DEA Archived Press Releases

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Jamaican National Indicted In Federal Drug Case For Allegedly Supplying Flight Attendant With Nearly 60 Pounds Of Cocaine

LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has named a Jamaican man in an indictment that accuses him of supplying a Jet Blue flight attendant with nearly 60 pounds of cocaine that she attempted to smuggle on to a plane at Los Angeles International Airport. Gaston Brown, 39, of Jamaica...
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Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Heroin And Cocaine

JAN 27 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael Bermudez, aka “Michael J. Morales,” 35, of Cranston, Rhode Island, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to trafficking heroin laced with fentanyl and trafficking cocaine. Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, United...
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Ventura County Task Force Shuts Down Poly-Drug Trafficking Organization

LOS ANGELES - Special Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Detectives with the Ventura County Combined Agency Team just culminated a six-month long investigation into a Ventura County based, poly-drug trafficking organization. During the investigation into Toribio Aros-Osorio’s narcotics trafficking activities, investigators determined large quantities of narcotics were being...
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Heroin To Overdose Victims

JAN 26 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Erick Delgado, 39, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 13 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl-laced heroin that led to overdoses in April 2016. Michael J. Ferguson Special...
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Wethersfield Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Distribution Charge Stemming From 19-Year-Old’s Overdose Death

JAN 26 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Carlos Carrillo, 19, of Wethersfield, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of distribution of heroin. Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M...
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Wallingford Woman Sentenced Tor Distributing Heroin To Overdose Victim

JAN 25 - 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 Brittany Esposito, 28, of Wallingford, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford...
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New Bedford Gym Owner Sentenced For Heroin Trafficking

JAN 25 - BOSTON - - The owner of a New Bedford, Massachusetts gym was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a wide-ranging conspiracy involving heroin distribution throughout Bristol County, Mass. and Providence, R.I. Sharik Mendes, 39, of New Bedford, was sentenced by U.S. District...
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West Los Angeles Pharmacy Owners Found Guilty In National Illegal Prescription Drug Trafficking Scheme

LOS ANGELES - Two brothers who owned a West Los Angeles pharmacy were found guilty by a federal jury today of operating a years-long narcotic drug trafficking, money laundering and tax fraud conspiracy that illegally sold prescription narcotics to black market customers across the United States. Brentwood residents Berry Kabov...
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Derry Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy Charges Related To Sales Of Synthetic Cannabinoids

JAN 23 - CONCORD, NH - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Tony Aoude, 45, of Derry, New Hampshire pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to the sales of synthetic cannabinoid products. Aoude pleaded...
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New York City Heroin Dealer Convicted

JAN 23 - BURLINGTON, VT - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Kevin Tocker-Rose, 30, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison after...