances Act. RPh Now, LLC will pay $24,500 to resolve the claims...
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Fresno Man Charged with Fentanyl Trafficking and Illegal Firearm Possession

FRESNO, Calif. — A two-count indictment was unsealed charging Nicholas Solis, 26, of Fresno, with possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute it and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon...
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Leader of Mexico’s United Cartels and Others Charged in South Florida Federal Court with Importing Over 1200 Pounds of Crystal Methamphetamine

MIAMI - South Florida federal prosecutors have charged the leader of a notorious Mexican drug cartel and five others for their alleged roles in importing into the United States over 500 kilograms of Mexican methamphetamine. In the largest methamphetamine seizure in Miami-Dade County history, law enforcement agents seized the over...