DEA Archived Press Releases

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Amarillo Man Sentenced To 189 Months In Federal Prison For Role In Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

AMARILLO, Texas - Rogelio Xochitl Amparan, 29, was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 189 months in federal prison terms for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney...
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210 Months In Federal Prison For Methamphetamine Distribution Conviction

AMARILLO, Texas - Eduardo Gutierrez-Zamora, 31, of Amarillo, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 210 months in federal prison on a methamphetamine distribution conviction, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Dallas Division of the DEA and Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney...
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Federal Indictment Charges Four In Furanyl Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

LUBBOCK - Four Lubbock residents have been charged in a federal indictment, unsealed today, with felony offenses stemming from their role in a furanyl fentanyl distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Dallas Division of the DEA and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern...
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Smith County Man Sentenced For Importing Anabolic Steroids

TYLER, Texas - A 45-year-old Tyler man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Stacey Godsey pleaded guilty on July...
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Final Defendants Sentenced In Synthetic Drug Distribution Conspiracy

TYLER, Texas - A mother and son have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a synthetic drug conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Sharjeel Jeff...
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Take Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

DALLAS - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the DEA and its local law enforcement, community and tribal partners will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused...
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West Texas Methamphetamine Distributors Given Lengthy Prison Sentences

LUBBOCK, Texas - Arnoldo Mendoza Lepez, 45, of Littlefield, Texas was sentenced this morning before Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 405 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of...
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Last Defendant Sentenced In Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

DALLAS - Alfonso Mercado-Cruz, 32, of Chiapas, Mexico, was sentenced yesterday before U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 151 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in January 2017 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of...
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Fernandina Beach Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Selling Cocaine

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) - Wesley Eugene Parker, 25, of Fernandina Beach, Florida, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for distributing cocaine. He pleaded guilty on May 22, 2017. According to court documents, on December 28, 2016, and again on January 10, 2017, Parker sold powder cocaine to a confidential...
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Dallas Man Who Maintained GHB Lab And Methamphetamine Near Elementary School Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison On Firearm And Drug Convictions

DALLAS - Bryce Edward Hansen, 44, of Dallas, Texas, who pleaded guilty in February 2017 to one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to...