DEA Archived Press Releases

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Dark Web Marketplace Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty

FRESNO, Calif. - Emil Vladimirov Babadjov, 32, a Bulgarian and U.S. dual-national formerly residing in San Francisco, California, pleaded guilty today to distributing controlled substances, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. According to court documents, Babadjov, using the...
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Violent Deputy Leader Of Grape Street Crips Gang Admits Role In Murder, Attempted Murders, And Other 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 the second-in-command of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips street gang today admitted his role...
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Grape Street Crips Gang Member Admits To Murder, Attempted Murder

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 high-ranking member of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips today admitted his role in orchestrating a...
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Violent Bloods Street Gang Member Sentenced To 22 Years In Prison

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 soldier of the Sex Money Murder set of the Bloods street gang was sentenced today to 264...
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Oxnard Man Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Brokering Sale Of Fentanyl Pills

SAN FRANCISCO - King Edward Harris II was sentenced today to five years in prison for distributing fentanyl pills, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. Harris, 35, of Oxnard, pleaded guilty on April 7, 2017, to six counts...
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Bakersfield Man Arrested For Conspiring With Law Enforcement Officers To Sell Methamphetamine And Marijuana

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Noel Carter, of Bakersfield, was arrested today for conspiring with Bakersfield Police Department officers Damacio Diaz and Patrick Mara to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana that Diaz and Mara seized in the course of their duties as police officers. Carter is scheduled to be arraigned today in Fresno...
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DEA-NJ And NYPD Recover 270 Pounds Of Fentanyl, Heroin And Cocaine With A Street Value Of Over $30 Million

NEW YORK - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown and Bronx...
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Turlock Attorney Sentenced For Importing Steroids

FRESNO, Calif. - Erik Harald Moje, 40, a California-licensed attorney and resident of Turlock, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to nine months in prison to be followed by two years of supervised release for importing raw anabolic steroids from China, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert...
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Multi-Agency Gang Case Results In Several Arrests For Drug And Firearm Offenses

FRESNO, Calif. - On Thursday, following a 10-month-long investigation targeting local criminal street gangs in Fresno conducted by several federal law enforcement agencies and the Fresno Police Department, 15 defendants were arrested on federal charges and at least 14 defendants were arrested on state charges. The various charges include drug...
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California Man Sentenced For Intent To Distribute 29 Kilograms 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 who was arrested with 29 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a tractor trailer...