DEA Archived Press Releases

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Indictment Against Top Leaders Of The Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Includes Charges Related To 2006 Murder Of Austin Man, 4 New Defendants

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned a second superseding indictment against the highest ranking leaders of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO), adding four new defendants and additional murder-related charges. That announcement was made today by United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Western District of Texas...
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North Haven Man Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

MAR 02 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Bernardo Roman-Rolan, also known as “Benny,” 41, of North Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford, Connecticut to 68 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine. Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in...
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South Texas Task Force Breaks Up Large-Scale Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - One man and two women, all of South Texas, have been ordered to federal prison following their guilty pleas to charges of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The sentencing was announced by Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s...
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New Bedford Woman Sentenced To Prison For Operating Drug Stash House

FEB 28 - BOSTON - A New Bedford woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston for stashing drugs in her home for a drug trafficking ring that operated in Bristol County, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island. Shirley Vargas, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel Gorton...
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Manchester Woman Sentenced For Heroin And Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

FEB 28 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Jeannette Hardy, 26, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison based upon her conviction for...
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Waterbury Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin

FEB 28 - 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 Teddy Stuart Lopez, Jr., also known as “Chico” and “Junior,” 20, of Waterbury, was sentenced...
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Guilty Plea By Hartford Man To Distributing Heroin That Resulted In Middletown Overdose Death

FEB 27 - 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, today announced that on February 24, 2017, Yacov Ocasio, also known as “Little,” 21, of Hartford, waived his right...
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New Haven Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced

FEB 27 - 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 Carlos Perez, also known as “Carlito,” 43, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District...
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South Texas Woman Convicted For Distributing Methamphetamine

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Irma Matamoros-Santillan, a 30-year-old woman from Harlingen has been ordered to prison following her conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Matamoros-Santillan pled guilty October 19, 2016. Today...
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Hartford Heroin Distributor Sentenced To 8+ Years

FEB 24 - 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 Corey Jerrick, 30, of East Hartford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford...