DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Dentist Faces Up To 10 Years Imprisonment For Money Laundering

MUSKOGEE, Okla. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that Wayne Scott Harrington, age 67, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to an Information filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, charging him with money laundering, in violation of...
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Syracuse Man Indicted For Distributing Heroin That Killed Woman

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - An indictment filed today charges Anthony Vita, 36, of Syracuse, New York, with distributing heroin that resulted in the death of another person. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA) and United States Attorney Richard S...
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FBI, DEA, NYPD And New York State Police Seize Over 200 Kilograms Of K2 From Narcotics Factory Operating In Queens Storefront

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A joint raid conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Drug Enforcement Task Force and the Federal Bureau of Investigation last night resulted in the discovery of a manufacturing facility and the seizure of at least 200 kilograms of synthetic cannabinoids, commonly sold on the street...
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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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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction Of Local Doctor For Unlawfully Dispensing More Than 1.2 Million Oxycodone Pills

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the conviction of Moshe Mirilasvhili, a board-certified, state-licensed doctor, for conspiracy...
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Gang Alliance That Ravaged West Bronx With Gunfire And New England Towns With Drugs Is Dismantled

BRONX, NY - Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton today announced the indictment of 84 alleged gang members connected to 22 shootings in the west Bronx and who flooded towns...
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Father And Son Charged With Running Prescription Drug Trafficking And Forgery Ring

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Steven Banks, Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration/Department of Social (HRA), and New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard...
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Sixteen Latin King Gang Members And Associates Arrested For Narcotics Trafficking In Long Beach, New York

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A four-count indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging sixteen defendants with four narcotics trafficking conspiracies, including conspiracies to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine (crack cocaine), (molly), and marijuana. The defendants are scheduled to be...
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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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Rochester Father, Two Sons Arrested And Charged With Drug Trafficking

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Blake Rivera, 31, of Greece, NY, his brother Chayanne Rivera, 25, of Gates, NY, and their father, Victor...