PRESS RELEASE

DEA Miami Field Division Warns of Alarming Increase in Suspected Fentanyl-Related Overdoses in Florida

July 15, 2022
… died of a drug overdose during the 12-month period from February 1, 2021 through January 30, 2022 with 67% of … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
July 15, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

St. Petersburg Man Sentenced for His Involvement in DTO

July 08, 2022
… drug trafficking offenses. According to the indictment, from around August 2018, and continuing through November 26, … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
July 08, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Results in DEA and Partners Collecting Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds of Unneeded Medications in an Effort to Prevent Addiction and Reduce Overdose Deaths

May 25, 2022
… 27,847 pounds of expired, unused, and unwanted medications from 202 collections sites throughout the state of Florida. … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
May 25, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Salem Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

May 30, 2025
… investigation, investigators arranged a controlled buy of counterfeit oxycodone pills from Rigutto. Investigators observed him arrive and depart … switches,” are small attachments used to convert firearms from semi-automatic to fully-automatic. Later the same day, …
May 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Marijuana Drug Deal that Ended in Death Results in Guilty Pleas

June 11, 2024
… others that the victim had previously purchased marijuana from him using counterfeit currency. On Feb. 19, 2022, they … All were armed. When the victim contacted Brown-Shatto to buy more marijuana, the three drove to his home in the 7800 … later recovered a total of 22 spent cartridge casings from both weapons. Both shooters disposed of those weapons, …
June 11, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Reminds Families to Discuss the Dangers of Drugs Before Students Return to School

August 01, 2022
… methamphetamine pressed into pills shaped like marshmallows from cereal and fake pills laced with fentanyl made to look … turning to smartphones as a one-stop shop to market, sell, buy and deliver deadly, fake prescription pills and other … your life and help them realize the dangers that can come from experimenting and misusing drugs,” King said. “Kids are …
August 01, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

February 28, 2024
… records, on April 20, 2023, DEA agents received information from a citizen that Kerr was a supplier of fentanyl. The citizen called Kerr and set up a time and location to buy fentanyl pills. DEA agents established surveillance at … a pistol, loaded with a round chambered. Upon his release from prison, Kerr will be subject to 5 years of supervised …
February 28, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Defendant Caught with 14 Kilos of Fentanyl and Seven Kilos of Methamphetamine Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison

August 28, 2023
… Based on these percentages, pills just like the ones seized from Guerrero-Acosta killed approximately 490 people, … and methamphetamine.  After conducting some controlled buys of drugs, agents moved in to arrest Guerrero-Acosta.  … in Arizona in 2007 and 2011. He has a conviction from 2015 for illegally returning to the U.S. following …
August 28, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA El Paso Division Safety Bulletin

March 01, 2019
… to remind the public not to purchase pills or medications from street dealers. Recently DEA El Paso learned that … exposure can be fatal. We remind the public that buying from street dealers is dangerous, because purchasers cannot …
March 01, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Crack-dealing Gang Dismantled In The Bronx

March 02, 2018
… was a force multiplier in our goal of removing drug dealing from the Adams Housing Projects and surrounding areas.” … Violent Crime Squad, Bronx DA Investigators and agents from the DEA. They were arraigned before Bronx Supreme Court … the John Adams Houses, with undercover officers making 32 buys of crack cocaine. Three defendants are also charged …
March 02, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

National Jewish Health Study Documents Health Dangers Of Indoor Marijuana Grows

September 10, 2012
… results of a study designed to determine the health effects from indoor marijuana grow operations. The study was … it was difficult to control chemical contamination from pesticides and fertilizers. The study also showed that … these operations may go undetected, an unsuspecting family buying the residence at a later date may be put at risk of …
September 10, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Bakersfield trucker sentenced for shipping drugs sourced from Mexico

January 28, 2019
… Bakersfield trucker sentenced for shipping drugs sourced from Mexico January 28, 2019 San Francisco Contact Info … After Alvarez-Muniz arranged for the shipment of the drugs from Mexico to Mira Loma, Jennings picked up the drugs and …
January 28, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

OCDETF Investigation Results in Convictions of Six Defendants for Nearly 100 Combined Years in Prison for Meth and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

November 19, 2024
… and record phone calls and text messages made to and from Laneython Ignont’s cell phone. These wiretapped … and Donterrian Lavender as they were attempting to fly from the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (“DFW”) to Los Angeles International Airport to buy drugs. Agents seized from inside one of their suitcases …
November 19, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Lubbock Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Combined 106 Years in Federal Prison

October 12, 2021
… more than a dozen firearms, and roughly $80,000 cash from drug dealers in Lubbock. “Cocaine is not manufactured in Lubbock nor does the coca plant, from where it is derived, grow in West Texas’ fertile land.  … documents, DEA agents used a confidential informant to buy cocaine from several defendants. They also executed …
October 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Mariah Ferry and Jose Torrez plead guilty to federal kidnapping charges for abducting and brutally beating two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

