DEA Archived Press Releases

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Former Confidential Informant Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy

ORLANDO, FL. -- - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division and United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Agapito Gonzalez-Ramirez, age 43, of San Benito, Texas, pled guilty today to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribute marijuana. Gonzalez-Ramirez...
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Drug Conspiracy Lands Evansville Man With 10-Year Prison Sentence

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, announced today that Gerald Fuqua, 31, of Evansville, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by United States District Chief Judge Richard L. Young. The sentencing followed Fuqua’s earlier guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute...
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Machine Gun Possession And Distribution Of Explosives Leads To 12½ Year Prison Term

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - United States District Court Judge Paul A. Magnuson sentenced Wesley Noah Banks, 50, a resident of Savage, to 151 months in federal prison on July 20, 2011. Banks was sentenced after his March 24, 2011, guilty plea of one count of illegal possession of a machine gun...
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More Than Thirteen Thousand Marijuana Plants Seized In Southern Utah

ST. GEORGE, UT. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that on July 16, 2011, the DEA, along with other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, seized 13,806 marijuana plants found growing in the mountains outside of Veyo, Utah, and arrested 38 defendants who were in the process of...
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Madison Man Sentenced To 15 ½ Years For Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin

MADISON, WI. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dwayne Johnson, 36, previously of Madison, was sentenced on July 19, 2011, by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin...
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Seven Indicted In Broward Pharmacy Takedown

MIAMI, FL. - 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, and Albert Lamberti, Sheriff, Broward County, announce the indictment of seven South Florida residents for their participation in the illegal distribution of...
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Boynton Beach Police Officer Indicted

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the indictment of Boynton (Fla.) Police Officer David Britto, 28. The indictment alleges that from June 2009 until March 4...
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Multiple Arrests For Federal Drug Conspiracy And Firearms Charges Announced

MILWAUKEE, WI. - The unsealing of indictments charging 17 individuals with various drug-trafficking and firearms offences was announced by the United States Attorney James L. Santelle yesterday. The defendants are charged with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Several of the defendants are alleged to be members...
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Drug Kingpin Sentenced

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, today announced that Edgar Vallejo-Guarin -...
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Investigation Of Alleged Chicago-Based Drug Trafficking Ring Results In 38 Defendants Federally Charged

CHICAGO, IL. - Thirty-eight defendants in three states are facing federal narcotics charges here and in Ohio as a result of an investigation of an alleged Chicago-based heroin and cocaine drug-trafficking organization by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Chicago Police Department, law enforcement officials announced today. While the investigation...