DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Former Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Officer Charged With Drug Trafficking Conspiracy And Extortion

ATLANTA, GA. - FLOYD B. SAWYER, 44, a former Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan (SCMPD) Officer, has been charged with drug trafficking conspiracy, extortion, possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, and lying to federal agents. SAWYER was arrested yesterday by federal authorities on a criminal complaint. SAWYER’s initial appearance in federal...
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Marijuana Cultivator Convicted

SACRAMENTO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that Jian Hong Liang, 29, of San Francisco, was found guilty today for his involvement in an indoor marijuana growing operation in Sacramento and Elk Grove. The guilty verdict...
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Madera Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Cultivate Marijuana

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Ediberto Ceballos of Madera pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate marijuana. According to his plea agreement, Ceballos admitted that his offense involved 3,710 marijuana plants and that he had traveled to a marijuana cultivation site to tend to...
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Leader Of Stockton Area Drug Trafficking Group Sentenced To 18 Years In Federal Prison

SACRAMENTO, CA -- - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that United States District Judge Edward J. Garcia sentenced Hector Ojeda Barraza, 30, of Stockton, today to 18 years in prison to be followed by five years of...
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Officers Charged With Extortion

ATLANTA, GA. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Charlie Stephens, age 76, Jeff Sivell, age unknown, and Alvin Malone, age 32, all certified law enforcement officers working for the Sheriff’s Department in Talbot County, Georgia, were charged in individual indictments for...
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Methamphetamine Traffickers Indicted

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Emmanuel Martinez Ruvalcaba, 19, of Alhambra, and Rafael Alfonso Torres, 22, of Mexico, with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and...
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Two Men Charged With Cocaine Trafficking

CHARLOTTE, NC. - A federal criminal complaint filed today in U.S. District Court in Charlotte charged two men with cocaine trafficking offenses, 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, Acting Special...
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Stockton Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Manufacturing And Trafficking

SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Dana Scott McIntire, 53, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to methamphetamine trafficking and possessing pseudoephedrine knowing it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine. This case is the product...
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“Operation G-60” Dismantles Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Operating In Metro Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA. - A large Mexican drug trafficking organization operating in metro Atlanta has now been dismantled after an indictment and a series of federal arrests. The indictment and arrests were the result of a three year investigation, code-named “Operation G-60,” conducted by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and coordinated through...
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Eight Madera And Merced County Residents Indicted In Gang-Related Drug Trafficking Conspiracies

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that federal, state, and local agents arrested eight Norteño gang members or associates yesterday on drug trafficking charges and served nine federal search warrants. The arrests were part of...