DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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10 Individuals Charged for Drug Trafficking in the South Side of Chicago

CHICAGO — Sheila G. Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual for the Northern District of Illinois announced charges against 10 individuals for allegedly trafficking fentanyl and other drugs on the South Side of Chicago. The multi-year investigation...
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Green Bay Woman Sentenced to 8 Years for Trafficking Fake Pharmaceutical Pills Laced with Fentanyl

MILWAUKEE - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Milwaukee, and U.S. Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Aug. 21, 2023, Senior U.S. District Court Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced Marianna KJ Zimmer, 20, of Green Bay, Wisconsin...
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California Men Stopped on I-55 Charged with Trafficking over 100 Kilos of Cocaine

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Todd Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that two California men, David Dowling-Chacon, 41, and Luis Dukes-Acosta, 38, have been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with...
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Indiana Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years for Trafficking Meth Imported from Mexico

INDIANAPOLIS - Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Robert Solomon, 38, of Anderson, Indiana, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent...
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Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 10 Years for Meth Trafficking

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Bryon Fisher, 42, of Huntington, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading...
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North Carolina Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Meth Trafficking

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Keith Wigfall, 57, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty on...
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Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Drug Trafficking Offenses

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Eric Castañeda, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s El Paso Division, and Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Rafael Columbie was sentenced to 10 years in prison. A federal jury convicted Columbie, 54, of...
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth

PEORIA, Ill. – Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that Juan Esquivel Bernal, 54, of Atlanta, Illinois, was sentenced Aug. 7 to 21 years imprisonment for conspiracy to...
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Indianapolis Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years for Trafficking Dozens of Kilograms of Fentanyl and Meth from Mexico into Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS - Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Tyler Sanders, 41, of Indianapolis, Indiana, has been sentenced to 183 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent...
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Physician Assistant at Chicago Medical Practice Charged with Fraudulently Writing Opioid Prescriptions

CHICAGO — Sheila G. Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual for the Northern District of Illinois announced that a physician assistant who formerly worked at a Chicago medical practice has been charged in federal court with fraudulently...