DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Nampa, Idaho, Man Sentenced to Five Years for Drug Trafficking

BOISE, Idaho – A Nampa, Idaho, man was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for distribution of illegal drugs. According to court records, Allen Eugene McLean, 20, of Nampa, Idaho,, sold another person methamphetamine on two different occasions. On June 23, 2020, McLean sold 4.5 grams of methamphetamine and...
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Pocatello Man Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

POCATELLO, Idaho – A Pocatello man was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison for attempted possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court records, on December 7, 2020, law enforcement intercepted a package in Pocatello. After a law enforcement K9 alerted to the presence of narcotics, officers searched...
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Idaho Falls Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

POCATELLO, Idaho – An Idaho Falls man was sentenced to 68 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court records, on June 19, 2019, Idaho State Police officers initiated a traffic stop on a van driven by Matthew Gary Leander, III, 39, of Idaho...
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Idaho Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Methamphetamine

BOISE, Idaho– A Caldwell man was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court records, Dagoberto Leroy Turnbull, 32, of Caldwell, sold another person methamphetamine on two different occasions. On December 22, 2020, Turnbull sold one quarter pound of methamphetamine and on January 12...
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Idaho Man Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

POCATELLO, Idaho – A Twin Falls, Idaho, man was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court records, in September 2019, Cody J. Moore, 50, of Twin Falls, Idaho, traveled to Arizona with his co-conspirator, Brian...
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Portland-Area Drug Trafficker Indicted for Kidnapping and Murder

PORTLAND, Ore.—A federal superseding indictment was unsealed today charging a Mexican National residing in Clackamas County, Oregon for his role in the 2019 kidnapping and murder of a Washington State man and other drug trafficking crimes. Marcos Alonso Castillo-Bernal, 46, has been charged with conspiring to possess with intent to...
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Boise Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

BOISE, Id. – A Boise man was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. According to court records, Robert Lee Brittain, 54, of Boise, sold two pounds of methamphetamine to another person in February 2021. Investigators obtained a warrant authorizing the...
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Oregon Drug Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Selling Meth

EUGENE, Ore. —A Winston, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, which he had been selling in and around Douglas County, Oregon. Steven Dwayne Lander, 60, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release. According to court...
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Methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison

Tacoma- A 28-year-old citizen of Mexico was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 46 months in prison for his drug-dealing activity in Western Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Omar Arellano-Hernandez had traveled to the Pacific Northwest from Mexico and was staying at a Tukwila hotel when...
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Idaho Man Sentenced to 9 Years for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute

BOISE – A Nampa man was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. According to court records, Patrick William Collingwood, 39, of Nampa, transported methamphetamine and cash between Mexico and Idaho for a period of approximately four months before his arrest...