DEA Archived Press Releases

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Ocala Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years For Distributing Cocaine And Money Laundering

ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges has sentenced James Bryan Swoll, a/k/a “Squid,” (37, Ocala) to 10 years in federal prison for distributing five kilograms or more of cocaine and money laundering. He was also ordered to forfeit $350,000 worth of real property that was traceable...
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Nine Members Of Major Narcotics Ring Extending Throughout Manhattan, The Bronx, And New Jersey Indicted On Conspiracy And Drug-Related Charges

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. and Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson today announced the indictment of Angel Alvarez, 28, Ralph Ben Cotto, 36, and seven co-defendants for their roles in...
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Former Titusville Police Officer Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For Participating In A Drug Deal

ORLANDO, Fla. - United States District Judge Paul G. Byron today sentenced Richard (46, Viera) to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for attempting to aid and abet the distribution of cocaine. A federal jury found him guilty on January 9, 2015. According to...
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Texas Drug Source Pleads Guilty In Multi-State Cocaine Conspiracy

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Rodney D. Butler, a/k/a “Rodney Davenport,” 48, of the Houston, Texas, area, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute more than 50 kilograms of cocaine and conspiring to launder tens of thousands of dollars in cocaine-derived currency. The plea was announced today by A.D. Wright, Acting Special...
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Seventeen Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Massive Oxycodone And Heroin Conspiracies In And Around Rockland County

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James Hunt, Special Agent in (SAC) of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas Zugibe, Rockland County District Attorney, and Ed Day, Rockland County Executive, announced the unsealing of an Indictment...
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Former Hip-Hop Manager James Rosemond Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Life Plus 20 Years In Prison For Ordering The Murder Of Rap Group Associate Lowell Fletcher

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that James Rosemond, a/k/a “Jimmy the Henchman,” was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to life plus 20 years in prison for offenses arising from his role in ordering a crew of men...
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13 Indicted In Wellsville Meth Roundup

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned three separate indictments charging 13 defendants with conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute and to distribute...
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Clay County Doctor Indicted For Distributing Controlled Substances Resulting In The Death Of A Patient

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, and James D . Robnett‎, Special Agent in Charge, Tampa Field Office, Internal Revenue (IRS), announces the unsealing of an indictment...
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Captain Of Genovese Crime Family Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Racketeering

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of Daniel Pagano, a Captain of the Genovese Organized Crime Family of La Cosa (the “Genovese Crime Family”). Pagano pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams to participating...
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Australian Man Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Helping Run The “Silk Road” Website

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Peter Phillip Nash, a/k/a “Samesamebutdifferent,” a/k/a “Batman73,” a/k/a “Symmetry,” a/k/a “Anonymousasshit,” pleaded guilty today to narcotics trafficking and money laundering charges in connection with his role in operating “Silk Road,” a...