DEA Archived Press Releases

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Elizabeth City Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

WILMINGTON, NC. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced DesmondBertram White, 35, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina to 210 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Whitewas named in a Criminal Information filed...
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Greenville Drug Trafficker Sentenced In Operation “No Quarter”

NEW BERN, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Mario - Carmon, 33, of Greenville, North Carolina, to 100 months imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release. Carmonwas named in an Indictment filed on...
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Kinston Man Sentenced In Operation “No Quarter”

RALEIGH, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced Omar Fogg, 34, of Kinston, North Carolina, to 108 months imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release. Fogg was named in a Criminal Information...
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Alleged Colombian Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Drug Charges

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce the extradition of Diego Perez Henao, a/k/a...
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Drug Trafficking Ringleader Craig Petties Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Craig Petties, 36, of Memphis, Tennessee was sentenced today to nine life sentences in federal prison by United States District Judge Samuel H. Mays, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III. In 2009, Petties pleaded guilty to 19 charges related to his role as the ringleader of...
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Federal Jury Convicts Three Clarksville Men Of Drug And Gun Charges After Three Week Trial

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - -Demetrius Duncan a/k/a Whirley, 32, Alto Parnell a/k/a Al-Pistol, 31, and Chris Young a/k/a Soldier C, 25, all of Clarksville, Tennessee, were convicted Friday in U.S. District Court, of operating a drug conspiracy and related firearms charges, after a three week jury trial, announced David Rivera, Acting...
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Over 12 Pounds Of Methamphetamine Seized In Multiple Law Enforcement Agency Operation

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the charging by complaint of Jose Duarte, a.k.a "Margarito Garcia-Camacho" (45), a Mexican national residing in Highlands County; (a.k.a...
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Overseer Of Manatee County Marijuana Grow Houses Convicted At Trial

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that yesterday a federal jury found Do (39, Bradenton) guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...
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Two Former Sheriff’s Deputies Arrested And Charged With Possession Of Anabolic Steroids

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and W. Brad Steube, Sheriff, Manatee County Sheriff’s (MCSO), announce today the arrest of two former Manatee Sheriff’s deputies, Tom Frank, 45, and Christopher Tucker, 39. Both Frank and Tucker were charged with Possession...
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Ten Overtown Defendants Indicted On Drug Conspiracy And Distribution Charges

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, Hugo J. Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of...