DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA To Hold Its Third Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Month

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups to hold a third National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. This one-day event will make it convenient for the public to rid their homes of potentially dangerous...
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Stockton Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison

SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that United States District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Dana Scott McIntire, 53, of Stockton, to 25 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine for distributing and possessing pseudoephedrine knowing...
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DEA And State Of Ohio Partner With Outdoor Advertising Association Of Ohio On Drug Take Back Day

COLUMBUS, OH. - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and representatives from the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Outdoor Advertising Association of Ohio today unveiled an electronic billboard PSA campaign to remind Ohioans to dispose of unused and expired medications on National Drug Take Back Day on October 29, 2011...
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Detroit Pharmacist Indicted For Distribution Of Controlled Substances

DETROIT, MI - Michael Madu, 41, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, was charged in a Superseding Indictment unsealed today for conspiring to distribute controlled substances including Opana, Vicodin, and Xanax. The Indictment also charged Madu with money laundering in connection with the purchase of two luxury vehicles and the purchase of...
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Madera Vineyard Marijuana Cultivator Sentenced For Firearm Possession

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Julio Ramirez Pérez, 33, an undocumented alien from Oaxaca, Mexico, to five years in prison to be followed by five...
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Buds 4 Life Marijuana Store Owners Indicted

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today charging Mark Bagdasarian, 53, and his son Ryan Bagdasarian, 24, both of Clovis, with conspiring to cultivate and distribute...
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Fresno Conspirator Indicted For Marijuana Cultivation

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Ong Rikki Sonephady, 41, of Fresno, with conspiring to cultivate and distribute marijuana. According to court documents, Sonephady was...
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Large-Scale Redding-Area Marijuana Manufacturing Organization Dismantled

SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned a two-count second superseding indictment on Thursday charging 14 defendants with a marijuana cultivation conspiracy. The superseding indictment charges five new defendants not...
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Modesto Cornfield Pot Growers Indicted

FRESNO, CA- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that on Thursday, a federal grand jury in Fresno returned a four-count indictment against Eudaldo Garcia-Salas, 56, and Jose Cisneros-Garcia, 52, both of Modesto, charging them with conspiring to...
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Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty To Warehouse Pot Grow Valued At More Than $4 Million

FRESNO, CA- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and DEA Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that Mark McGrath, 50, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate, distribute and possess marijuana with intent to distribute it. According to court documents, McGrath and co-defendants Dustin York...