DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Home Of The Brave

MUSKOGEE, Okla. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that the following individuals were indicted on charges stemming from a drug conspiracy. All defendants are charged with Drug Conspiracy; and various defendants are charged with related crimes, including, Continuing Criminal Enterprise; Possession With Intent...
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Nevada Man Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison For Methamphetamine Distribution

BOISE, Idaho - Diego Alejandro Alcantar-Armenta, 29, of Elko, Nevada, was sentenced on March 21, 2016, in United States District Court to 42 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Alcantar-Armenta to forfeit $8,200 in drug proceeds. He pleaded guilty...
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Drug Trafficker/Accomplice Sentenced To Five Years In Prison

EUGENE, Ore. - Nikita Rose Garcia, 28, a former resident of Douglas County, Oregon, was sentenced on March 22, 2016, to five years in prison and four years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken for aiding in the distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Garcia...
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Two Soldotna Men Indicted For “Spice” Trafficking

BOISE, Idaho - Early today a federal grand jury returned an indictment against two Soldotna men, charging them with trafficking in synthetic cannabinoids, informally known as “spice.” The two men are also charged with firearms offenses, in connection with Spice trafficking. Philip Drake Kneeland, 33, of Soldotna, Alaska, allegedly doing...
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Marijuana Trafficker Pleads Guilty

BOISE, Idaho - Jose Martin Diaz-Lara, 33, of Walla Walla, Washington, pleaded guilty on March 9, 2016, to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance, more than 1,000 marijuana plants, with the intent to distribute. Diaz-Lara was charged by...
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Two California Men Plead Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Hydromorphone

BOISE, Idaho - Michael Kulikoff, 30, and Kenneth Miller, 57, both of California City, California, pleaded guilty on March 8, 2016, to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and hydromorphone. Co-defendants Diane Miller, 41, and Crystal Clark 43, also of California City, California, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and...
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Fort Worth Man Sentenced To Statutory Maximum Of 40 Years In Federal Prison On Methamphetamine Conviction

FORT WORTH, Texas - Christopher Michael Stewart, 40, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 480 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2015 to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John...
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Ashland Man Sentenced To Two Years In Federal Prison For Money Laundering Profits From Marijuana Sales

MEDFORD, Ore. - Jonathan Robert Quaccia, 35, originally of Ashland, Oregon, was sentenced on February 17, 2016, to two years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken also ordered the defendant to serve three years of supervised release upon his release from prison...
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Palmer Man Indicted For Role In Heroin Related Death

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On February 17, 2016, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Alaska returned an indictment charging a Palmer man with multiple drug felonies, including one count of distributing heroin that led to the death of a young man who used the heroin. “Nationwide, a drug overdose...
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San Clemente, California Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute 15 Kilograms Of Cocaine

BOISE, Idaho - Christopher “Farley” Woods, 57, of San Clemente, California, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Woods was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise on August 11, 2015. According to the plea agreement, Woods admitted that between 2008, and June 9, 2015, he conspired to...