DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Local Rapper Sentenced To 30 Years For Drug Trafficking

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that U.S. District Judge William J. Castagna sentenced Demetrius Gregory (34, Tampa) to 30 years in federal prison for...
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Leader Of Poly-Drug Trafficking & International Money Laundering Ring Sentenced To 210 Months In Prison

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On September 14, 2012, Daniel Isaac Meza, 37, was sentenced to 210 months in prison for his leading role in a conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, one kilogram of heroin, more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine, and a quantity of oxycodone. U.S...
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Life Without Parole

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On September 14, 2012, Otagus Demond Coverson, a resident of Washington State who frequented Anchorage, was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage to life in prison without parole. In July 2011, jurors convicted Coverson of attempting topossess five kilograms or more of cocaine with intent to distribute...
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Bradenton Man Sentenced To 60 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Gun Offenses

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that Senior U.S. District Judge William J. Castagna sentenced Michael Renard Albury, Jr. (27, Bradenton), to 60 years in...
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Nine Charged In Florida-Delaware Oxycodone Conspiracy

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Vito S. Guarino, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Philadelphia Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the arrests of Scott Evan Thomas, 42, Ryan...
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Texas Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan sentenced Amadeo Hernandez Jaimes, a/k/a "Amadeo" and "Mayo" (39, Mission, Texas) to...
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Accused Drug Trafficker Arrested In Panama Appears In Miami Federal Court

MIAMI - Michele M. Leonhart, Administrator, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the unsealing of the indictment against Roberto Lopez Perdigon, 41, of Caracas, Venezuela. Lopez...
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DEA Serves A Suspension Order On Walgreens Distribution Center In Jupiter, Florida

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced today the issuance of an Immediate Suspension (ISO) at Walgreens Distribution Center located at 15998 Walgreens Drive, Jupiter, (“Walgreens Jupiter”). An ISO is served pursuant to Section 303 and 304 of the...
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Seventh Person Pleads Guilty To Offering Drug Paraphernalia For Sale

BOISE, Idaho - Adam Daniel Schreiner, 25, of Boise, Idaho, the owner/operator of Bernen's Pipe Shop, LLC, pled guilty today in federal court to one count of offering drug paraphernalia for sale. Schreiner is the seventh person to plead guilty to the charge in federal court over the past two...
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DEA Revokes Two CVS Retailers’ Ability To Sell Controlled Substances

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced today the revocation of DEA Registrations at two CVS Pharmacies located in Sanford, Florida. This action marks the first time the DEA has revoked the registration of a registrant that is...