DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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North Carolina Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced

STATESVILLE, NC - U.S. District Judge Richard L. Voorhees sentenced yesterday Eduardo Trejo-Munoz, a/k/a “Lalo,” 24, of Hickory, N.C. to 262 months in prison and five years of supervised release for trafficking high purity crystal methamphetamine worth over $5 million, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District...
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Busted Behind Bars: Drug Case Leads Feds To Prison Dealer

PHOENIX - The DEA announced the recent conviction of Luis Alfonso Felix-Hernandez, an already incarcerated subject who was found guilty of multiple federal charges after it was discovered he was continuing his drug trafficking operations from within prison walls. Information provided to federal agents by Mesa Police Department detectives indicated...
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Ex-Auburn, Georgia Police Officer Guilty: Extortion, Drug Trafficking

ATLANTA - Charles F. Hubbard has pled guilty to extortion and drug trafficking conspiracy charges. The defendant was an officer with the Auburn, Georgia, Police Department who used his law enforcement position and his patrol car to intercept and steal drugs and money. “Hubbard assisted drug traffickers for his own...
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Colorado Springs Resident Office Assists GBI, CSPD

Georgia Bureau of (GBI) case into theft of 8.9 million dosage units of Hydrocodone results in multiple warrants, illegal pot grows in Colorado Springs and El Paso County COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Agents and Task Force Officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration Colorado Springs Resident Office assisted detectives from Colorado...
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Charlotte Man Pleads Guilty To Perjury Charge For Lying Under Oath During Trial

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Jucorey Deonte Pruitt, aka Corey Deonte Pruitt, 25, of Charlotte, appeared in court Aug. 9, and pleaded guilty to a perjury charge for lying under oath during a federal trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer presided over Pruitt’s plea hearing. The Aug. 9 plea was announced...
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Grundy County Resident Indicted In Marijuana Manufacturing And Distribution Operation

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On July 26, 2016, a federal grand jury returned a six count indictment against Vincent Garner, 50, of Gruetli-Laager, Tenn., charging him with manufacturing and distributing marijuana, illegally possessing a firearm after being previously convicted of a felony and possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking transaction...
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DEA Targets Tucson Synthetic Drug Traffickers

PHOENIX - DEA led multiple enforcement operations in Tucson and the surrounding area this morning as part of a long-term federal investigation involving the sales and distribution of synthetic cannabinoids, aka “spice.” DEA coordinated the service of 32 federal search warrants in Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado and Long Beach, California...
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DEA Investigation Leads To 42-Count Indictment And Arrest Of Arizona Doctor

PHOENIX - DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced the indictment of Dr. Harinder Kumar Takyar following a 42-count indictment by a state grand jury alleging Dr. Takyar prescribed controlled substances with no medical necessity and provided compensation for the referral of patients to...
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Three Charged With Heroin Conspiracy Resulting In Death Of Overdose Victim

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On June 28, 2016, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Darius Jermaine Blakemore, a.k.a. Tank, 27, of Chattanooga, Tenn., Joshua Corbett, 27, currently of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Jessica Rachels, 25, currently of Chattanooga, Tenn., with conspiracy to distribute heroin resulting in the death of...
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced late yesterday Alberto Diaz-Fernandez, 55, of Santa Ana, California, to 121 months in prison and four years of supervised release on drug conspiracy charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Daniel R...