DEA Archived Press Releases

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Convicted Felon Sentenced For Planning Murder

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that yesterday U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore sentenced Asieba Imadjam (26, Tampa) to 30 years in federal prison for...
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DEA’s Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

MIAMI - For the fifth time in two years, Americans emptied medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs and took them to collection sites located throughout the United States as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Last Saturday...
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DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Numbers

SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - The final tally is in from the 5th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, September 29, 2012. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 38 locations in San Diego County and three locations in Imperial County. Over the course of four...
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Captain Of Refueling Boat For Drug Traffickers Sentenced To More Than 24 Years

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. sentenced Celin Javier Puerto-(43, Honduras) to 24 years and 4 months...
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Wauchula Man Sentenced To More Than 24 Years For Cocaine Distribution

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew sentenced Juan Ramirez, Jr. (40, Wauchula) to 24 years and 3 months...
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

MIAMI, Fla. - With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold a fifth National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at thousands of sites across America on Saturday the 29th. These Take...
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Convicted Drug Trafficker Found Guilty

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that a federal jury found Calvin Joseph (41, Bradenton) guilty of attempting to possess with the intent to distribute...
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Tampa Man Convicted In Oxycodone Prescription Scheme

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill for the Middle District of Florida, announces that a federal jury has found Samuel (42,Tampa) guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone outside the...
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Jury Convicts Two Orlando Men Of Heroin Conspiracy

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Jose Manuel (41, Orlando) and Julian (45, Miami) guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent...
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Two Individuals Convicted On Large-Scale Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

PANAMA CITY, 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 today a federal jury convicted two local Panama City residents of conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent...