PRESS RELEASE

Last member of deadly Elmira opioid trafficking organization sentenced to prison

May 13, 2019
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue and witness retaliation, was sentenced to … and Maximillian Sams, imported bulk quantities of furanyl fentanyl, acetyl fentantyl and U-47700 from overseas …
May 13, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Lockport Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

March 29, 2021
… with intent to distribute, and distributing, heroin, fentanyl, and butyryl fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum …
March 29, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Ocean Beach Drug Dealer Sentenced to More Than 15 Years for His Role in Fatal Overdose

January 17, 2023
… federal court to 188 months in prison for distribution of fentanyl that resulted in the fatal overdose of 30-year-old … admitted providing four counterfeit M-30 pills laced with fentanyl, commonly referred to as “blues,” to Lustig on …
January 17, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Defendants Sentenced for Drug Trafficking that Resulted in Two Deaths

February 28, 2024
… Raleigh - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Deadly Fentanyl.jpg Cocaine Splatter.jpeg GREENSBORO – Two … a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, resulting in death. ALLEN was found guilty at …
February 28, 2024
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Recruitment
June 13, 2024
June 13, 2024

RecruitMilitary - Hampton Veterans Job Fair (In-Person)

7:00 AM - 11:00 AM (EDT)
Hampton, VA
This is a RecruitMilitary Job Fair where job seekers with military experience can meet with recruiters from local, state, and federal government, and national companies. These events are free for U.S veterans, military spouses, transitioning military, and members of the Guard and Reserve. For more information about this event, please...
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Recruitment
June 13, 2024
June 13, 2024

RecruitMilitary - St. Louis Veterans Job Fair (In-Person)

7:00 AM - 11:00 AM (EDT)
St. Louis, MO
This is a RecruitMilitary Job Fair where job seekers with military experience can meet with recruiters from local, state, and federal government, and national companies. These events are free for U.S veterans, military spouses, transitioning military, and members of the Guard and Reserve. For more information about this event, please...
PRESS RELEASE

Providence man sentenced to 60 months in prison on drug trafficking and firearm charges

November 22, 2019
… to 60 months in federal prison for trafficking heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and crack cocaine, and for being a felon …
November 22, 2019
DOCUMENT

Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow from the Southwest Border

July 13, 2023
Testimony
… crisis in our nation’s history. This is because one drug—fentanyl—has transformed the criminal landscape. Fentanyl is … a global supply chain to manufacture, transport, and sell fentanyl, and rely on a global illicit financial network to …
July 13, 2023
GENERAL INFORMATION

Pill Press Resources

August 15, 2025
… Press Threat Drug traffickers use pill presses to press fentanyl into pills and punches and dies to imprint markings … Xanax, and Adderall — when those pills actually contain fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other deadly drugs. In 2024, …
August 15, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Bergen County man sentenced to 14 years in prison for role in $7 million fraud scheme and cross-country drug distribution scheme

November 06, 2020
… Bergen County man sentenced to 14 years in prison for role in $7 million fraud scheme … M. Heino NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 Mulberry Street 2nd Floor … support companies to obtain millions from two law firms where his wife was a partner and for his role in a scheme to …
November 06, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Webster Man Going to Prison on Drug and Gun Charges

January 25, 2022
… conducted a search of a residence on South Clinton Avenue where Mr. Fingland had been staying. During the search, … searched a residence on Whiting Road in Webster, NY, where Mr. Fingland had previously lived with his parents, …
January 25, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Brian S. Besser Named Special Agent in Charge of the Denver Field Division

March 04, 2022
… assigned to the Office of Operations Management, where he was responsible for developing agency-wide policy … over DEA's global program for Security & Emergency Planning where he was responsible for managing DEA’s initiatives for …
March 04, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Two Men Arrested Following Police Chase

September 02, 2021
… another law enforcement vehicle. The vehicle was stopped, where both Gallardo-Ortiz and Cintron were taken into … the dumpster and placed the parcel behind the dumpster, where it was later recovered.  The eight kilograms of …
September 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

February 20, 2020
… resources to methamphetamine “transportation hubs” — areas where methamphetamine is often trafficked in bulk and then … identified eight major methamphetamine transportation hubs where these efforts will be concentrated: Atlanta, Dallas, …
February 20, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Dealer Sentenced to 27 Years for Meth Trafficking

February 03, 2023
… @DEAChicagoDiv Shane Catone Domestic Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … ice methamphetamine from Arizona to the Peoria area, where he then used a network of local drug dealers to sell … Chief John Dossey. “Montano-Rodriguez could have landed anywhere in the United States to deal drugs—and to the immense …
February 03, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Man Who Rammed SUV into Police Charged With Drug and Gun Crimes

