DEA Archived Press Releases

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Store Owners Plead Guilty To Selling Synthetic Cannabinoids

(CONCORD, N.H. - Mohamed Alam, 62, of North Andover, Massachusetts, and Murshed Salam, 47, of Salem, New Hampshire, each pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to selling synthetic cannabinoids announced Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for...
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Brothers Sentenced To Federal Prison For Delivery Of Heroin Resulting In Death

PORTLAND, Ore. - Gerardo Chalke Lopez, 41, and Sergio Quezada-Lopez, 36, of Nayarit, Mexico, appeared for sentencing on April 28 and April 29, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Michael Simon. The brothers were sentenced to 18 and 15 years prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered to...
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Lane County Men Sentenced For Distribution Of Methamphetamine

EUGENE, Ore. - Raymundo Felix-Rodriguez, 42, of Lane County, Oregon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Ann Aiken to serve 97 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Following his release from prison, Felix-Rodriguez will be on supervised release for five...
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Twin Falls Former Pharmacy Technician Sentenced For Diverting Controlled Substances

BOISE, Idaho - Krista Federer, 46, of Twin Falls, Idaho, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for distributing a controlled substance. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Federer to serve three years of supervised release, and to pay a $1,000 fine. According to...
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Eight Arrested On Federal Steroid And Prescription Narcotic Distribution Charges

(NEWTOWN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on April 29 and 30, the Federal Bureau of (FBI), DEA, and HSI, working with the support...
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Dasean Nisbett Of Bronx, New York Sentenced To Time Served For Possession With Intent To Distribute Oxycodone

(BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Dasean Nisbett, 24, of Bronx, New York was sentenced today to time served and three years of supervised...
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Waterbury Man Sentenced To More Than 5 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Meth

(HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Kevin Wallin, 63, last residing in Waterbury, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in...
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Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone, Defrauding Government Programs

(NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Phillip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector...
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Heroin Dealer Sentenced To 156 Months In Federal Prison

YAKIMA, Wash. - Jacob Alan Seiger, 24, of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced on April 28, 2015, for distribution of heroin. Seiger was sentenced to 156 month term of imprisonment, to be followed by a three year term of court supervision upon release from Federal prison. According to information presented during...
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Leaders Of Meth And Heroin Distribution Ring Sentenced To Long Prison Terms

SEATTLE - The father and two sons who led a Pierce County based drug trafficking ring that distributed methamphetamine and heroin were sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to long prison terms. Luis Hernandez, 60, of Tacoma was sentenced to 10 years in prison. His two sons...