DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Seventeen defendants charged in takedown of Newark’s ‘Famous Boyz’ street gang

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Valeria A. Nickerson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito announced criminal charges against 17 members, associates, and drug suppliers of a Newark street gang that distributed heroin and crack cocaine...
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Black market pill manufacturing operation dismantled in Bronx apartment building; superintendent among three charged

NEW YORK - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II; Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of...
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Fatal overdose in Manhattan leads to arrest of alleged drug dealer in Miami

NEW YORK - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, announced today the arrest of Michael Jones...
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New York man sentenced to 14 years for heroin and crack cocaine distribution

BURLINGTON, Vt – Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and United States Attorney for the District of Vermont Christina Nolan announced that Michael Brockenbaugh, 37, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Christina Reiss, to a 14-year...
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25-plus Chicago defendants face drug charges for alleged fentanyl or fentanyl-laced heroin sales

CHICAGO - More than 25 individuals are facing federal or state drug charges for allegedly selling pure fentanyl or fentanyl-laced heroin in Chicago. Many of the defendants sold narcotics to an undercover law enforcement officer earlier this year, according to the charges. Several of the sales occurred in daytime hours...
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Retired nurse sentenced to five years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Christine Miles, 59, of Windsor Locks, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven...
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Buffalo man charged with selling fentanyl that caused serious bodily injury

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Julian Beavers, a/k/a Ock, a/k/a Marcel Ceasar, a/k/a BJ, 32, of Buffalo, New York, with...
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Colombian veterinarian pleads guilty in Brooklyn federal court to heroin importation conspiracy

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Andres Lopez Elorez pleaded guilty today before U. S. Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy in federal court in Brooklyn to conspiring to import heroin into the United States. Richard P. Donoghue, U. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and James J. Hunt, Special Agent...
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DEA announces “360 Strategy” in Knoxville to address heroin, prescription drugs and violent crime

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that Knoxville will be the 13th pilot city to be part of a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention “360 Strategy,” designed to help cities dealing with the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic, and the violent crime that accompanies it...
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Newport man sentenced for conspiring to distribute heroin

BANGOR, Maine - Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and United States Attorney for the District of Maine Halsey B. Frank announced that Todd Shorey, 54, of Newport, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Senior Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr...