DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA & FBI Host Screening Of Chasing The Dragon For Local Educators To Combat Prescription Opioid And Heroin Epidemic

PHILADELPHIA - DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Cali and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge William F. Sweeney hosted a screening of Chasing the Dragon: The Life on an Opiate Addict for local educators and media representatives at the William J. Green Federal Building in Philadelphia...
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Convicted Drug Trafficker And Money Launderer Sentenced To Prison

BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with orchestrating a cross-country conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana. Miguel Fernandes, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV, to 12 years in prison, four years of supervised release...
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Cape Cod Drug Traffickers Arrested And Charged

BOSTON - Thirteen individuals have been charged with federal drug trafficking and firearms charges following an investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives. Three face state first-degree murder charges following a State Police and Barnstable Police investigation led by District Attorney Michael O’Keefe. Thirteen Cape Cod...
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Coventry Man Admits Role In Steroid Distribution Conspiracy

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson 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 John Koch, 49, of Coventry, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to one...
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Three Brockton Men Charged With Distributing Fentanyl

BOSTON - Three men, two of whom were arrested this morning, were charged in U.S. District Court in Boston for trafficking fentanyl in the Brockton area. The third defendant was already in state custody. In addition, 36 grams of fentanyl and a firearm were recovered following the execution of a...
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Three Plead Guilty In Portland Area Drug Conspiracy Case

PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Scot Stolkner, 42 - , of Gray, Maine, Angela Green, 34 - , of South Portland, Maine, and Jonathan Day, 41 -...
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Stamford Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Crack

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson 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 Wayne Alexander, also known as “Uncle Easy,” 50, of Stamford, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to one...
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DEA To Train Philadelphia Area Law Enforcement On Heroin Overdose Investigations To Combat Epidemic Of Prescription Opioid And Heroin Abuse

PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the Philadelphia area release of “Operation Trojan Horse,” which is a coordinated effort between the DEA and state and local law enforcement agencies to combat the current prescription opioid and heroin abuse epidemic. The DEA...
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Man Pleads Guilty In Prescription Fraud Scheme

CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced that Geoffrey McIntosh, 36, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, oxycodone. According...
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Rocky Hill Man Sentenced To 3 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Oxycodone

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson 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 Nicholas Dyber, 30, of Rocky Hill, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall...