DEA Archived Press Releases

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Connecticut Heroin, Crack Dealer “Willi Mexico” Pleads Guilty

MAY 10 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Carlos Alberto Lopez-Zelada, 40, also known as “Willi Mexico” last residing in Willimantic, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District...
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Connecticut Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficker Arrested, Charged

MAY 10 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that George Kinney, 34, of Plainfield was arrested yesterday and charged in a criminal complaint with distributing fentanyl...
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Record Results From 13th DEA TakeBack Event: 33,261 Pounds In Ohio

DETROIT - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at close...
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Record Results From 13th DEA TakeBack Event: More Than 20,000 Pounds In Michigan

DETROIT - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at close...
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Record Results From 13th DEA TakeBack Event: 11,439 Pounds In Kentucky

DETROIT - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at close...
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Charged With Trafficking Kilo Quantities Of Heroin In Vermont

MAY 09 - BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that a federal grand jury returned a Second Superseding Indictment charging Javier Pallamps-Fernandez, aka “Javi,” of Queens, New York...
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18 Years For Bangor, Maine Heroin Trafficker

MAY 05 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that ario Lee, a/k/a “Moe”, 42, of Bangor, and formerly of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge...
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New London Trafficker Sentenced On Heroin, Firearms Charges

MAY 04 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Gabriel Paulino, 28, of New London, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven...
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Heroin Trafficker From Auburn, Maine Sentenced

MAY 03 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Darnell Robinson, a/k/a “Butta,” age 30, of Auburn, Maine was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to eight years...
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New London Trafficker Sentenced For Dealing Heroina…Again

MAY 02 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Robert Cabanban Jr., 27, of New London, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to...