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5 Sinaloa Cartel Members plead guily to trafficking charges in Operation Cookout

January 29, 2021
… Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 800 K Street, N.W Suite 500 Washington , DC … a global pandemic—to protect the communities we serve from these deadly drugs,” said Jarod Forget, Special Agent …
January 29, 2021
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Seven Defendants Sentenced for Drug and Firearm Offenses Related to 2019 Burlington Murder

October 04, 2023
… Seven Defendants Sentenced for Drug and Firearm Offenses Related to … court records, in late 2018, Lesine Woodson came to Vermont from Orlando, Florida, to sell cocaine base in partnership with Benzel Hampton, who was also from Orlando. Shortly after arriving in Vermont, Woodson …
October 04, 2023
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Seven Indicted in Seattle in Connection with Coast-to-Coast Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

March 03, 2023
… Seven Indicted in Seattle in Connection with Coast-to-Coast … 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 300 … sold their illicit narcotics throughout the U.S., from the Southwest border to the Pacific Northwest and all …
March 03, 2023
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Chinese drug traffickers charged in fatal opioid conspiracy

August 21, 2018
… (571) 362-1498 Brian McNeal (571) 362-1858 DetroitSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 431 … one killer drug in America today, and most of them come from China,” said Attorney General Sessions.  “That’s why …
August 21, 2018
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42 Defendants Facing State Or Federal Drug Charges For Allegedly Selling Heroin On City’s West Side

June 24, 2015
… 42 Defendants Facing State Or Federal Drug Charges For Allegedly … Name SA Justin Williams (571) 362-6208 chicagospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 230 … heroin were seized during the course of the investigation from last August through this month.  Early today, DEA …
June 24, 2015
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Drug Kingpin Indicted Following Record-Breaking Meth And Heroin Seizure

August 01, 2011
… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA Romona Sy 571-776-1634 … Romedi Lara-Serrano, as the drugs were being transferred from a tractor trailer to a car at the I-95 service area in …
August 01, 2011
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Tricked-out Upper Manhattan Stash Apartments Conceal $12 Million In Heroin And $500,000 In “Crystal Meth”

April 16, 2014
… Tricked-out Upper Manhattan Stash Apartments Conceal $12 Million In Heroin And $500,000 In “Crystal … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … of a long-term investigation, investigators and agents from Special Narcotics and DEA’s Long Island Division Office …
April 16, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

State inmate sentenced to nearly 8 years in prison for running cocaine and crack ring while incarcerated

November 20, 2019
… State inmate sentenced to nearly 8 years in prison for running cocaine and … ring while he was incarcerated.  This matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task …
November 20, 2019
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New York man sentenced to over 14 years on heroin and crack conspiracy charge

May 21, 2019
… New York man sentenced to over 14 years on heroin and crack conspiracy … grams of crack in central Maine. Fields obtained the drugs from out-of-state sources. The defendant and others brought …
May 21, 2019
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U.S. Attorney Announces 17 Indictments in Fayetteville Area as Part of Ongoing Federal Violent Crime and Drug Strategy

June 29, 2023
… U.S. Attorney Announces 17 Indictments in Fayetteville Area as Part of Ongoing Federal Violent Crime and Drug Strategy June 29, 2023 Atlanta Contact … and State agencies to remove violent and career criminals from our community,” said Fayetteville Police Chief Kemberle …
June 29, 2023
STORY

Recent DEA Seizures of Pill Presses

April 09, 2024
… Recent DEA Seizures of Pill Presses April 09, 2024 The U.S. …   Louisville Field Division On January 31, 2024, DEA agents from the Louisville Field Division executed two search … $14,000 U.S. currency. This TDP 5 pill press was ordered from VitaminShack. One arrest was made in connection to this …
April 09, 2024
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day with Extended Museum Hours

August 20, 2025
… DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day with Extended Museum Hours August … Museum will extend its operating hours this coming Thursday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. to commemorate National Fentanyl …
August 20, 2025
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DEA Announces 5,456 Drug-Related Overdose Deaths in Pennsylvania in 2017

August 21, 2018
… DEA Announces 5,456 Drug-Related Overdose Deaths in Pennsylvania in 2017 August 21, 2018 Philadelphia Contact … 861-3474 Media Requests (571) 362-5348 PhiladelphiaSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Wm. … per 100,000 people and a 64% increase in overdose deaths from 2015 to 2017. The DEA Philadelphia Division will be …
August 21, 2018
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Two Passaic County Men Plead Guilty to Illegal Money Transmitting Scheme

October 26, 2021
… Two Passaic County Men Plead Guilty to Illegal Money Transmitting Scheme October … aiding and abetting an illegal money transmitting business. From April 2017 through March 2019, Erickson Checo-Almonte …
October 26, 2021
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Two Hunterdon County women sentenced for distributing opioids

