DEA Archived Press Releases

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Union Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Trafficking on Day of Trial

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Union, Missouri, man who was scheduled to begin his criminal jury trial today instead pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing six pounds of methamphetamine to distribute. Felix Franz Forjan, 71, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to one count of possessing methamphetamine...
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DEA Announces Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

ST. LOUIS – DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day collected 829,543 pounds (419.7 tons) of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country. The St. Louis Division collected 54,700 pounds of that grand total, with Missouri contributing about 33,000 pounds; Kansas, almost 19,000 pounds; and southern Illinois, 2,600 pounds...
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Pennsylvania Man Going to Prison for 10 Years on Meth Charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Jerry J. Roneker, Jr., 43, of Correy, PA, who was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, was...
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Buffalo Man Sentenced for Conspiring with Local Doctor Unlawfully to Obtain Drugs

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Benjamin Rivera, 42, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, oxycodone and amphetamine, was sentenced...
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

ST. LOUIS – Today the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a new initiative, Project Wave Breaker, to disrupt the flow of deadly fentanyl into the United States. Project Wave Breaker will direct interdiction, enforcement, and outreach efforts to the DEA St. Louis Division, which includes the states of Missouri and Kansas...
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Several Million Dollars’ Worth of Narcotics Including Fentanyl Seized in Mount Vernon

WHITE PLAINS, NY – Several million dollars’ worth of opiates and other narcotics, including what is alleged to be fentanyl, was seized last week in Mount Vernon following a joint investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, New Jersey State Police and the Westchester...
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Former New York Giant on Home Confinement under Cares Act Charged with Narcotics Trafficking

NEW YORK CITY – Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations...
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Several Million Dollars’ Worth of Narcotics Including Fentanyl Seized in Mount Vernon

WHITE PLAINS, NY – Several million dollars’ worth of opiates and other narcotics, including what is alleged to be fentanyl, was seized last week in Mount Vernon following a joint investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, New Jersey State Police and the Westchester...
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Former New York Giant on Home Confinement under Cares Act Charged with Narcotics Trafficking

NEW YORK CITY – Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations...
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Judge Sentences Caruthersville Man to 6 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp sentenced Bobby Black to 77 months in prison today. The 46-year-old Caruthersville, Missouri, resident pleaded guilty in November to six counts of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, one of the counts being conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. From...