DEA Archived Press Releases

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Buffalo Man Sentenced for Conspiring with Local Doctor Unlawfully to Obtain Drugs

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Benjamin Rivera, 42, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, oxycodone and amphetamine, was sentenced...
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Former New York Giant on Home Confinement under Cares Act Charged with Narcotics Trafficking

NEW YORK CITY – Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations...
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Several Million Dollars’ Worth of Narcotics Including Fentanyl Seized in Mount Vernon

WHITE PLAINS, NY – Several million dollars’ worth of opiates and other narcotics, including what is alleged to be fentanyl, was seized last week in Mount Vernon following a joint investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, New Jersey State Police and the Westchester...
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Former New York Giant on Home Confinement under Cares Act Charged with Narcotics Trafficking

NEW YORK CITY – Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations...
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Several Million Dollars’ Worth of Narcotics Including Fentanyl Seized in Mount Vernon

WHITE PLAINS, NY – Several million dollars’ worth of opiates and other narcotics, including what is alleged to be fentanyl, was seized last week in Mount Vernon following a joint investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, New Jersey State Police and the Westchester...
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DEA and U.S. Attorney’s Offices throughout New York Promote National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

NEW YORK – With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration is holding its 20th Take Back Day on Saturday, April 24th. DEA’s October 2020 Take Back Day brought in a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning in close to 500...
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Dallas Attorney Charged in Narcotics Money Laundering Scheme

DALLAS - A Dallas lawyer has been charged with laundering what he believed to be proceeds of narcotics trafficking, announced Eduardo A. Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA in Dallas. Rayshun Jackson, the 51-year-old attorney at the helm of The Jackson Law Firm, was arrested Wednesday, charged via...
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13 Drug Traffickers Sentenced to More than 235 Years Combined in Federal Prison

DALLAS - Thirteen individuals with ties to a Mexican drug cartel have been sentenced to federal prison following an investigation led by the DEA, announced Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Division. The thirteenth defendant, 30-year-old Jorge Llanas of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced Thursday by...
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United States District Court Orders Forfeiture of Real Estate Purchased by Mexican Cartel Leader Rafael Caro Quintero with Proceeds of his Drug Trafficking Organization

BROOKLYN, NY –Today, in federal court in Brooklyn, United States District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano entered a Default Judgment and Partial Decree of Forfeiture authorizing the seizure and forfeiture of five pieces of real property located in and around Guadalajara, Mexico. These properties, described in the civil forfeiture complaint filed...
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Uncle of Drug Trafficking Ring Leader Pleads Guilty for his Role in Narcotics Conspiracy Operating in the Jamestown, NY Area

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Garland Beardsley a/k/a Charlie Beardsley, 53, of Jamestown NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer to conspiring to possess with intent...