DEA Archived Press Releases

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New Jersey Leaders Encourage Residents To Spring Clean Their Medicine Cabinet In The First New Jersey Prescription Drug Spring Cleaning Initiative

WEST NEW YORK, N.J. - - New Jersey leaders want families across the state to get cleaning this Saturday, and participate in the first ever Prescription Drug Spring Cleaning: Spring Clean Your Medicine Cabinet event. This public health initiative is designed to raise awareness about the dangers of prescription drug...
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South Jersey Convicted Felon Sentenced To 70 Months In Prison For Role In Conspiracy To Traffic Guns From South Carolina To New Jersey

CAMDEN, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Lawnside, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for illegally possessing firearms...
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Member Of Drug Trafficking Organization Admits Conspiring To Sell Heroin

TRENTON, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Toms River, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing heroin and cocaine as part of a large-scale drug...
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Mesquite, Texas Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 330 Months In Federal Prison

DALLAS - A man who was found with a large amount of methamphetamine in his house in Mesquite, Texas, last year, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to a lengthy federal prison term, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Jose...
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Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Possession Of Methamphetamine

TULSA, Okla. - Juan Pablo Charre, 35, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Gregory K. Frizzell on Wednesday to serve 84 months in federal prison for possessing over 50 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. Following a traffic...
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Twenty-Three Individuals Charged In A Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

DALLAS - An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas last month, and unsealed late yesterday, charges 23 individuals with offenses related to their participation in a prescription drug distribution conspiracy, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. The defendants charged are: Sina...
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Eight Alleged Members And Suppliers Of Heroin Trafficking Organization Charged

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement’s Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced eight people were charged today in connection with their roles in a drug trafficking organization that obtained heroin from...
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Former Immigration Officer Admits Leading Interstate Methamphetamine Distribution Ring

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a former officer with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS) today admitted coordinating shipments of crystal methamphetamine from interstate...
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South Jersey Brothers Admit Role In Conspiracy To Traffic Guns From South Carolina To New Jersey

CAMDEN, N.J. - Two Camden men today admitted their roles in a conspiracy to sell 22 guns without a license, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Marcus Rutling, a/k/a “Fresh,” 33, of Camden, and Saluda, South Carolina, and his brother, Joseph Rutling, 24, of Camden, both pleaded guilty before U.S...
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Cumberland County, New Jersey, Man Convicted In Methamphetamine Conspiracy

CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was convicted today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine...