DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
2386 Results - Showing 1981 to 1990
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New York City Woman Sentenced To Almost Two Years For Oxycodone Trafficking

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Acting, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Ebony Howard, 29, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor by Chief Judge John A...
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Pawtucket Man Sentenced To 7 A½ Years In Federal Prison For Manufacturing And Distributing Meth From Newport Motel Room

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Sean Costigan, 51, of Pawtucket, was sentenced on Wednesday to 96 months in federal prison for manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine. Costigan was arrested in January 2014, when DEA Drug Task Force agents and detectives from the Warwick and Newport Police Departments executed a court authorized search of...
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New Haven Drug Dealer Sentenced To More Than 5 Years In Federal Prison

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, today announced that Anthony Moore, also known as “Freak,” 33, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S...
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Heroin Trafficker Faces Statutory Penalties Of Up To 60 Years In Federal Prison; Forfeit Heroin Sales Proceeds Of $382,227 In Cash, $39,000 Rolex Watch

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Neftali Reyes, a/k/a Popi, 32, of Providence, faces statutory penalties of up to 60 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and two counts of distribution of heroin. In addition, Reyes has...
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DEA Seizes Methamphetamine Conversion Lab In Chula Vista

SAN DIEGO - DEA, with the assistance of the Chula Vista Police Department and San Diego County HazMat, conducted a search warrant at 754 Broadway, Apartment 23, Chula Vista, CA. There was no one present in the residence at the time authorities entered and there have been no arrests at...
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Sentencing Of Last Two Defendants From A Total Of Seven Park Avenue, Rutland Drug Dealers Who Pleaded Guilty To Federal Heroin And Crack Cocaine Drug Conspiracy

RUTLAND, 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 Chief Judge Christina Reiss, of the United States District Court, recently sentenced Eric (a.k.a. “Big E”), 45...
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Waterbury PCP Dealer Sentenced To More Than 5 Years In Federal Prison

WATERBURY, 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 Shaun James, 45, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford...
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New York Man Imprisoned 75 Months For Heroin Trafficking That Led To Overdose Death Of Rutland Man

RUTLAND, 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 Joshua Rose, 21, of New York, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss...
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Connecticut Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Cocaine Trafficking

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Richard A. Kincaid, III, - of Waterbury, Connecticut was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge John A. Woodcock...
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DEA/Partners Take Down Alleged Cross-Country Drug Traffickers Dealing In Meth, Heroin, Cocaine, Fentanyl

SAN DIEGO - Fourteen alleged members of a cross-country drug trafficking organization are charged in a federal grand jury indictments with conspiring to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and ultra-dangerous fentanyl to locations throughout the United States. Early yesterday morning, a contingent of federal, state, and local law...