DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Leavenworth Woman Indicted On Meth Charges

LEAVENWORTH, KS. - The office of Barry Grissom, the United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, announced that a Leavenworth woman is facing federal drug charges. Laurie Louise Reed, 47, is charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute...
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Texas Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Production And Distribution Of Methamphetamine

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that a Lufkin, Texas, man, Joshua L. McMurray, 32, convicted of Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute (Count 1), and Distribution of (Counts 2 -4), was sentenced to 10 years in federal...
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Elisa Baker Indicted On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

CHARLOTTE, NC. - A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte, indicted Elisa Annette Baker, 43, of Hickory, NC, on May 18, 2011 on drug trafficking charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Joining U.S. Attorney Tompkins in making today’s announcement are Rodney G...
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Eleven Southern Illinois Residents Indicted In Methamphetamine Conspiracy

BENTON, IL. - Eleven southern Illinois residents were indicted on May 3, 2011, in a second superseding indictment, charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Eddie O. Allen, III, 33, Heidi R. Libbert, 29, Harry R. Libbert...
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Twenty Years In Prison For Carbondale Man Convicted In Drug Ring

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on May 12, 2011, a Carbondale man was sentenced in United States District Court on a two count superseding indictment charging Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine...
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Kansas City Man Sentenced To 19+ Years In Crack Case

KANSAS CITY, KS - . - Alejandro Ray Williams , 40, of Kansas City, KS, was sentenced on May 11, 2011 in Federal District Court to 235 months in federal prison on charges of distributing crack cocaine. In January, a jury found Williams guilty on one count of conspiracy to...
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Cocaine Sales Net Eight Years In Prison For Sauk Village Man

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that a Sauk Village, IL, man was sentenced in United States District Court on May 11, 2011, on two-count indictment charging Distribution of Crack Cocaine and Possession with Intent to Distribute...
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Feds Crack Down On Illegal Trafficking Of Oxycodone

ATLANTA, GA. - A federal grand jury in Atlanta returned indictments this week in two separate cases charging a total of 13 defendants from Georgia and Kentucky with illegally trafficking in oxycodone and other prescription drugs. In the larger of the two cases, agents arrested a total of 6 defendants...
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DEA’s Second Pill Take Back Event Yields 3,510 Pounds Of Drugs In Georgia

ATLANTA, GA. - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on April 30th turned in 3,510 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was more than 2010’s total which...
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DEA’s Second Pill Take Back Event Yields 4,436 Pounds Of Medications In Tennessee

NASHVILLE, TN. - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on April 30th turned in 4,436 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was more than 2010’s total which...