DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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East St. Louis Man Convicted In Heroin Overdose Death

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that TAVIS D. DOYLE - , age 42, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was found guilty by a jury in United States District Court on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 of three federal...
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Physician Pleads Guilty To $1 Million Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

KANSAS CITY, MO. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri announced that on February 16, 2011, an Independence, Mo., physician has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a conspiracy to illegally distribute more than $1 million worth of OxyContin and oxycodone. Bruce...
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Mt. Vernon Man Pleads Guilty In Methamphetamine Case

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on February 11, 2011, Eric Shafer, 36, of Lynchburg Road, Mt. Vernon, IL, plead guilty in United States District Court at Benton, Ill.-, to a one count indictment charging him with possession...
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Murphysboro Woman Sentenced To Ten Years In Federal Prison

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that LaToya M. McDaniel, 24, of Murphysboro, IL, was sentenced on February 10, 2010 in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 120 months’ imprisonment, 5 years’ supervised release, and fined $150...
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Greenville Woman Gets 70 Month Prison Term In Drug Distribution Conspiracy

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois announced that Cristy Davis, 28, formerly of Greenville, Ill., was sentenced on February 8, 2011, in United States District Court, East St. Louis. Davis had entered a guilty plea to a superseding...
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Three Men Sentenced To Federal Prison For Drug Conspiracy Involving More Than A Ton Of Marijuana

MADISON, WI. - - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge for the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin announced that three men were recently sentenced for conspiring to possess marijuana with intent to distribute. U.S...
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Carbondale Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Drug Distribution Conspiracy

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - . - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on February 7, 2011, Clifford David Liddell, Jr., aka “Woop,” 25, of Carbondale, Ill., was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Ill., to 240 months...
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Texas Man Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Offenses

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on February 4, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, East St. Louis, Ill., Joshua McMurray , 32, of Lufkin, Texas, plead guilty to an...
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Centralia Man Sentenced On Crack Cocaine Charges

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Ezell A. Curry , 38, of Centralia, Ill., was sentenced today in United States District Court in East St, Louis, Ill., to 188 months imprisonment, six years of supervised release, and was fined $400, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen...
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Joint Operation With Lake County Sheriff's Office Results In Major Cocaine Seizure

WAUKEGAN, IL. - The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office have arrested and charged five individuals in a drug distribution operation. The investigation began in December of 2010 with information received by the DEA that a ranch, located at 40058 Route 45 in unincorporated Lake Villa, was...