November 20, 2018
… Two Hunterdon County women sentenced for distributing opioids November 20, 2018 New … imposed the sentences today in Trenton federal court. From April 2016 through December 2017, Rios, Call and Call’s …
November 20, 2018
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Distributor of More than 100 Pounds of Fentanyl Sentenced to Almost Six Years in Prison

December 01, 2021
… Distributor of More than 100 Pounds of Fentanyl Sentenced to Almost Six Years in Prison December 01, 2021 San … total, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents seized from Renteria 49.1 kilograms (108.2 pounds) of fentanyl; …
December 01, 2021
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Utica men sentenced for drug trafficking conspiracy

July 29, 2020
… Utica men sentenced for drug trafficking conspiracy July 29, 2020 New … possess with intent to distribute cocaine in the Utica area from October 2016 to October 2017. The jury also found … fingerprints on some of the drug packaging material seized from the stash location. The cocaine base Peralta possessed …
July 29, 2020
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Niagara Falls man sentenced for involvement in multi-million dollar heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl conspiracy

July 03, 2019
… Niagara Falls man sentenced for involvement in multi-million dollar heroin, … Williams to assist Williams with receiving drug shipments from California, distributing the drugs, and collecting …
July 03, 2019
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Four Arrested for Alleged Drug Trafficking in Las Vegas

March 25, 2022
… Recruiter Name SA K. Vo 571-387-6615 LOSANGELESSPECIALAGENTRECRUITER@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 255 East Temple Street 17th Floor Los Angeles , … of illegal synthetic drugs and firearms. Special Agents from the DEA and investigators assigned to the Tulare County …
March 25, 2022
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison For Illegally Possessing Firearms

April 07, 2022
… Bridgeport Man Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison For Illegally Possessing … in Bridgeport.  At the time of his arrest, officers seized from Vasquez several fictious driver’s licenses from several …
April 07, 2022
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Missouri Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Healthcare Fraud

August 25, 2022
… Missouri Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Healthcare Fraud August 25, 2022 St. … Judge E. Richard Webber sentenced on Thursday a doctor from Town and Country, Missouri, to a year in prison for a …
August 25, 2022
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St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty in Case Involving Overdose Death

February 28, 2022
… Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 317 South 16th Street St. Louis , MO 63103 … District Court Judge John A. Ross accepted a plea of guilty from Markquis Bryant Feb. 28 for the crime of distribution …
February 28, 2022
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Judge sentences St. Louis County man for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin and meth

October 08, 2020
… Judge sentences St. Louis County man for possession with intent to … Louis Division special agents utilized confidential sources from March 2019 through June 2019 to purchase fentanyl and heroin from Welch. On July 2, 2019, the DEA and the St. Louis …
October 08, 2020
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Franklin County, Mo., man sentence in meth and firearms case

August 28, 2020
… Franklin County, Mo., man sentence in meth and firearms case August 28, 2020 St. Louis … conducted controlled buys of methamphetamine from Campbell and Spencer in and around the area. Also …
August 28, 2020
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Franklin County woman sentenced to 64 months in prison

August 14, 2020
… Franklin County woman sentenced to 64 months in prison August 14, 2020 St. Louis … Enforcement Unit investigated this case, with assistance from the Kirkwood and Webster Police Departments.  According …
August 14, 2020
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Springfield, Missouri woman pleads guilty to meth conspiracy

May 26, 2020
… Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 317 South 16th Street St. Louis , MO 63103 … conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Laclede County from November 28, 2018, to May 21, 2019. She remains in …
May 26, 2020
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Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

March 09, 2020
… Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 317 South 16th Street St. Louis , MO 63103 … for distributing methamphetamine he received in the mail from California, It was investigated by the Drug Enforcement …
March 09, 2020
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Rochester Man Sentenced to More than 14 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking and Fatal Overdose

November 21, 2022
… Rochester Man Sentenced to More than 14 Years in Prison for Fentanyl … house at 192 Weaver Street in Rochester, selling fentanyl from the house in 2019 and 2020. On February 25, 2020, … and $10,445 in cash, all of which consisted of proceeds from the distribution of fentanyl. Rodriguez admitted …
November 21, 2022
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Bronx Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison and West New York Man Admits Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine

May 11, 2021
… Bronx Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison and West New York Man Admits … four kilograms of a substance they believed was cocaine from an individual. DEA Special Agents arrested Johnson and Beggs and seized $153,577 from Johnson’s vehicle, a loaded firearm from a hidden …
May 11, 2021
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Five members of heroin trafficking ring arrested in Syracuse

February 15, 2019
… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA Romona Sy 571-776-1634 … of heroin taken off the streets SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Four men from Syracuse and one from New York City (the Bronx) have …
February 15, 2019