DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Florida Man Sentenced To Over 17 Years For Role In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

BOSTON, MA. - A Florida man was sentenced yesterday in federal court for his top-level role in a massive oxycodone distribution conspiracy that spanned from Southern Florida to Massachusetts and distributed in excess of 100,000 oxycodone pills in the Fall River area. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of...
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Joseph Zapatero Sentenced To Fourteen Years In Prison For Selling Drugs In Windsor And Burlington, Vermont

BURLINGTON, VT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Tristram J. Coffin, stated that Joseph Zapatero, 31, of Manhattan, New York, was sentenced on September 26, 2011 by U.S. District Court...
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Civil Penalty Settlement Reached With Baldpate Hospital For Operating An Unregistered Methadone Clinic

BOSTON, MA. - The United States has reached a settlement with Baldpate Hospitalin Georgetown, Mass. in connection with civil drug diversion allegations investigated by the DEA and the United States Attorney’s Office. The announcement was made today by Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration...
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Indictments Charge Eighteen With Oxycodone Trafficking

BRIDGEPORT, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Bridgeport returned two indictments today charging a total of 18 individuals...
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Former PIN Rx Pharmacist Indicted On Kickback And Tax Charges

BANGOR - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Bangor indicted Reginald S. Gracie, Jr., age 40, of Bowdoin, Maine, on charges relating to his...
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TSA And Law Enforcement Officers In Nevadaand Florida Charged In Prescription Drug Ring Narcotics Trafficking Network Results In 20 Arrests

STAMFORD, CT. - DEA Special Agent in Charge Steven W. Derr of the New England Field Division and other law enforcement officials today announced that 20 individuals have been arrested on charges related to their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a potent and highly-addictive prescription narcotic. Among...
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Convicted Felon Charged With Trafficking Heroin, Firearm Charges In DEA Drug Task Force Investigation

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal investigation into the trafficking of heroin by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) R.I. Drug Task Force resulted in the arrest Wednesday of a Cranston man and the seizure of more than a half kilogram of heroin; two firearms; and an assortment of ammunition. Able Perez, 30...
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Franklin Man Sentenced For Manufacturing Methamphetamine

CONCORD, N.H. - Jeremy Clough, 33, of Franklin was sentenced today in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement...
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Woonsocket Man Charged In Alleged Large Scale Heroin Trafficking Operation

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Woonsocket, R.I. man was ordered detained Tuesday after making an initial appearance in federal court in Providence charged with possession of more than a kilogram of heroin and 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute. Andres Jiminez, 37, was arrested Sunday after...
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Career Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Seven Years In Federal Prison

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Newport, R.I., man previously convicted and sentenced in Rhode Island state courts on three occasions since 2002 for drug trafficking has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison, having pled guilty in May 2010 to again trafficking in cocaine, announced Steven W. Derr, Special Agent...