DEA Archived Press Releases

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Founder and leader of MS-13 clique trafficking guns, arming gang members, trafficking cocaine, and coordinating violence in DC suburbs, sentenced

GREENBELT, Md. – Today, Jose Augustin Salmeron-Larios (a/k/a Joseph Morales-Martinez, Angel Salvador Gutierrez, Yankee, and Kean), age 26, of Severn, Md., was sentenced to 260 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha...
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Drug traffickers distributing heroin from Woodbridge, Va., to Pennsylvania sentenced

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Two Alexandria men, Jose Castro and Martin Vitela, were sentenced today to two and a half years in prison for distribution of heroin and pure methamphetamine. According to court documents, Jose Castro, 23, and Martin Vitela, 25, assisted co-conspirator Fabian Rodriguez Sandoval in the transportation and distribution...
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Baltimore drug dealer assaults, robs and shoots man, then rams his car, sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison

BALTIMORE – On Sept. 5, 2019, Delroy Williams, Jr., 32, of Baltimore, Md., was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana. The...
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Baltimore drug dealer, selling fatal doses of heroin in Maryland cities, will now spend 10 years in prison

GREENBELT, Md. – Today, Coron Demon Johnson, aka Savage, 25, of Baltimore, Md., was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of heroin. Johnson admitted that an individual died as a result of using heroin that he distributed. According to his...
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Madison man sentenced to six years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine for sale

MADISON, Wis. – Robert J. Bell, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s Chicago Field Division, and Scott C. Blader, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Bounmee Thor, 33, of Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge William...
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Chicago man sentenced to three years of prison for trafficking heroin-fentanyl substances in Madison area

MADISON, Wis. – Robert J. Bell, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s Chicago Field Division, and Scott C. Blader, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Corey D. Douglas, 28, of Chicago was sentenced Thursday, August 29 by U.S. District Judge...
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Lafayette man charged for meth trafficking near elementary school

HAMMOND, IN- Geoffrey Martin, 37, of Lafayette, Indiana, was charged in a criminal complaint with distribution of methamphetamine and with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of an elementary school, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. The criminal complaint alleges that Martin distributed approximately 7 grams of methamphetamine in...
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Member of three-state cocaine conspiracy sentenced to five years

MADISON, Wis. – United States Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell and Scott C. Blader, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Diane Williams, 37, of Dubuque, Iowa, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to...
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Fort Wayne man sentenced to 159 months in prison

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Juan DeLaCruz, 29, of Fort Wayne, Ind., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly Brady after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch...
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Auburn man sentenced to 60 months in prison

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – David Lee Wirges, 39, of Auburn, Ind., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin and selling a firearm to a felon, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Wirges was sentenced...