DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Boston man sentenced to three years probation for selling crack cocaine to Bedford VA Medical Center residents

BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing crack cocaine. Austin Wilkerson, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to three years of probation. In 2018, Wilkerson pleaded guilty to three counts of distributing cocaine base, also known...
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DEA and federal, state and local law enforcement announce one of the largest takedowns of MS-13 gang members and associates in nation's history

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini today announced the results of an almost two-year-long investigation that resulted in one of the largest takedowns of MS-13 gang members and associates in U.S. history. The intelligence gathered...
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Long Island man indicted for causing overdose death in Suffolk County

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Marlon Thompson was arraigned yesterday in federal court in Central Islip before United States Magistrate Judge A. Kathleen Tomlinson on an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute cocaine base and heroin from April 2018 through May 2019, and distribution of a controlled substance containing fentanyl resulting...
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Farmington man sentenced to 42 months for methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Dean Smoronk, 58, of Farmington, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and statements made...
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Auburn man sentenced to 42 months for drug trafficking and firearms offenses

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Joshua Simard, 31, of Auburn, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses. According to court documents and statements made in...
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Rochester man sentenced for role in drug conspiracy

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Pablo Rentas-Torres, 36, of Rochester, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, fentanyl, cocaine and crack cocaine was sentenced to serve...
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More than $1.2 million worth of heroin seized; 15 indicted during operation tied to 15 overdoses, three fatal

MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder and the Long Island Heroin Taskforce announced that 15 people, including three major traffickers, have been indicted for their alleged roles in a drug operation that spanned Nassau, Suffolk, Kings and Queens Counties. In total...
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Clarence surgeon sentenced on drug charge and lying to the DEA

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Dr. Anthony Leone, 55, of Clarence, N.Y., who was convicted of unlawful possession of a controlled substance and making material false statements, was sentenced to two years’...
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California man charged with conspiracy to distribute 114 kilograms of cocaine

NEWARK, N.J. – A California man has been charged with conspiring to distribute approximately 114 kilograms of cocaine in Hunterdon County, N.J., U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. Angel Alfonso Maldonado, 25, of Long Beach, Calif., is charged by complaint with one count of conspiring to distribute and possessing with...
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Massachusetts man sentenced to prison for fentanyl trafficking

PORTLAND , Maine – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that a Peabody, Mass., man was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute. U.S. District Court Judge George Z. Singal...