DEA Archived Press Releases

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Bakersfield Methamphetamine Trafficking Defendant Sentenced To Over 10 Years In Prison

FRESNO, Calif. - Manuel Riviera-Felix, aka Felipe Garcia, 27, of Mexico, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to 10 years and 11 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Rivera-Felix was a leader of a large scale drug organization in Bakersfield...
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Cedar Rapids Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin And Fentanyl Conspiracy Resulting In Four Injuries, Two Deaths In 2015

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - -DEA Special Agent in Charge James Shroba announced today that DeShaun Anderson, age 43, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids for conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl that led to several overdoses and deaths. At the plea hearing, Anderson...
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Two St. Louis Area Men Sentenced For Role In Cocaine Conspiracy

ST. LOUIS - James P. Shroba, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today Steven Syms, 41, of St. Louis, Missouri, and Antoine Jenkins, 27, of Cahokia, Illinois, were sentenced for their involvement in a drug distribution organization that funneled cocaine from Houston, Texas, to the St...
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Sioux City Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Meth Conspiracy

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - DEA Special Agent in Charges James Shroba announced today that Chrishirwn West, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. West, 27, from Sioux City, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 12, 2015 guilty plea to one count of...
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Jury Convicts KC Man Of Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Conspiracies

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division Drug Enforcement Administration announced today that Travis Ybarra was convicted in federal court today for his role in conspiracies to distribute methamphetamine in Jackson County, Mo., and to engage in money laundering. Ybarra, also known...
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Local Man Arrested In Federal Indictment Involving Three Drug-Related Homicides

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - DEA Special Agent in Charge James Shroba announced today that Anthony Jordan, 29, was arrested on a federal indictment that included multiple drug and weapons charges which resulted in the deaths of three area people. The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury August 26th...
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Delaware County Man Sentenced For Methamphetamine And Firearms Charges

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - DEA, Special Agent in Charge James P. Shroba announced today that a man who imported pseudoephedrine from Canada to Iowa in order to manufacture methamphetamine was sentenced on August 3, 2015, to more than 12 years in federal prison. Roger Hettinger, age 42, from Manchester, Iowa...
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Bay Area Company Agrees To Pay $450,000 To Settle Claims Of Failing To Maintain Adequate Records Of Controlled Substance Use

SAN FRANCISO - Sterigenics International LLC and its parent, Sterigenics U.S., LLC, agreed to pay $450,000 to settle allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice that the companies failed to keep and maintain adequate records pertaining to controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...
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Sutter County Brothers Sentenced To Prison For Marijuana Cultivation

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Thomas Jopson, 66, and David Jopson, 64, of Rio Oso, were sentenced Tuesday by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to one year in prison for conspiring to cultivate marijuana. The Jopsons were ordered to surrender to the United States Marshals Service to begin serving their...
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

ST. LOUIS - DEA Special Agent in Charges James P. Shroba announced today that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can...