February 14, 2020
… of two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money from the home of co-defendant, Chase Smothermon, 32, of … contacted M.T. under a ruse that Smothermon wanted to buy marijuana from M.T. When M.T. arrived at Smothermon’s home, Smothermon …
February 14, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Toy Dealer Pleads Guilty In Drug Money Laundering Case

August 01, 2012
… in Los Angeles on money laundering charges arising from this type of scheme, which is commonly referred to as a … in Colombia and Mexico would contact currency brokers to buy discounted U.S. dollars, which they would use to purchase merchandise from Woody Toys. The dollars being sold were allegedly …
August 01, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Two Extradited, Charged With Weapons Support To Hizballah One Defendant Allegedly Agreed To Acquire $9.5 Million Worth Of Surface-to-Air Missiles And Other Weapons For Hizballah

November 18, 2011
… the extraditions of Siavosh Henareh and Cetin Aksu from Romania, on charges of conspiring to provide narcotics … organization. Aksu is also charged with agreeing to buy a deadly laundry list of weapons on behalf of an … the CS’s. The CSs represented to Henareh that the profits from the sale of the heroin in the United States would be …
November 18, 2011
STORY

North Dakota State College of Science Wins Top Prize in Red Ribbon Week Video Contest

January 31, 2019
… Week Campus Video PSA Contest! You can view the winning PSA online at https://youtu.be/7DFbh_0Npog . DEA and the … nation’s schools, workplaces, and communities. Each year from October 23–31, people in cities and towns across the …
January 31, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Man Indicted for Taking Controlled Substances from Kansas Hospital

November 01, 2021
… Man Indicted for Taking Controlled Substances from Kansas Hospital November 01, 2021 St. Louis Contact … is accused of removing vials of fentanyl and hydromorphone from an automated dispensing cabinet in March 2021 at …
November 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Indiana Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Meth Trafficking

January 19, 2022
… a pound of methamphetamine during a series of controlled buys. In August 2020, investigators arrested Fowler and …
January 19, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

South Bend, Indiana man sentenced for conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine

June 11, 2020
… a pound of methamphetamine. Kinds admitted that he had been buying and selling methamphetamine by the pound, and that he …
June 11, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Convicted Drug Trafficker Found Guilty

September 25, 2012
… a confidential informant in Bradenton, for the purpose of buying a half-kilogram of cocaine. During the transaction, …
September 25, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Sarasota Meth Trafficker Pleads Guilty

January 25, 2024
… to the plea agreement, on September 22, 2022, a deputy from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office retrieved a package … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
January 25, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Former Nurse Indicted for Drug Diversion from Boston Hospital

February 27, 2023
… Former Nurse Indicted for Drug Diversion from Boston Hospital February 27, 2023 New England Contact … grand jury in Boston for allegedly diverting opioids from a Boston-area hospital. Andrea Falzano, 38, of …
February 27, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Missouri Nurse Sentenced for Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital

August 01, 2023
… Missouri Nurse Sentenced for Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital August 01, 2023 St. Louis Contact Info Contact … on Tuesday sentenced a registered nurse who stole fentanyl from the hospital where she worked to three years of …
August 01, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Missouri Nurse Admits Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital

May 05, 2023
… Missouri Nurse Admits Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital May 05, 2023 St. Louis Contact Info Contact Us … on Thursday admitted illegally obtaining and using fentanyl from the hospital where she worked. Lindsey M. Francis, now …
May 05, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Man from Zuni, New Mexico sentenced to federal prison

April 15, 2020
… Man from Zuni, New Mexico sentenced to federal prison April 15, … going to retrieve it after collecting payment of $28,000 from the customer.  However, the customer was actually an …
April 15, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Three men from Idaho arrested for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine

July 17, 2020
… Three men from Idaho arrested for conspiracy to distribute … Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. The charge stem from a June 16, 2020 indictment filed in U.S. District Court …
July 17, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Michigan Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Drug and Gun Crimes in Burlington

March 12, 2024
… that on March 7, 2024, Quenton Dodson, 36, originally from Ypsilanti, Michigan, was sentenced by Chief United … conducted a series of controlled purchases of drugs from Dodson and, in January 2022, obtained warrants to … (including some of the bills used in one of the controlled buys), about 20 grams of fentanyl, about 65 grams of …
March 12, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Shaw-Crank Redemption Results In 11 Defendants Being Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 93 Years For Drug-Trafficking

May 29, 2014
… 93 years in prison for drug-trafficking offenses stemming from an investigation known as “Operation Shaw-Crank … must do all we can to keep children in our community safe from drugs and other illegal activity. I thank the dedicated … and Arkansas River Valley area. Numerous controlled buys, surveillance, search warrants, and monitoring have …
May 29, 2014