DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Grape Street Crips Gang Member Goes To Prison For Crack 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 today a gang member, Ernest Valentine, aka “Bop,” who sold crack-cocaine for the New Jersey Grape Street Crips gang...
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New Jersey Residents Turn In Almost 16,000 Pounds Of Unused Prescriptions

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, announced that New Jersey residents turned in 15,929 pounds or 7.9 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescriptions during National Prescription Take Back Day on April 29. Nationally, 900,386 pound or...
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Guilty Plea: Intent To Distribute 29+ Kilos Of Methamphetamine

TRENTON, 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 South Gate, California man today admitted his intent to distribute over 29 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a...
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Man Sentenced For Role In New Jersey- Puerto Rico Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

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 New York man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to...
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Multi-Kilo Heroin Trafficker Pleads Guilty

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 Bergen County, New Jersey man today admitted purchasing more than three kilograms of heroin from a source in...
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Bloods Gang Member Admits To Racketeering Conspiracy Plea Calls For 22-Year Prison Sentence

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 solider of the Sex Money Murder set of the Bloods street gang today admitted his role...
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Trenton Man Admits Participation In Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracyg

TRENTON, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Trenton, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to sell more than 1.5 kilograms of cocaine...
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New Jersey Doctor Indicted On Charges He Sold Oxycodone Prescriptions To Patients With No Legitimate Need For The Drug

TRENTON, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and New Jersey State Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced the indictment of a doctor from Passaic County for selling prescriptions of Oxycodone to patients, including those he knew to be...
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California Man Sentenced To 76 Months In Prison For Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a California man was sentenced today to 76 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to...
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9 Arrested For Operating International Steroid Distribution Ring

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Robert L. Capers, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced today the arrests of nine defendants for their role in an international steroid distribution ring. The charges against the...