DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Springfield, Vermont Man Sentenced to 72 Months for Drug Conspiracy and Possession of Pipe Bomb

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on May 20, 2024, Anibal Castro, Jr., 35, of Springfield, Vermont, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford to a term of 72 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 3-year...
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Milford Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution Charge

MILFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that WILSON GUZMAN, JR., 39, of Milford, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to a fentanyl trafficking offense. According to court documents and statements made in court, a DEA...
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Fentanyl and Illegal Firearms Possession Put Man in Prison for 22 Years

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Columbia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing fentanyl and illegally possessing several firearms. Robert Jevon Bean, also known as “Shaq,” 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to 22 years and six months in federal prison without parole...
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Bennington Man Convicted of Federal Gun and Drug Charges

Burlington, Vermont – The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that yesterday, Deven Moffitt, 33, of Bennington, Vermont was convicted in U.S. District Court in Burlington of three drug and gun charges after a four-day jury trial. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss ordered that Moffitt remain in...
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Providence Man Who Sold Oxycodone to Undercover Officer Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

BOSTON – A Providence man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for selling oxycodone pills on multiple occasions to an undercover officer. Brandon Jones, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to six years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised...
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Armed Drug Trafficker from Springfield, Massachusetts Sentenced to 87 Months

Rutland, Vermont – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on May 15, 2024, Jose Luis Maldonado, Jr., aka “Peeto,” 33, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford to a term of 87 months’ imprisonment to be followed by...
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Bridgeport Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Federal Prison

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEFFREY THOMAS, also known as “Zig,” 51, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 125 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl...
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Kansas Woman Sentenced for Dealing Meth

TOPEKA, Kan. – A Kansas woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of multiple charges related to drug trafficking. According to court documents, a federal jury convicted Theresa Hight, 60, of Topeka, of one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute...
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Member of Violent Gang Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Prison for Racketeering, Drug, and Firearm Offenses

BOSTON – A Boston-area man was sentenced yesterday for his role in a violent Boston street gang as well as gun and drug trafficking charges. Kenny Romero, a/k/a “KG,” 29, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to 63 months in prison and three years of...
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Father, Son, Sentenced for Trafficking Cocaine to St. Louis

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie. L. White on Wednesday sentenced a father and son who brought kilograms of cocaine to St. Louis for years to more than 10 years in prison. Judge White sentenced Gregory Dixson Jr., 53, to 15 years in prison and ordered him to pay...