DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Cincinnati Man Charged With Dealing Heroin, Fentanyl That Led To Overdose Death

CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged Deonte R. Dickey, 19 of Cincinnati with charges related to the distribution of fentanyl in an indictment returned here today. Specifically, Dickey is charged with six counts of distributing heroin and fentanyl - one count including an overdose death - and one...
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Final Defendant In Kalamazoo Heroin Conspiracy Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Today, U.S. District Court Judge Gordon J. Quist sentenced defendant Quintin Howell, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, to 15 years in prison. The sentencing concluded a multi-defendant joint investigation conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement (KVET), Michigan State Police’s Southwestern Enforcement (SWET), Federal Bureau...
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Head Of Ohio Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 5+ Years In Federal Prison

CINCINNATI - On April 17, 2017, Raul Barocio, 47, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 63 months in prison. The prison sentence was the result of Barocio’s role as the source of supply for a cocaine trafficking organization operating in Cincinnati. Barocio pled guilty in April 2016...
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Kentucky Man Receives Life Sentence For Distributing Fentanyl That Resulted In Overdose Death

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A federal judge has sentenced a Lexington man to life in prison, for illegally distributing drugs that caused an overdose death in Lexington. Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph M. Hood formally sentenced 28 year-old Joshua Donald Ewing for distribution of fentanyl and heroin resulting in the death...
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DEA Sponsors The Play Off-Script As Part Of DEA 360 Strategy Against Prescription Opioid, Heroin Abuse

PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today that the DEA will sponsor a play entitled Off-Script for the students of Cornell High School in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania as part of the DEA’s ongoing 360 Strategy to address prescription opioid and...
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Guilty Plea For Southern Ohio Physician Who Ran Prescription Pill Mil

CINCINNATI - Margaret Temponeras, 52, of Portsmouth, Ohio, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Temponeras owned the Unique Pain Management Clinic in Wheelersburg, Ohio. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent-in-Charge of the...
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14 Mexican Citizens And 3 U.S. Citizens Indicted In Heroin And Meth Conspiracy That Stretched Across North America

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged 17 individuals with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and/or methamphetamine in a superseding indictment. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement...
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Kentucky Man Sentenced To Four Life Sentences On Drug Trafficking And Aggravated Sexual Abuse Of Minors

PIKEVILLE, Ky. - A Knott County man has been sentenced to four consecutive life sentences, for drug trafficking and sexually abusing the young children of parents he encountered during his drug trafficking operations. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Amul Thapar sentenced Freddie Kennedy, Jr., on one count of conspiracy to...
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Two Michigan Physicians Convicted Of Illegally Distributing Powerful Painkillers At Ann Arbor Area Pill Mill

DETROIT, Mich. - Dr. Anthony Conrardy, age 61, and Dr. William McCutchen, III, age 46, were found guilty yesterday of unlawfully distributing Schedule II narcotics by a federal jury in Detroit, MI, acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced today. Dr. Anthony Conrardy was convicted of five counts of...
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McShan Brothers Convicted: Ran Heroin Trafficking Ring In Ohio, W. Va

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A United States District Court jury convicted Frederick A. McShan, 37, and David McShan, 42, both of Steubenville, Ohio, of running a heroin-trafficking organization. Specifically, Frederick McShan was convicted of one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin, 12...