DEA Archived Press Releases

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Corpus Man Sent to Prison for Dealing Drugs, Possessing Firearm

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 39-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick...
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Final defendant sentenced in meth trafficking ring

BRUNSWICK, GA: The leader of a multi-state methamphetamine trafficking ring will spend more than 23 years in prison after sentencing this week in federal court. Susan “Ma” Anderson, 67, of Hortense, Ga., was sentenced Oct. 30 by United States District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 280 months in prison...
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Two found with approximately 1,260 pounds of liquid methamphetamine in Norman are charged with possession with intent to distribute

OKLAHOMA CITY – Enrique Lara, 36, of Chicago, Illinois, and Jasmine Morales, 21, of McAllen, Texas, were charged yesterday with possessing with intent to distribute approximately 1,260 pounds of liquid methamphetamine, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Robert J. Troester of...
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One of two brothers arrested for methamphetamine conspiracy sentenced to serve 100 months

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Beau K.C. Jones, 34, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, 50 grams...
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Pharmacist arrested in diversion of 5,000 oxycodone pills worth up to $150,000 from a pharmacy in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

NEW YORK – Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith G. Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York State Medicaid Inspector General Dennis Rosen and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today the arrest of pharmacist Hoi In Mui...
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Montgomery Nurse Practitioner convicted of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, health care fraud, and conspiracy

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – On Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, a federal jury convicted nurse practitioner Lilian Ifeoma Akwuba, 39, of Montgomery, Alabama, on 17 counts of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, 4 counts of health care fraud, 1 count of conspiring to distribute controlled substances, and 1 count of conspiring to commit...
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Drug source sentenced to more than 12 years for interstate narcotics conspiracy

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Jessie Acosta, 41, of San Pedro, California, was sentenced to more than 12 years (150 months) in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute kilogram quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana throughout the Middle District of Alabama and Georgia, announced U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant...
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“BMB” Street gang member sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for murder of Bronx teenager and other racketeering crimes

NEW YORK – Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith G. Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Martin Mitchell, aka “Tyliek,” a member of a violent street gang in the Bronx called...
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Eleven defendants charged in federal court with committing narcotics and firearms offenses in the Bronx

NEW YORK - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration Keith Kruskall, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffery S. Berman, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department James P. O’Neill today announced the unsealing of...
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15th defendant indicted in Jamestown meth ring arraigned

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted Henry Stovall, Jr., on charges of methamphetamine conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, methamphetamine...