DEA Archived Press Releases

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Guilty Plea For Salem Man For Distributing Heroin To Overdose Victim

MAR 16 - NEW HAVEN, 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 Lee Henrici, 32, of Salem, waived his right to be indicted and pled guilty before U.S...
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10 Arrests In Investigation Of Major Multistate Oxy, Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking Ring

MAR 16 - BOSTON - Ten men were arrested in connection with an oxycodone, heroin, and fentanyl trafficking and money laundering operation operating between Massachusetts, Maine, and Florida. Each of them was charged in a superseding indictment unsealed today, with offenses including conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent...
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Norwalk Heroin, Crack Cocaine Trafficker Get 10 Years

MAR 09 - BRIDGEPORT, 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 Kenneth Brickhouse, also known as “K.E.,” 36, last residing in West Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District...
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Waterbury Man Pleads Guilty: Distributed Heroin To Overdose Victim

MAR 09 - 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 Aurelle Huckabee, 22, of Waterbury, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty before U.S. District...
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Four Responsible For Large Quantities Of Heroin In Southeast Texas, New Orleans Arrested 10 Kilos Of Heroin Seized As Part Of Lengthy Investigation- All Resided In Houston And Each Face Up To 20 Years In Federal Prison

BEAUMONT, Texas - The DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit, and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced today that four individuals have been arrested following a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas. A federal grand jury returned an indictment, which was...
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Presque Isle Man Sentenced To 73 Months For Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

MAR 07 - BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Nathan Brewer, 35, of Presque Isle, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock...
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Dexter Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Cocaine And Oxycodone Trafficking Conspiracy

MAR 06 - BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Mark Tasker, 49, of Dexter, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 10...
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Maine Woman Sentenced To 14 Years On Cocaine And Oxycodone Trafficking Charges

MAR 06 - BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Kelli Mujo, 31, of Harmony and Wellington, Maine and Central Falls, Rhode Island, was sentenced today in U.S. District...
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Smuggler With 14 Kilos Of Cocaine At Border Checkpoint Convicted

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 44-year-old Brownsville man entered a guilty plea in Corpus Christi federal court to possession with the intent to distribute 14 kilograms of cocaine, announced the Special Agent-in-Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Houston Division of the DEA, and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Authorities arrested Luis...
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Life Sentences For Leaders Of Large Scale Heroin Distribution Network Brothers, Mexican Nationals Living In Houston Distributed More Than 30 Kilos Of Heroin Throughout Texas

HOUSTON - Two Mexican nationals who resided in Houston have been ordered to prison for life following their convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent-in-Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Pedro Herrara-Alvarado, 39, pleaded guilty May...