DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Pair Indicted For Distributing Hundreds Of Pounds Of Marijuana In Sarasota, Hillsborough, And Polk Counties

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, United States Attorney for the Middle District, announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Aaron Edwin (39, Riverview) and Michael Allen (42, Sarasota) with conspiracy to distribute and to...
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Over $800,000 Worth Of Illicit Drugs Seized And Marijuana Grow Op Dismantled

OTSEGO, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. announce the arrest of John Thomas Laing, age 53, of 1608 Butternut Rd, Unadilla, NY. The announcement follows a joint two and a...
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Colombian Man Pleads Guilty To International Money Laundering Conspiracy

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that Luis Alberto Marulanda-(54, Colombia) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Marulanda faces a maximum penalty...
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Jamaican Drug Courier Convicted At Trial

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Santana (23, Montego Bay, Jamaica) guilty of conspiracy to possess 500 grams or...
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24 Members Of Bronx Street Gang Charged With Racketeering Conspiracy, Narcotics Trafficking, And Firearm Offenses

MANHATTAN, N.Y.) - James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James T. Hayes, Jr., the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field...
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Two Sentenced In Connection With Sunshine Pharmacy Health Care Fraud

FORT MYERS, Fla. - United States District Judge John E. Steele today sentenced Delmer Holmes (44) and Patricia (74), both of Naples, for their roles in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud that operated from Sunshine Pharmacy in Naples, Florida. Delmer Holmes Parrish, a licensed Pharmacist, was sentenced to...
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Undercover Operation Reveals Inmates Plan To Commit Murder

OTSEGO, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration James J. Hunt and Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr. announced an Oneonta man was arrested for agreeing to pay an undercover DEA agent to murder another person and requesting that...
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Two Associates Of La Cosa Nostra Convicted On All Counts By Jury In The July 2010 Robbery And Murder Of A Brooklyn Businessman

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced today that following a two-week trial, a federal jury convicted Richard Riccardi, 41, of Manalapan, N.J., and Louis Grasso, 46, of Staten Island, N.Y., of the robbery and murder of James Donovan on July 2, 2010. The defendants face a minimum...
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Task Force Puts Drug Trafficking Ring Out Of Business

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the culmination of Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Operation "King of the Trap." The operation targeted a drug trafficking...
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Former President Of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo, Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Laundering Millions Of Dollars Through United States Banks

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Alfonso Portillo, the former President of Guatemala, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to laundering millions of dollars through bank accounts located in the United States. Portillo, who served as the...