DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Middlesex County, New Jersey, Man Admits Role In Ethylone Distribution Conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and William E. Fitzpatrick announced a Perth Amboy, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to distribute approximately 1.5 kilograms of ethylone, a Schedule I controlled substance. Paul Hutchison...
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Essex County, New Jersey, Man Gets 9 Years In Prison For Crack-Cocaine Distribution

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced an Irvington, New Jersey, man who distributed multiple kilograms of crack-cocaine and powder cocaine was sentenced today to...
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Another Member Of The Grape Street Crips Sentenced For Racketeering, Drug Trafficking Charges

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a crack-cocaine wholesaler for the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 132...
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DEA Seeking Art Submissions For 2nd Heroin/Opioid Art Exhibit

NEWARK, N.J. - The Drug Enforcement Administration-New Jersey (DEA) and the New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking (HIDTA) in conjunction with the Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey and the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse are seeking art submissions from the public for their 2nd Heroin/Opioid...
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Trucker Sentenced To Prison For Hauling Cocaine

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - On Thursday, June 22, 2017, Robert Francis Kelly, age 56, of Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 64 months in prison for possessing approximately 15 kilograms of cocaine with the intent to distribute, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and A. Clark Morris, Acting...
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Grape Street Crips Gang Members Get 18 Years In Prison For Racketeering And Drug Trafficking Charges

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New Jersey Division and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced two crack-cocaine wholesalers for the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips were each sentenced today to...
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Essex County, New Jersey, Man Gets 108 Months In Prison For Crack-Cocaine Distribution

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced an Irvington, New Jersey, man who distributed multiple kilograms of crack-cocaine and powder cocaine was sentenced today to...
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Major New Orleans Cocaine Trafficker Lazandy Daniels Convicted

NEW ORLEANS - A federal jury has convicted Lazandy Daniels, 40, of the St. Roch neighborhood of New Orleans, for his role in distributing kilograms of cocaine in the New Orleans area, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Following a...
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South Jersey Man Admits To Distributing Heroin

CAMDEN, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced today a Camden man admitted distributing heroin in Camden. Jose Correa, aka “Ciego,” 45, pleaded guilty before U.S...
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2 Mobile Doctors Get Long Sentences For Running “Pill Mills”

MOBILE, Ala. - Today, John Patrick Couch and Xiulu Ruan were sentenced to respectively 240 months and 252 months in federal prison for running a massive pill mill in Mobile, Alabama, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Stephen G. Azzam and Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of...