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National Prevention Week

January 19, 2025
… resources and publications. National Prevention Week is from May 12-18, 2024 Join the Substance Abuse and Mental … social media and in your community! Share photos and videos from your events using #NationalPreventionWeek24 and #MyPreventionStory. Friday, May 17  – Hear from grantees and coalition members from across the country, …
January 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of cocaine trafficking organization admits guilt

October 13, 2020
… to transport kilogram-quantities of cocaine and other drugs from Texas and California and into the Savannah area from as early as February 2014 until his capture in March … to Savannah, and distributed to mid-level dealers operating from several Savannah-area residences. On March 5, 2018, law …
October 13, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Highlands County Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

September 09, 2021
… of members at all levels of the criminal enterprise - from top leaders, to people who cooked crack cocaine, to … to distribute cocaine.  McCray has a prior conviction from the Southern District of Florida for possession with … of cocaine base.  The senior McCray has a prior conviction from the Southern District of Florida for conspiracy to …
September 09, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Seizure Provides Local K-9s with Great Training Opportunity

April 07, 2025
… 362-2942 Miami.Training@dea.gov presser.JPG K-9 handlers from West Palm Beach Police Department (PD); Palm Beach … Juno Beach PD; and Port St. Lucie PD accept an opportunity from DEA to train their canines on a very large cocaine … but also the purity.  MIAMI  — K-9 law enforcement officers from South Florida got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to …
April 07, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Charges Unsealed Against Specially Designated Global Terrorist Mohammad Bazzi and Talal Chahine

February 24, 2023
… alleged activities in the United States, as directed from Lebanon. Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the … he could secretly move hundreds of thousands of dollars from the United States to Lebanon without detection by law … millions of dollars to Hizballah over the years, generated from his business activities in Belgium, Lebanon, Iraq and …
February 24, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Mercer County man charged with possessing heroin with intent to distribute

December 02, 2020
… and the surrounding area. Based on information received from a reliable source, law enforcement officials determined … Law enforcement officials followed Bell in his vehicle from Trenton to Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Bell drove to an apartment complex, retrieved a bag from the trunk of his vehicle and entered an apartment. …
December 02, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Dealer admits selling deadly fentanyl laced pills

September 16, 2019
… attempted to perform CPR even though she was groggy from have taken a pill herself. Paramedics arrived on scene … roommate and the deceased man took a pill. After learning from the Medical Examiner's Office that her roommate died of … are living in a world where drug cartels are getting rich from making counterfeit pills that contain fentanyl and we …
September 16, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Gang Member Sentenced to Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking

September 07, 2022
… Additional photos of firearms and ammunition recovered from Takedown.jpg AUGUSTA, Ga. --  A member of a violent … streets safer by identifying and removing these criminals from our neighborhoods.” Curtis’ co-defendant, Robert Lewis … the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. With assistance from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, the two were …
September 07, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Warren County Man Indicted on Charges Including Machine Gun Possession, Methamphetamine Trafficking

April 21, 2022
… of illegal drugs in our communities, and to remove firearms from those who are prohibited from owning them,” said U.S. Attorney Estes. McGahee was … followed a recent search of his residence where agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and deputies …
April 21, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Two Convicted for Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization with Ties to Mexican Cartel

May 24, 2023
… of the organization who coordinated fentanyl shipments from Sinaloa, Mexico to Massachusetts and the laundering of … the delivery of $150,000 which was ultimately seized from Heraux as he attempted to deliver the money on behalf … in February 2021, 197 grams of fentanyl was seized from Heraux as he attempted to deliver the drugs to a …
May 24, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

New Britain Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Fentanyl

June 27, 2022
… kilogram-quantities of narcotics, primarily fentanyl, from a source in Mexico, and then distributed the drug to … Members of the organization delivered cash generated from the sale of narcotics to a money broker in Brooklyn, … 2019, investigators seized more than $200,000 in cash from members of the drug trafficking organization. Gonzalez …
June 27, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Final Defendant Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines

August 16, 2022
… Ice removed the victim’s catalytic converter by cutting it from the victim’s vehicle’s exhaust system using a … converters so that he could target specific vehicles from which to steal catalytic converters. Marshall also gave … Leslie Ice’s bond money so that he would be released from custody and could continue to steal catalytic …
August 16, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

High Speed Chase Ends with 15 Years in Prison for Illegal Firearms

November 16, 2021
… leading law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase from Bolivar, Mo., to Springfield, Mo. Milton W. Sparks, 38, … who was driving a stolen Dodge Challenger. Sparks fled from officers at speeds up to 128 miles per hour. At one … continued driving at about 100 miles per hour. Sparks fled from Bolivar, Mo., to a residential neighborhood in …
November 16, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

November 01, 2021
… removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On Oct. 23, with close … number of organizations participating increased to 262, up from the April Take Back Day of 198 organizations. “On DEA’s …
November 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Covetrus Agrees To Pay $1,125,000 for Failing to Adequately Address Suspicious Opioid Orders and for Inadequate Recordkeeping Practices

October 30, 2024
… worldwide. Under the settlement, Covetrus NA admitted that, from March 29, 2016 through June 18, 2019, its internal … order monitoring system (SOM) flagged 35 opioid orders from a veterinary office in West Barnstable, Mass. …
October 30, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Former Mexican Lawyer Who Became Major Meth Supplier to Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Prison

