DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Armed Indiana Meth Dealer Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison

INDIANAPOLIS – Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Patrick Doornbos, 38, of Monticello, Indiana, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with the intent to...
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St. Louis County Man Admits Possessing Methamphetamine

ST. LOUIS - A man from St. Louis County on Tuesday admitted selling roughly a pound of methamphetamine per week and now faces up to 20 years in prison. Justin Vernon Neilsen, 38, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey to one felony count of distribution...
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Indianapolis Drug Dealer Sentenced to Over 12 Years for Trafficking Meth and Heroin

INDIANAPOLIS – Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Dorian Hayden, 26, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine...
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Indianapolis Drug Dealer Sentenced to 130 Months in Federal Prison for Armed Meth Trafficking

INDIANAPOLIS – Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers of the Southern District of Indiana announced that Jacob Wall, 29, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine...
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Undercover DEA Agents Stop Meth Distributor from Movie Parking Lot Sales

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Three Eastern Jackson County men have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Kenneth James Paulson, 51, of Blue Springs, Mo., pleaded guilty Nov. 16 to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from Aug. 11 to Oct. 14...
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Man Admits Participating in Drug-Linked St. Louis Murder

ST. LOUIS - A man from St. Louis admitted participating in a 2017 murder on behalf of a drug gang. Tremayne Silas, 30, admitted being one of four men who fired more than 100 rounds at Alexander Noodel on May 8, 2017. Silas and the others were responding to a...
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Miami-Area Man Pleads Guilty to Multi-District Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

TAMPA, Fla. – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that Hector Enrique Veliz Villeda (30, Hialeah) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Veliz Villeda faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has...
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Two Men Admit to Drug Trafficking

CAMDEN, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced a Philadelphia man today admitted trafficking in large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia...
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 143 months for Meth Trafficking

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that Wesley K. Jacobson, 41, of Kewanee, Illinois, was sentenced to 143 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute...
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Max W. Woodard II, 51, of Lebanon, Indiana, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to...