DEA Archived Press Releases

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West Hollywood Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distributing Painkillers After Being Ordered To Stop Writing Prescriptions By DEA

LOS ANGELES - A West Hollywood doctor pleaded guilty this afternoon to a federal drug trafficking charge for writing hundreds of prescriptions for various controlled substances after a federal order revoked his authority to prescribe drugs. James William Eisenberg, 72, who resides in the Venice district of Los Angeles, pleaded...
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13 Linked To Mexican Mafia And La Familia Indicted After Investigation Reveals Plot To Join Forces To Expand Drug Cartel’s Presence In U.S.

LOS ANGELES - A coalition of federal, state and local authorities this morning arrested eight defendants named in a federal grand jury indictment that outlines an alliance between the Mexican Mafia prison gang and the La Familia Michoacána drug cartel that sought to protect and expand the cartel’s drug trafficking...
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Doctor Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy Several Co-defendants Sentenced Last Week

TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a doctor who admitted writing illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was sentenced today to 57 months...
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Owner Of Nine Marijuana Stores In Orange And Los Angeles Counties Sentenced To 262 Months For Drug Trafficking And Tax Evasion

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A San Clemente man who owned and operated a string of nine illegal marijuana stores that generated at least $25 million in profits was sentenced today to 262 months in federal prison. John Melvin Walker, also known as “Pops,” 56, of San Clemente, was sentenced by...
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New York Doctor Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison For Oxycodone Distribution And Conspiracy

TRENTON, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a physician who wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was sentenced today to 108 months...
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U.S. Postal Service Employee Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Mailing And Receiving Packages Of Cocaine Husband Who Was Charged With Her Sentenced Last Month

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a former U.S. Postal Service employee was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for...
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New Jersey Pharmacist Pleads Guilty In Scheme To Illegally Distribute Pharmaceutical Drugs

TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that Randy Binder, a pharmacist and the former proprietor of Texas Road Pharmacy in Manalapan...
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Oahu Methamphetamine Distribution Ring Members Arrested

HONOLULU - - On June 25 and 26, 2013, pursuant to a federal indictment returned by a grand jury on June 20, 2013, law enforcement officers arrested Oahu residents John (33), Makusi (46), Siaosi (32), Jake Del Mundo-(31), Michael (28), Michael (33), and Keschan (29). Also indicted were Oahu residents...
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California Supplier Of Methamphetamine To Hawaii Sentenced To 14 Years

HONOLULU - - Richard Ramon Ramirez, age 53, a resident of Gardena, California, was sentenced on June 24, 2013, by United States District Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway to 168 months in prison and five years of supervised release following imprisonment for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to...
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British National Admits Role In Cocaine Smuggling Conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J - Robert G. Koval, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced an extradited British national today admitted his role in an organization that smuggled cocaine...