DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Essex County, New Jersey, Woman Admits Leadership Role In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Belleville, New Jersey, woman today admitted leading a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute oxycodone in New...
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Maltz Challenge At Training Center Of Super Bowl Champion Denver Broncos

DENVER - The DEA Denver Field Division held the annual Maltz Challenge at the new Denver Broncos Dove Valley practice facility. The intense physical challenge was held to honor the nation’s fallen heroes. The Division was joined by a large contingent of community and employee volunteers including Assistant Special Agent...
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Crack-Cocaine Wholesaler For The New Jersey Grape Street Crips Gang Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges

NEWARK, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Passaic County, New Jersey, member of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips admitted his leadership...
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Bamburg Ice Source Of Supply Sentenced To Federal Prison

COLUMBIA, S.C. - United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Alfredo De Jusus Ramirez, age 21, of Henry County, Georgia was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs of...
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South Carolina Native Sentenced To 180 Months For Leadership Role In A-PVP Trafficking And International Money Laundering Conspiracies

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 19, 2016, Joshua Lee Lindsey, 30, of Lyman, S.C., was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 180 months in federal prison for his leadership role in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy and an international money laundering conspiracy involving...
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Leader Of Drug Ring Sentenced To More Than 8 Years In Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. ordered Mateo Meraz, 42, of Rockford, Illinois and leader of a drug ring responsible for trafficking cocaine to the Charlotte area to serve 97 months in prison and three years of supervised release, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney...
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Alleged Leader Of Grape Street Crips Street Gang Charged In Connection With Four Murders, Three Attempted Murders As Part Of Decades-Long Racketeering Conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced the alleged long-time leader of the Grape Street Crips will appear in court today on charges linking him to...
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Trenton Man Admits Intent To Distribute Over 100 Grams Of Heroin

TRENTON, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Trenton man who was found in possession of 143 grams of heroin and a loaded firearm pleaded...
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Five Men Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute 55 Kilograms Of Narcotics

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced five men were arrested in Passaic County, New Jersey, with a combined 55 kilograms of heroin and cocaine...
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Two Florida Brothers Sentenced To 84 Months In Prison For Bath Salts And Money Laundering Conspiracies In Eastern Tennessee

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Michael Loren Sheaffer, 35, of Pinellas Park, Fla., and Matthew Shawn Sheaffer, 35, of Holiday, Fla., were both sentenced on Jan. 27, 2016, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to each serve 84 months in federal prison. Both Sheaffers were previously convicted of...