DEA Archived Press Releases

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Wallingford Man Sentenced To 30 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Oxycodone And Marijuana

JUNE 05 - ( 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 Robert Melillo, 25, of Wallingford, was sentenced today by Senior United States...
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18 Arrested On Cocaine Drug Trafficking Charges

TUCSON, Ariz. - DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman today announced the arrests of 18 of 21 suspected members of a cocaine trafficking organization operating in Cochise County. The 12 month long investigation targeted drug trafficking activity in the SierraVista and Bisbee area. Three individuals remain at large. The...
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Four Detained, Six Firearms Seized In Alleged Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Field Division; United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Eugenio A. Marquez, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Office of ATF; Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Field Office...
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Fitchburg Gang Member Sentenced For Crack Distribution

BOSTON - A Fitchburg man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester for multiple counts of distributing crack cocaine. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau...
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President Obama Adds NEFD International Drug “Kingpin” To OFAC List

MAY 31 - ( BOSTON) - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration - New England Field (NEFD), Carmen M. Ortiz, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and John Gibbons, U.S. Marshal for the District of Massachusetts announced that President Barack Obama identified...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To More Than Six Years 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, today announced that Earl Banks, also known as “E.J.,” 22, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by...
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New Jersey Man Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking 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 Julio Brinez, 43, of Palisades Park, N.J., was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack

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 Aaron Moore, also known as “Boogs,” 24, of West Haven, was sentenced today by Senior...
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Norwalk Man Sentenced To 57 Months In Federal Prison For Illegal Gun Possession

NORWALK 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 Leroy Pressley, 25, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree...
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Norwalk Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Narcotics Trafficking

MAY 22 - ( 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 Marvin Wooten, also known as “Smash,” 43, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by...