DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA St. Louis Launches Dance Team In Ferguson, Missouri

ST. LOUIS - -The Karlovsky and Company Dance performed at the Ferguson Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis as a kick-off to the DEA Youth Dance Program that will be providing free 20-week dance classes at three locations in the Greater St. Louis area. The Karlovsky and Company...
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St. Louis Hosts A Private Screening For The Video "Chasing The Dragon"

ST. LOUIS - -The St. Louis DEA division and FBI offices hosted a private movie screening of the DEA/FBI produced “Chasing the Dragon” video. The invited audience consisted of over 70 school superintendents, principals and educators from both public and private schools in the greater St. Louis area, as well...
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DEA Announces “360 Strategy” In St. Louis To Address Heroin, Prescription Drugs And Violent Crime

ST. LOUIS - -The United States Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that St. Louis will be the second pilot city to be part of a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention “360 Strategy” to help cities dealing with the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic, and its associated violent crime. DEA...
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DEA News: Designer Synthetic Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

PHOENIX - DEA Special Agent in-Charge Doug Coleman and U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo, District of Arizona today announced that Michael Rocky Lane, 52, of Scottsdale, Ariz., was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2013 by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 180 months' imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised...
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Mother And Son Sentenced For Heroin Distribution And Operating Fairview Heights "Drug House"

ST. LOUIS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) St. Louis, Acting Special Agent in Charge, James Shroba and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Deborah A. Perkins and her son, Douglas A. Oliver, were sentenced in United States District Court for Distribution...