DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Cartel Member Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute More Than Eleven Pounds Of Methamphetamine In Lee County

(FORT MYERS, Fla..) - Juan Carlos (37, San Diego, California) pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute more than 11 pounds of methamphetamine. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to court documents...
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Assistant Tuskegee Football Coach Arrested On Federal Drug And Gun Charge

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Today, Ramone Jardon Nickerson, 33, of Phenix City, Alabama, was arrested on two charges of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and one charge of possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge...
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Colombian Drug Kingpin Found Guilty By Miami Federal Jury

(MIAMI) - A Miami jury found Henry de Jesus Lopez Londoño, a/k/a “Mi Sangre,” 47, a citizen of Colombia, guilty today of conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine with the knowledge that it would be unlawfully imported into the United States. Sentencing is set for May 30, 2018...
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Grand Jury Returns Superseding Indictment Against Defendant In Shooting Of DEA Task Force Officer

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and U. S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Jarvis Hardy, 28, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged in a nine-count superseding indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or...
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Last Member Of Drug Conspiracy Arrested At Bossier City Casino Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that the last defendant in a Shreveport methamphetamine distribution ring was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison. Carlos Delarosa, 22, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced by...
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Bradenton Man Sentenced To More Than 10 Years For Drug Trafficking

(TAMPA, Fla..) - Michael Bernard (36, Bradenton) was sentenced to 10 years and five months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute controlled substances. He pleaded guilty on December 13, 2017. According to court documents, on June 15, 2017, the Drug Enforcement Administration Tampa District (DO) and...
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Okeechobee Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing Over Half-kilogram Of Cocaine And Six Ounces Of Fentanyl Found In Car

(FORT MYERS, Fla..) - Kenneth (58, Okeechobee) has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. He faces a minimum of five and up to 40 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to court documents, a City of Arcadia police...
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DEA And Federal, State, And Local Law Enforcement Partners Announce Charges In Largest Narcotics Prosecution In District History

Baton Rouge, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that a lengthy federal investigation into an extensive drug trafficking network based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana has resulted in the return of three grand jury indictments...
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Two South Florida Men Sentenced For Conspiring To Distribute Hundreds Of Pounds Of High-grade Marijuana

(ORLANDO, Fla.) - Juan Almeida, 59, and Andrew Cassara, 38, both of Boca Raton, were sentenced to six and seven years in federal prison, respectively, for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. They pleaded guilty on November 6, 2017. A third co-conspirator...
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Eleven Members Of Lakeland Drug Trafficking Organization Charged

TAMPA, Fla. - - Eleven individuals from Lakeland, Florida were charged yesterday with conspiracy to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin, 400 grams of fentanyl and 100 grams of a fentanyl analogue, the distribution of which resulted in four deaths and serious bodily injury to a victim. A 10-count...