DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Three Plead Guilty To Trafficking Heroin From West Warwick Mill & Stash House

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael Santana Guilermo, 33, of Cranston, R.I., Carlos Ramos Rosa, 37, and Felix Fuentes Perez, 35, of Boston, Mass., pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to operating a heroin mill & stash house in West Warwick, R.I., where they cut and packaged for sale large...
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New Haven Crack Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 10 Years In Federal Prison

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jameel Wilkes, also known as “Biggs,” 36, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant...
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Lawrence Man Sentenced On Federal Drug Charges

CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division and Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced Leonardo Almonte-Ramirez, 31, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 33 months in prison for distributing...
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Twenty Members Of Violent Central Ohio Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced In Federal Court

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Twenty people that were involved in a large scale drug trafficking organization in Central Ohio, were sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge, of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA)...
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Hartford Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Crack Cocaine Trafficking Offense

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jamie Coleman, also known as “City,” 24, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker...
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APRN Admits Receiving Kickbacks From Drug Company For Prescribing Pain Medication

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Heather Alfonso, 42, of Middlebury, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge...
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Kentucky Physician Charged With Prescribing Pain Medications That Resulted In The Deaths Of Five Patients

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Acting United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., announced today that a physician charged with prescribing pain medications that resulted in the deaths of five patients, unlawful distribution or dispensing of controlled substances and health care fraud, now faces the additional charges of conspiracy, money laundering and...
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Forty Eight Columbia Point Dawgs Charged In Federal Sweep

BOSTON - Over 500 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers carried out arrests and executed more than 30 federal search warrants early this morning as a result of a two-year federal, state, and local wiretap investigation dubbed, “Operation Rising Tide.” Six federal indictments charging 48 leaders, members, and associates...
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Former Kentucky Physician Charged With Conspiracy To Dispense Controlled Substances

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the indictment of former Warren County, Kentucky, physician Charles Fred Gott. Gott was indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances during the course of his professional practice that were not for a legitimate...
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DEA Seizes Approximately 325 Grams Of Opiates

CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement for New England and Acting New Hampshire United States Attorney Donald Feith announced that Tiffany Ramos, 26, of Manchester, was arrested on a complaint charging her with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. The...