DEA Archived Press Releases

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Eleven People Indicted In Monroe County Drug Conspiracy

SCRANTON, Penn. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a grand jury in Scranton has charged ten men and one woman with conspiring to distribute cocaine, cocaine (crack) and heroin in Monroe County. According to United States Attorney Peter Smith, the indictment alleges...
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DEA Atlanta Division Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

ATLANTA - Daniel R. Salter, the Special Agent in (SAC) of the DEA Atlanta Field Division announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide...
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DEA Charlotte District Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - William F. Baxley, Jr., the Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) of the DEA Atlanta Field Division announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up...
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DEA Columbia District Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Robert Murphy, the Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) of the DEA Atlanta Field Division announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities...
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DEA Nashville District Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Michael J. Stanfill, the Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) of the DEA Atlanta Field Division announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout...
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

PHILADELPHIA - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg yesterday announced the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back. As authorized, the event will take place in Pennsylvania and Delaware on September 12th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide...
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Desai Sentenced For Distribution Of “Ice” And Possession Of Multiple Firearms

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Nimesh Vijay Desai, age 33, of Columbus, Georgia was sentenced today by the Honorable Clay D. Land, Chief United States District Judge in Columbus, Georgia. Mr. Desai was sentenced to serve 130 months...
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Federal Jury Convicts Texas Couple Of Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracies

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Aldo Villarreal, 46, of McAllen, Texas, was found guilty today by a federal jury of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine and marijuana, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Villarreal’s wife, Juana Edith Vela-Salinas, 41...
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Rhode Island Man Indicted For Trafficking Over A Kilogram Of Heroin

SCRANTON, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Providence, Rhode Island man was indicted late yesterday by a federal grand jury sitting in Scranton, on the charge of possession with intent to distribute in excess of one kilogram of heroin. According...
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Conway Men Enter Guilty Pleas In Federal Drug Conspiracy

COLUMBIA, S.C. - United States Attorney Bill Nettles, stated today that Marcus Dalton Hemingway and James Earl Spain, II, both of Conway, entered guilty pleas on drug conspiracy charges in federal court in Florence late yesterday afternoon. Hemingway and Spain were indicted earlier this year by a federal grand jury...