May 06, 2022
… further incident and transported to a police station, where he allegedly admitted that he’d been directed to … to five months. Meanwhile, agents searched an apartment where Mr. Fuentes had been staying. There, they found 33 …
May 06, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Dominican National involved in drug importation schemes sentenced to 12 years in prison

November 19, 2019
… in the U.S., flew from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine was to be loaded onto the jet.  From there, the jet was to fly Honduras where the cocaine would be loaded onto trucks for transport …
November 19, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Dominican national pleads guilty in conspiracy to transport 1600 kilograms of cocaine from South America to the United States

March 27, 2019
… States, flew from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine was to be loaded onto the jet. From there, the jet was to fly to Honduras where the cocaine would be loaded onto trucks for transport …
March 27, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day scheduled for October 26

October 24, 2019
… from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at more than 6,036 sites nationwide where individuals can dispose of expired, unused and … high amounts of opioids and other medicines from homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by …
October 24, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Gang Member Sentenced For Multiple Charges

May 17, 2018
… CHRISTI, Texas - A 25-year-old Corpus Christi resident and member of the Texas Mexican Mafia has been sentenced to … expected to meet the child and transport her to a hotel where she would engage in a commercial sex act. Tunchez … in September 2017 and has been in custody since that time where he will remain pending his transfer to a U.S. Bureau …
May 17, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Law Enforcement in Chicago Seize Private Plane and 100 Kilograms of Cocaine

November 08, 2021
… (571) 362-6208 chicagospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 230 S. Dearborn Street Ste. … Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Just Think Twice Get … Agents later arrested Vazquez-Gamez in his hotel room, where they seized the other 20 kilograms of cocaine, the …
November 08, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Court Orders Tampa Pharmacy to Close in Case Alleging Unlawful Opioid Distribution

November 01, 2021
… from ever owning, managing or operating any business where controlled substances are dispensed. Pursuant to an … LLC, from ever owning, managing or operating any business where controlled substances are dispensed. The order also …
November 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Opioid enforcement action brings multiple charges across the Middle District of Florida

September 26, 2019
… employed as a medical assistant at a pain management clinic where she generated the fraudulent opiate prescriptions. … employed as a medical assistant at a pain management clinic where she generated the fraudulent opiate prescriptions. …
September 26, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Miami doctor arrested for overprescribing oxycodone resulting in death

May 08, 2019
… at the home of Leigh Anne Milazzo in Key Largo, Fla., where she was found dead. Deputies and detectives found a … PD detectives responded to the home of Dr. Farinas in Miami where they found Keenan L. Sigler unresponsive. After …
May 08, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Methamphetamine Trafficker Who Cut His Ankle Bracelet and Fled to Mexico during Trial Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

June 20, 2018
… Administration Special Agents intercepted dozens of calls where Ojeda and others discussed logistics for their drug … of trial -- after listening to dozens of intercepted calls where he heard himself using coded language to conduct drug …
June 20, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Former LAPD officer sentenced to 60 months in federal prison after illegal drug lab exploded in his garage

June 18, 2018
… officer whose garage explosion revealed the makeshift lab where he used butane to extract hash oil containing … from 1976 to 1991, converted a house into a drug lab where he extracted hashish oil containing THC from marijuana …
June 18, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Texas clinic owner and clinic employee sentenced to prison for conspiring to unlawfully prescribe hundreds of thousands of opioids

December 10, 2020
… respectively, today for their roles at a “pill mill” where they and their coconspirator illegally prescribed … States, to pose as a physician at Aster Medical Clinic, where he saw the clinic’s customers as if he were a …
December 10, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Texas bodybuilder charged with conspiracy to sell steroids

June 13, 2020
… Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox. Philip Russell Archibald, … the complaint, Mr. Archibald, a self-proclaimed bodybuilder and personal trainer, allegedly ran a steroid distribution … Mr. Archibald from his residence to a local post office, where he allegedly mailed a priority mail flat rate box. …
June 13, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th Annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 04, 2018
… non-law enforcement partners, and 152 collections sites where 30,809 lbs., nearly 15 ½ tons, of medications were … of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and abused by family members and …
May 04, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Tony Torrez Charged With Violating Federal Narcotics Trafficking And Firearms Laws

November 02, 2015
… That day APD conducted surveillance at the residence where they observed a man, subsequently identified as … and executed a state search warrant at the residence where they located shoe boxes containing U.S. currency, …
November 02, 2015