DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Melbourne Man Convicted Of Firearm And Drug Offenses

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces today that a federal jury found Lander Carlton (39, Melbourne) guilty of possession with intent to distribute cocaine...
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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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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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Pill Mill Doctor Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal (IRS-CI), Miami Field Office, announced today that Dr. Scott Becker...
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Poly-Drug Trafficking Ring Shut Down By State And Federal Authorities In Stuart

STUART, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and David Dyess, Chief of Police, Stuart Police (SPD), announce the results of a joint local impact investigation into the gang and drug activities centered in the east Stuart community. The three month investigation...
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Dade City Man Sentenced To Nineteen Years In Federal Prison For Armed Drug Trafficking

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced Angel (34, Dade City) to nineteen years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The sentence consists of 14 years in federal prison for the drug...
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Colombian Nationals Charged In International Drug Money Laundering Conspiracy And Designated Under The Kingpin

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of (SDFL), announced the filing of one count indictment charging four defendants for their participation in an international money laundering in which they laundered...
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DEA, Along With Manhattan, Brooklyn, And Miami U.S. Attorneys Announce Extradition Of Colombian Narcotics Kingpin

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wilfredo A. Ferrer, Preet Bharara, and Loretta E. Lynch, and the United States Attorneys for the Southern District of (SDFL), Eastern District of New (EDNY), and Southern District of New (SDNY), respectively - James Dinkins...