DEA Archived Press Releases

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Meth Lab Dismantled In Cranston, Two Detained In Federal Custody

(PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Cranston Police Chief Colonel Michael J. Winquist announced that Nicholas Selser, 33, and Michael Fortes, 48, of Cranston, have been ordered detained in...
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Richford Vermont Man Sentenced In Cross-Border Marijuana Trafficking Conspiracy

(RICHFORD, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 has stated that Jeffrey Donna, 39, of Richford, Vermont has been sentenced to prison for his role in...
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Granite City Man Sentenced For Methamphetamine Offenses

GRANITE CITY, Ill. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Ronald J. Wiggins, 35, of Granite City, was sentenced this week to 151 months in federal prison for offenses relating to the distribution of methamphetamine. Wiggins pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in...
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Murphysboro Resident Sentenced For Methamphetamine And Crack Cocaine Offenses

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Harold Lawayne Barron, a/k/a “Wayne,” 51, of Murphysboro, Ill., was sentenced for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy and a crack cocaine conspiracy. Barron, who had previously pled guilty to the two-count...
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Carbondale Resident Sentenced On Methamphetamine Offense

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Brandon K. Craig, 21, of Carbondale, Ill., was sentenced for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy in the Southern District of Illinois. Stephen R. Craig, who had previously pled guilty to the...
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Brokerage Accounts Used To Launder Drug Proceeds Forfeited

ST. LOUIS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that all forfeiture claims in the civil case against $11,071,188.64, seized from brokerage accounts involving money laundering transactions, were struck down by U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson, of the Eastern District of Missouri. The...
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Three Jefferson City Men Charged With Distributing Meth

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today thatDavid E. Rodebaugh, 40, Michael Pearson, 31, and Hernan Hurtado, 23, all of Jefferson City, were charged in federal court following a police chase that resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of...
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Brooklyn, New York Man, Residing In Fair Haven, Sentenced To 29 Months Prison For Heroin And Crack Cocaine Distribution

(FAIR HAVEN, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Ras Foster, 25, of Brooklyn, New York has been sentenced on his conviction for distributing...
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Attorney Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Laundering Drug Money

(NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Ralph Crozier, 63, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New...
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Hartford Heroin Trafficker Sentenced To 46 Months In Federal Prison

(HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Christopher Cardona, also known as “Tito,” 30, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa...