DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Nine Alleged Members Of The Jenifer Drug Trafficking Organization Charged By Indictment And Implicated In A 2012 Murder

BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury has indicted nine defendants - seven men and two women - who are alleged to be members of the Jenifer drug trafficking (Jenifer DTO) for conspiring to distribute kilograms of cocaine in the Baltimore metropolitan and Woodbridge, Virginia areas. The indictment seeks the forfeiture...
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Autauga County Man Sentenced To 210 Months In Federal Prison For Role In Drug Organization

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Mark Edward (52), of Deatsville, Alabama, was sentenced on October 15, 2014 to serve 210 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, announced Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris of the Drug Enforcement (DEA)...
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California Career Offender And Co-Conspirator Sentenced To Over 18 Years For Drug Trafficking

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - David Downing, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge, and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Frank Medina, Jr. age 32, of Moreno Valley, California and his co-conspirator, Juliana Perez, age 44, of Rogers, were sentenced today for drug...
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Bogalusa Man And Woman Sentenced For Drug Violations

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Raymond Bridges, 53, and Mary Doughty, 65, both residents of Bogalusa, were sentenced yesterday having previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...
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Calvert County Man Indicted On Drug Charges, Including The Distribution Of Heroin Resulting In Death

GREENBELT, Md. - A federal grand jury has indicted Russell Edward Johnson, 23, of Lusby, Maryland, today on charges of drug distribution, including one count of distribution of heroin resulting in death. The indictment was announced by Special Agent in Charge Karl C. Colder of the Drug Enforcement Administration -...
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Arrests Dismantle Clinton-Based Drug Trafficking Organization

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - David Downing, Assistant Special Agent in Charge with the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; along with 20th Judicial Prosecuting Attorney Cody Hiland; and Van Buren County Sheriff Scott Bradley announced an investigation into a large-scale...
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27 New Disposal Rules In Effect Next Month Provide For Convenient, Ongoing Disposal Opportunities For Patients’ Unwanted Pharmaceuticals

NEW ORLEANS - This Saturday, September 27, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and almost 4,000 of its national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold the ninth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Americans can take their expired, unneeded, or unwanted prescription drugs to one of over 5,200 collection sites across...
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Marrero Men Plead Guilty To Drug Conspiracy

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite announced today that Stokley Austin, age 33, and Donald Jones, Jr., age 33, both residents of Marrero, Louisiana, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle to conspiracy to distribute and possess...
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Amite Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison On Federal Drug Charges

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite announced that Torrie Brumfield, a resident of Amite, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to serve 16 years in prison for his role in a large-scale drug conspiracy...
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Pain Clinic Owners And Medical Directors Indicted For Alleged “Pill Mill” Relocated From Florida To Maryland

BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury has indicted the three owners and two medical directors of Healthy Life Medical Group, a purported pain management clinic, on drug conspiracy and other charges. The indictment was returned on September 3, 2014, and unsealed upon the arrest of the defendants. Charged in the...