DEA Archived Press Releases

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Two Plead Guilty In Connection With Sunshine Pharmacy Health Care Fraud Scheme

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida announces today that Delmer Holmes (44) and Patricia (74), both of Naples, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit...
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Two Dozen Charged After DEA Task Force Takes Down Coast To Coast Narcotics Distribution Ring

HARTFORD, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England, Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Britain Police Chief James Wardwell and Wethersfield Police Chief James Cetran today announced that 24 individuals have been charged...
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Danbury Woman Sentenced To 57 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Oxycodone

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Vasiliki Papadakos, 61, of Danbury, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in...
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Freeport Physician Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud And Unlawful Dispensing Charges

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Freeport physician Robert L. Ignasiak, Jr., 58, pled guilty yesterday to 12 counts of health care fraud, 29 counts of illegally distributing controlled substances, and one count of failing to appear for trial. The plea was announced by Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement...
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Meriden Man Sentenced To 30 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine And Oxycodone

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the New England Field Division and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Andrew Melillo, 28, of Meriden, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New...
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DEA Holds Prescription Drug Take-Back Event October 26

OCT 24 (MIAMI) - With public participation at an all-time high after six prior events in three years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold a seventh National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at thousands of sites across America on Saturday the 26th. These...
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Convicted Felon Indicted For Impersonating DEA Agent And Possessing Firearm

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Benjamin William (41, Orlando) with impersonating...
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Flight Attendant And Co-Conspirator Indicted For Heroin Smuggling

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the grand jury indictment charging Carlos Luis Alomar-(43, Davenport) and Carla Michelle (33, Kissimmee) with conspiracy to possess...
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Two Men Admit Trafficking Marijuana

HARTFORD, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Oves St. Orbin Wright, 56, of Massapequa, N.Y., and Kevin J. Dunbar, 45, of Manchester, have...
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Ten Charged After Investigation Into Danbury-Area Home Invasion Drug Robberies

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England, Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Danbury Police Chief Alan D. Baker today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Bridgeport has returned...