DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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RX Trafficking Ring Controlled Brooklyn Medical Practices: Nearly $3.4 Million In Pills Diverted

(MANHATTAN, N.Y.) - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, Tom F. O’Donnell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office...
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South Berwick Man Sentenced On Distribution Of Suboxone Resulting In Death Charge

PORTLAND, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Shawn Verrill, 23, was sentenced today in United States District Court before United States District Judge D. Brock Hornby to 71 months...
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Cocaine Courier Sentenced To Federal Prison

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Christopher Pappagallo, 40, of Vernon, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in...
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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

JULY 11-William J. Conway, a Baldwin, New York physician, pled guilty today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York to conspiring to illegally distribute the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone to patients, who the defendant knew were addicts and without performing any meaningful medical examination. When...
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Final Defendant Pleads Guilty In Family Drug Conspiracy Which Sought To Control Two City Streets

BUFFALO, N.Y. - -U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Leo Mellerson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $1,000,000 fine or both. Mellerson was one of nine...
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New Haven Resident Sentenced To 54 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack Cocaine

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Vincent Mescrea, also known as “Jose Jimenez,” 43, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing...
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New Fairfield Brothers Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distributing Oxycodone

BRIDGEPORT Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two New Fairfield men were sentenced today in Bridgeport federal court for trafficking oxycodone and other controlled...
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Doctor Sentenced In White Plains Federal Court To Over 3 Years In Prison For Distributing Oxycodone

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (“DEA”) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced today that Felix Rodriguez, a licensed physician in Manhattan, was sentenced to...
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Former Governor Of Mexican State Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 131 Months In Prison For Money Laundering In Connection With Narcotics Bribes

MANHATTAN - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Mario Villanueva Madrid, the former governor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court. Villanueva Madrid received a sentence of 131 months in prison for conspiring...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Felix Trujillo-Manrique From Colombia On Heroin Trafficking Charges

MANHATTAN - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (“DEA”) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Felix Trujillo-Manrique was extradited yesterday from Colombia for allegedly conspiring to import heroin...