DEA Archived Press Releases

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Stamford Man Sentenced To More Than 10 Years In Federal Prison For Selling Crack

STAMFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VINCENT BROWN, also known as “Big Baby,” 24, formerly of Rose Park Avenue, Stamford, was sentenced today by...
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DEA Task Force Investigation Leads To Eleven Charged In Alleged New Haven Heroin Ring

NEW HAVEN , CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) New England Field Division and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that 11 individuals have been charged with various federal narcotics trafficking offenses related to distribution...
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Central Falls Man Charged With Conspiring To Traffic Five To Seven Kilos Of Cocaine

PROVIDENCE, RI. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the New England Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced a federal criminal complaint and supporting affidavit unsealed in U.S. District Court in Providence detail the alleged participation of a Central Falls...
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DEA And Colorado Attorney General Topple International Cocaine Trafficking Organization

DENVER, CO. - Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today that his office, in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement (DEA), has shut down a cocaine ring that imported multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from Mexico into Colorado. According to the indictment the cocaine trafficking operation was led by Noel “Chihuas” Loya...
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Jury Finds New York Woman Guilty Of Cocaine Distribution Charge

BRIDGEPORT, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found Quenida Andeliz, 41, of Brooklyn, New York, guilty of one...
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Four Arrested On Federal Charges Of Trafficking Oxycodone

PROVIDENCE, RI. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Tiverton Police Chief Thomas Blakey, and Fall River Police Chief Daniel S. Racine announced today that four men were arrested Monday on federal complaints alleging that...
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To Four Years In Federal Prison For Selling Narcotics

HARTFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TORRICK JOHNSON, 30, of Somers Street, Bridgeport, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Alvin W...
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Loveland Meth Connection Broken

NOV 17 - Denver- Today, Jeffrey D. Sweetin, Special Agent in Charge of the Denver Field Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), District of Colorado United States Attorney Bill Leone, and Larimer County Drug Task Force Commander Craig Dodd announced the conclusion of an eight month investigation into a major methamphetamine...
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DEA and El Paso County District Attorney Team Up

NOV 1 - Denver- Today, Jeffrey D. Sweetin, Special Agent in Charge of the Denver Field Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) along with El Paso County District Attorney John R. Newsome announced the arrest of eight defendants, the seizure of 14 kilograms of cocaine, approximately a kilogram of methamphetamine “ice”...
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Money Laundering Scheme Exposed

NOV 1 - Denver- On October 31, 2005, Jeffrey D. Sweetin, Special Agent in Charge of the Denver Field Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and United States Attorney for the District of Utah Paul M. Warner announced that a federal grand jury has indicted 15 individuals in Utah and Colombia...