DEA Archived Press Releases

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Norwalk Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Prescription Pill Trafficking Charge

NORWALK, 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 DOMENICO SANDALO, also known as “Dominick,” 36, of Mohackemo Drive, Norwalk, pleaded guilty today before United States District...
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Stamford Man Sentenced To More Than 10 Years In Federal Prison For Selling Crack

STAMFORD, 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 VINCENT BROWN, also known as “Big Baby,” 24, formerly of Rose Park Avenue, Stamford, was sentenced today by...
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DEA Task Force Investigation Leads To Eleven Charged In Alleged New Haven Heroin Ring

NEW HAVEN , CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) New England Field Division and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that 11 individuals have been charged with various federal narcotics trafficking offenses related to distribution...
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Central Falls Man Charged With Conspiring To Traffic Five To Seven Kilos Of Cocaine

PROVIDENCE, RI. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the New England Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced a federal criminal complaint and supporting affidavit unsealed in U.S. District Court in Providence detail the alleged participation of a Central Falls...
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Drug Dealer Sentenced For Structuring Drug Proceedshirteenth Defendant Pleads Guilty In Idaho Meth Case

EUGENE, ORE - .- Noel Nathaniel Yaun, 34, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced on January 26, 2011, to 37 months in prison for structuring currency transactions. Yaun pled guilty on November 10, 2010, to structuring currency transactions to avoid reporting requirements. He resided in Columbia, South Carolina, when he...
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Jury Finds New York Woman Guilty Of Cocaine Distribution Charge

BRIDGEPORT, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found Quenida Andeliz, 41, of Brooklyn, New York, guilty of one...
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Thirteenth Defendant Pleads Guilty In Idaho Meth Case

BOISE, IDAHO - Nabor Martinez-Herrera, 31, a Mexican national, is the 13th of 14 co-defendants to plead guilty to a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Idaho. Sentencing is scheduled for May 4, 2011, before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill in Boise. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence...
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Four Arrested On Federal Charges Of Trafficking Oxycodone

PROVIDENCE, RI. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Tiverton Police Chief Thomas Blakey, and Fall River Police Chief Daniel S. Racine announced today that four men were arrested Monday on federal complaints alleging that...
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Repeat Pharmacy Robber Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

SEATTLE, WASH - Jacob Harley Shook, 30, of Seattle, Washington was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release for two counts of pharmacy robbery, one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and one count...
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Mexican National Sentenced For Large Marijuana Grow On Public Lands

BOISE - - Leonardo Villasenor-Cesar, 23, was sentenced on January 20th, 2011 to fifteen years in federal prison in connection with a marijuana grow located on U.S. Forest Service public lands. Villasenor-Cesar pled guilty last November to drug manufacturing and firearms possession charges. Villasenor-Cesar is a native of Michoacan, Mexico...