DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Seventeen Charged and Twelve Arrested in Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad, New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Today, Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, Eric Castañeda, Acting Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division, and Francisco B. Burrola, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations El Paso, and Jeffrey C. Boshek II...
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Possessing Methamphetamine for Distribution

MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Milwaukee, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Leroy D. Hampton, 32, Champaign, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to six years for possessing...
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Member of St. Louis Drug Ring Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Tuesday sentenced a member of a St. Louis drug conspiracy that killed two rivals to 18 years in prison. Michael “Beezy” Johnson, 30, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis in May to one count of conspiracy to...
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St. Louis Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Assaulting Deputy U.S. Marshals, Selling Methamphetamine

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Court Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Friday sentenced a man from St. Louis who injured two deputy U.S. marshals, one permanently, during his arrest to 27 years in prison. Emilio Justin Sandoval, now 34, had been indicted on felony methamphetamine charges in 2021 and the...
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Ringleader of Major Drug Trafficking and Money-Laundering Conspiracy in St. George Sentenced to Prison

St. George, Utah – A foreign national was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment after admitting he distributed large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana in St. George. According to court documents, the case against Angel Rubio-Quintana, 42, of St. George, Utah, began in March 2020 when federal agents began tracking...
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Jamestown Man Pleads Guilty to Methamphetamine Conspiracy

BUFFALO, N.Y.—U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Austin Gordon, 57, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five grams or more of methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of firearms and...
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Leader of White Supremacist Gang Receives 25 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Drug Trafficking and Assaulting an Officer

NEW BERN, N.C. – A self-proclaimed founder and leader of a white supremacist gang, known as the Aryan Kings (“AK”), was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for trafficking heroin and methamphetamine, illegal possession of a firearm, and assaulting a federal officer. David Milam, aka “DC,” age 39, pled...
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Gresham Man Caught Transporting Methamphetamine to Central Oregon Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

EUGENE, Ore.—A Gresham, Oregon man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on July 11, 2023, after he was arrested transporting methamphetamine in Deschutes County. Dennis Richard DeChenne Jr., 39, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release...
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Seattle Man Pleads Guilty to Dealing Fentanyl While Armed with a Handgun

SEATTLE – A Seattle man, involved with firearms and fentanyl, pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle to federal charges that carry a mandatory minimum of five years in prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Lavonta Austin, 30, will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge...
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Vermont Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Cocaine in New Hampshire

CONCORD, N.H. – A Vermont man was sentenced in federal court in Concord for unlawfully possessing quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Damien Rousseau, Jr., 31, formerly of Vershire, Vermont was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Landya B. McCafferty to...