June 28, 2024
… Stalled During the Pandemic Tacoma – A former attorney from Mexico was sentenced June 21, 2024, to 90 months in … U.S. District Judge David G. Estudillo rejected arguments from the defense that Castellanos-Tapia played a minor role … 2023. Over the course of the investigation, agents seized from members of the drug trafficking organization an …
June 28, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of International Drug Trafficking Organization Operating in Oregon Sentenced to Federal Prison

June 21, 2024
… of DEA, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and our many partners from law enforcement agencies across Oregon led to the … trafficking organization, whose sole purpose is to profit from addiction and suffering. This far-reaching … and Medford Branch Offices. According to court documents, from at least March 2018 through August 2020, while …
June 21, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

East Bay Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Opioids Outside the Scope of Medical Practice

March 18, 2024
… sentencing memorandum, Karimi practiced medicine from an accessory dwelling unit on the grounds of her suburban home from roughly 2011 to 2022. Her practice operated under the … investigating Karimi after receiving concerning information from the family of one of Karimi’s former patients, who had …
March 18, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Five Individuals Sentenced to Prison for Meth Trafficking and Money Laundering

February 15, 2024
… He obtained large quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico and paid couriers, including Darius Robinson, to … and distributed several hundred pounds of methamphetamine from 2021 through 2022. Court documents established that … frequently received large quantities of methamphetamine from Mario Rodriguez Diaz. Specifically, they received …
February 15, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Savannah Woman Pleads Guilty to Laundering ‘Pill Mill’ Money

December 06, 2021
… our communities.” "Whipple-Duncan profited significantly from this clinic. Her greedy actions directly contributed to … of opioids." “Jamesetta Whipple-Duncan directly profited from the pain Dr. Frank Bynes caused to the community,” said … military and their families, at times seeking pain relief from an injury, have been substantially impacted from the …
December 06, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Cocaine Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Two Decades in Federal Prison

February 22, 2021
… “The cocaine distributor in this case has been removed from the streets and will now serve well-deserved time in … more than 35 kilograms of cocaine and other drugs from Texas and California destined for the Savannah area, from as early as February 2014 until his capture in March …
February 22, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Arizona Man Sentenced for Role in International Drug Trafficking Ring Targeting Alaska

February 12, 2024
… Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Smuggled Meth, Heroin and Cocaine from Mexico ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Arizona man was sentenced … smuggled over a dozen kilos of meth, heroin and cocaine from Mexico into Alaska for six years. As part of his role … has entered a plea of guilty and it is awaiting acceptance from the Court. Serena Joseph, 41, pleaded guilty to drug …
February 12, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 17, 2024
… our communities, but we’re essentially drinking water from a firehose,” said Special Agent in Charge J. Todd … a potentially deadly dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from 4 out of 10 pills in 2021 and 6 out of 10 pills in … lives lost.  Nearly 70% of these drug poisonings are from fentanyl.    DEA has responded to this unprecedented …
January 17, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Former Employee of San Francisco Money Services Business Charged with Conspiring to Launder Drug Proceeds

November 01, 2023
… numbers depicted in the photograph she had earlier received from her unnamed co-conspirator. The complaint further alleges that records received from the money services business confirm Barrientos … example, the complaint alleges that surveillance footage from the money services business from April 25, 2023, shows …
November 01, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Sentenced to 136 Months for Drug Trafficking in the Tri Cities

August 25, 2023
… more of pure methamphetamine. De La Mora Cardenas, who is from Colima, Mexico, also will serve 5 years of federal supervision after he is released from custody.  According to information disclosed during … arrangements for a ten-pound delivery of methamphetamine from Muniz-De La Mora, who brought a four-year-old child to …
August 25, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Aryan Brotherhood Associate Pleads Guilty to a Racketeering Conspiracy

February 06, 2023
… Includes Murders, Assaults, and Drug Trafficking from Within California Prisons SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Justin … heroin and methamphetamine trafficking operation from their shared prison cell. They used smuggled cellphones to direct their drug trafficking activity from their prison cell to the streets of Sacramento and …
February 06, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Berkeley Brothers Plead Guilty to Selling Fentanyl in San Francisco's Tenderloin

September 29, 2022
… time and again with his older brother David Ordonez, 20, from an apartment they shared in Berkeley to the Tenderloin … March 9, 2022, he and his brother David Ordonez travelled from their Berkeley apartment to the Tenderloin to sell … again travelled with his brother David Ordonez from their Berkeley apartment to the Tenderloin. …
September 29, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Springfield man sentenced to 78 months in prison for trafficking heroin

June 25, 2020
… were receiving bulk quantities of heroin and fentanyl from out-of-state suppliers.  They then stored, processed … 2017, investigators made a controlled purchase of heroin from Velez in Springfield.  The investigation also revealed … Velez was on Massachusetts state probation and prohibited from traveling outside of Massachusetts, he regularly …
June 25, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And Partners Release 2016 Pennsylvania Drug Overdose Death Report

July 27, 2017
… 2016 report at a news conference today.  Key findings from the report indicate that in 2016, 4,642 drug-related … coroners and medical examiners, an increase of 37 percent from 2015. In 2016, approximately 13 people died of a … in (52 percent of deaths), a significant increase from 2015 when fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances were …
July 27, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

November 01, 2021
… has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On October 23, with … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease … pill misuse. Criminal drug networks are shipping chemicals from China to Mexico where they are converted to dangerous …
November 01, 2021