DEA Archived Press Releases

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Meriden Crack Dealer Sentenced To More Than Seven Years In Federal Prison

MERIDEN, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RANDY POLLOCK, 31, of Meriden, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford...
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Last Member Of Drug Ring With Ties To Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

SEATTLE, WA - Ruben Ramirez-Ventura, 26, of Renton, Washington, was sentenced May 13, 2011 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Ramirez-Ventura is the last of three defendants sentenced to ten year terms following a...
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 46 Months In Federal Prison

BOSTON, MA. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAUL FABIAN, 37, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today...
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Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing Prescription Drugs

BOSTON, MA. - A Worcester man was convicted today in federal court of possessing suboxone with intent to distribute. Special Agent in Charge Steven W. Derr of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in New England and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced that Leopold McLune, 28, pleaded guilty before...
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DEA New England Collects Over Nineteen Tons Of Prescription Medication

BOSTON, MA. - Steven W. Derr Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England announced that the New England Field Division collected 38,190 pounds of prescription medications during the DEA “Take-Back” initiative that took place April 30, 2011 throughout the United States. In New England there...
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Anthony Carosella Sentenced To 120 Months In Prison For Drug Trafficking, Armed Robbery, And Pharmacy Burglaries

BURLINGTON, VT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on May 5, 2011, Anthony Carosella, 26, of Addison County, was sentenced to 120 months in prison...
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New Britain Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine And Crack

NEW BRITAIN, CT. - Steven W. Derr Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN VELEZ, 32, of New Britain, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton...
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Lawrence Man Sentenced For Selling Crack

BOSTON, MA. - A Lawrence man was sentenced today in federal court for selling crack cocaine. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Boston Field Office and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced that HANSEL ZAPATA, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge...
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Floridian Fuzz Guilty Of Hauling Cocaine Through East Texas

BEAUMONT, TX - A 51-year-old Spring Hill, Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Tony Darrell Fuzz pleaded guilty to possession with intent to...
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Leader Of International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To Thirteen Years In Federal Prison

PORTLAND, ORE- - Jose Juis (a/k/a Ricardo Ochoa Renteria), 32, of Salem, Oregon, was sentenced today to 156 months in prison and a $1 million money judgment, for his role as the leader of an international drug trafficking (DTO). During the fall of 2008, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) initiated an...