DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
2287 Results - Showing 2001 to 2010
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Guatemalan Drug Smuggler Convicted

TAMPA, 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, announce that a federal jury found Alma Lucrecia Hernandez-Preciado, a/k/a "La Tia," (40, Tecun Uman, Guatemala) guilty last week...
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New York Methodist Hospital Agrees To Implement Compliance Program To Settle Civil Claims Under The Controlled Substances Act

(BROOKLYN, N.Y.) - Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, announced today the filing and settlement of a civil action by the United States against New York...
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Central Florida Drug Traffickers Sentenced To Federal Prison Terms

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, announced today that U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell sentenced Maurice (44, Orlando) to 11 years and 8 months...
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Investigation Interrupts International Trafficking Ring

(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) Yesterday, federal authorities in Rochester announced that a significant international synthetic drug trafficking ring was successfully infiltrated. In the Rochester area, eight defendants were charged by criminal complaint for their participation in the conspiracy to import and distribute significant quantities of Methylone, also known as "Molly," a Schedule...
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Manhattan Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Selling Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, New York Division and Bridget G. Brennan New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced today that Dr. Robert S. Gibbs, Sr., a licensed internal medicine physician, pleaded guilty to illegally selling prescriptions for powerful narcotic painkillers...
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Correction Officer Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Receiving A Bribe Of $100,000 In Cocaine

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, New York Division and Bridget G. Brennan New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced today the sentencing of Robert Whitfield, formerly a Correction Officer with the New York City Department of Correction, to eight years in...
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Drug Traffickers Used Bronx Day Care: Kilo Of Cocaine, Oxycodone Pills And Firearm Seized; 3 Arrests

NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, and Special Agent in Charge...
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Tampa Drug Dealer Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison

TAMPA, 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, announced yesterday that U.S. District Judge William J. Castagna sentenced Eugene E. (39) to life in federal prison for...
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Multiple Defendants Indicted On Drug Trafficking Charges

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Hugo J. Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF), Miami Field Office, and Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent...
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Two Individuals Arrested For Illicit Prescription Drug Trafficking In Seminole County

ORLANDO, FL - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, announce the arrest of two individuals charged in violation of the Florida drug statutes. The arrest warrants for Damieian Trivieino (Lake Mary, 40) and Elizabeth Ann (Casselberry...