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Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division, Laura M. Nagel, announced the sentencing of Henry Antoine Saunders, 26, of Washington, DC, to 181 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his participation in crimes arising from a conspiracy to distribute powder cocaine in Maryland and Washington, DC.

DEC 12--Washington, D.C. - The Washington Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced today that Eduardo Munoz, age 33, a former Baltimore City Police Officer who resided in Ellicott City, Maryland was sentenced by United States District Judge Catherine C. Blake to 57 months in prison followed by 2 years supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

NOV 24--Washington, DC- The Drug Enforcement Administration's Special Agent-in-Charge Laura Nagel, announced yesterday that a federal grand jury in the District of Maryland returned an 18 count superseding indictment charging 7 individuals with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, crack base and phencyclidine (PCP), in the Palmer Park area of Prince George's County, Maryland between 1999 and June 12, 2003.

The individuals charged in the drug conspiracy include:

Washington, DC- The United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, Special Agent-in-Charge Laura M. Nagel announced that the federal grand jury for the District of Maryland returned a superseding indictment charging 16 defendants with drug trafficking, money laundering and possession of firearms.

Washington, DC- The Washington Division Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in conjunction with the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, the Washington Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Montgomery County Police Department, the Prince George's County Police Department and the Calvert County Police Department announced the culmination of a major investigation into the activities of a drug trafficking organization based in the Dominican Republic.

OCT 30—The National Red Ribbon Week commemorates DEA Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. Agent Camarena was abducted, tortured and brutally murdered in Guadalajara, Mexico in 1985. Agent Camerena sacrificed his life in the fight against drugs. The communities across the country and the nation rallied behind a campaign which served as a reminder of the harm caused by drugs. The campaign expressed the need for anti-drug programs and the campaign would allow the dedicated actions of Americans to show their opposition to drugs.

OCT 29--Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division, Laura M. Nagel, announced the sentencing of Shawn Verbeke, 30, of Cleveland, Ohio, who was a police officer with the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department from 2000-2002. United States District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema sentenced Verbeke to 130 months imprisonment today on one count of conspiracy to distribute ecstasy and methamphetamine and one count of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.

On October 19, at 4:00 p.m. EDT and its equivalent in time zones across the nation, members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, along with their families and friends, physically joined hands across state lines nationwide to demonstrate their mutual commitment to the fight against drugs. In the Washington area, members of the Maryland, Delaware and District of Columbia Elks Association joined hands across the Maryland and District lines at Eastern Avenue and Riggs Road in Chillum. Washington Field Division Demand Reduction Coordinator Linda Lee represented DEA at the event.

AUG 25--Washington, D.C. - R.C. Gamble, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Washington Division Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), United States Attorney Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., Chief Charles Ramsey of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), Jeffrey R. Roehm, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Washington Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Chief Theresa C.