DEA Archived Press Releases

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Leader Of California-Based Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that Antonio Cuevas-(47, Sacramento, California) pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of conspiring with others to distribute 500 grams...
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Federal Judge Sentences Columbia, S.C. Attorney For Making A False Statement To A Federal Agent

COLUMBIA, S.C. - On Tuesday, September 23, 2014, U.S. District Judge Margaret B. Seymour sentenced Joenathan Shelly Chaplin, an attorney in Columbia, S.C. to three years of probation for making a false statement to a federal agent, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina...
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Six Charged With Conspiracy To Manufacture Methamphetamine

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal indictment has charged six men with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Attorney Tompkins is joined in making today’s announcement by John S. Comer, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta...
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Sanderson Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 19 Years

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Arnold (42, Sanderson) to 19 years and six months in federal prison for one count of distributing cocaine base and cocaine, and for violating his supervised release in a prior federal case. Clayton was also sentenced to a term of...
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Sarasota Drug Dealer Convicted Of Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Toborus Dontay (33, Sarasota) guilty of possession with intent to distribute over 500...
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Nine Sentenced To Prison For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell has sentenced nine individuals to federal prison for conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone. Ten individuals were charged by criminal complaint on April 9, 2013. Nine were arrested and subsequently pleaded guilty for their roles in this case. One individual remains a fugitive...
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Two Highlands County Men Plead Guilty To Firearm And Drug Trafficking Offenses

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Amos Rojas, Jr., United States Marshal, U.S. Marshals (USMS); Hugo Barrera, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF); John Burke and Addy Villanueva...
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Colombian Man Sentenced To More Than 6 Years In Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Commit Money Laundering

ORLANDO, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron sentenced Luis Alberto Marulanda-(55, Colombia) to 80 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $969,130 reflecting the proceeds of the charged criminal...
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Six Individuals From Americana Corridor Of South Orlando Indicted For Federal Firearm And Drug Trafficking Offenses

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division and United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III, for the Middle District of Florida, announces the unsealing of six separate indictments charging Rodney (33, Orlando), Felix (40, Orlando), Dave Stephen (27, Orlando), Junior Jeffrey...
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Members Of Oxycodone Conspiracy Sentenced

COLUMBIA, S.C. - United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Lance C. Tew, age 26, of Greer, Jessica R. Hollingsworth, age 24, of Taylors, and Mary Virginia Merritt, age 42, of Greer, were sentenced today in federal court in Greenville, for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a violation of Title...