DEA Archived Press Releases

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Federal Racketeering Indictment Targets Santa Fe Springs-Based Street Gang That Operates Under Control Of Mexican Mafia

LOS ANGELES - As a result of a drug distribution conspiracy and racketeering indictment issued last week by a federal grand jury, 31 members and associates of a Santa Fe Springs-based street gang were arrested today on charges related to a wide-ranging criminal enterprise controlled by a member of the...
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Kailua Man Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Drug Offense Committed Near School

HONOLULU - Chief United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright on Tuesday sentenced Aaron Hu, 52, of Kailua, to 46 months imprisonment for possessing with intent to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine and heroin within 1,000 feet of a public elementary school on March 30, 2015. Hu was convicted on...
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Orange County Doctor And Two Employees Indicted On Federal Drug Charges For Writing Prescriptions Without Medical Need

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A federal grand jury has indicted a doctor who operated a medical clinic in Fountain Valley, as well as two physician assistants who worked at the clinic, on federal drug trafficking charges that allege they issued prescriptions for dangerous and addictive narcotics without a medical purpose...
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Hartford Man Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Gang-Related Narcotics Trafficking

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 two Hartford men who were involved in a gang-related narcotics trafficking ring were sentenced this week in New...
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Newmarket Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution Causing Death

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 Benjamin Rogers, 31, appeared before United States District Court Chief Judge Joseph Laplante and pleaded guilty to distribution of a controlled substance resulting...
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Sixty-Six Gang Members Facing Federal RICO, Firearm And Drug Trafficking Charges

BOSTON - Sixty-six alleged gang members from the Greater Boston area have been charged with federal and state firearm and drug charges, including federal RICO conspiracy charges related to an attempted murder. It is alleged that these individuals were responsible for fueling a gun and drug pipeline across a number...
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New York Man Sentenced To Over 16 Years For Drug Conspiracy And Firearm Charge

PORTLAND, 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 Wayman Sparrow a/k/a “Blaze”, 25, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 196...
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Two Charged With Distributing Heroin Involved In Overdose Of Teenager In Groton

GROTON, 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 an investigation into a recent drug overdose death of a teenager in Groton has resulted in federal heroin...
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Woonsocket Resident Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Oxycodone

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jeffrey Pare, 29, of Woonsocket, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence on Tuesday to trafficking Oxycodone. Pare pleaded guilty as charged in a federal indictment returned on August 19, 2015, to three counts of distribution of Oxycodone. Appearing before U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell...
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Providence Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Heroin And Fentanyl

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Wilson Garcia, 33, of Providence, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to trafficking heroin and fentanyl. Garcia admitted to the court that on multiple occasions he sold heroin and fentanyl in Rhode Island while on bail and awaiting trial in Massachusetts for allegedly trafficking heroin...