DEA Archived Press Releases

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Great Falls Woman Sentenced to Five Years for Dealing Meth and Heroin

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A Great Falls woman who admitted to dealing methamphetamine and heroin for a drug trafficking organization based in Mexico was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release. Katie Marie Marceau, 38, pleaded guilty in March to...
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Drug Dealer Who Sold Fentanyl-Laced Crack Sentenced to More Than 16 Years After Four People Died in a Single Day

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – A Beulaville man was sentenced today to 200 months in prison for conspiracy and distribution of cocaine base (crack) and fentanyl. Four people died from overdoses after consuming drugs sold by Marshall Ray Scarborough on a single day in April 2021. Scarborough was also ordered to...
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Peabody Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking

BOSTON – A Peabody man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for trafficking in fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine. Donald Ruby, 55, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley to 27 months in prison and two years of supervised release. Ruby was also ordered to forfeit $28,110 which...
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22 Defendants Charged in Connection with Manchester Drug Trafficking Ring

CONCORD, N.H. – 21 defendants have been indicted and an additional defendant has been charged in connection with an organized drug trafficking ring operating out of Manchester and Boston, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Over the past day and a half, law enforcement arrested 12 of these defendants on...
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Mercer County Man Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization

TRENTON, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced a Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 130 months in prison for his role as the leader of a Trenton drug-trafficking organization responsible...
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Suffield Man Sentenced to Nearly 8 Years in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine While on Supervised Release

SUFFIELD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SERGIO HORTA-MOLINA, 47, of Suffield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 94 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine, and for...
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Fair Haven Residents Indicted for Drug Trafficking, Gun Possession Offenses

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on May 31, 2023, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against John Muzzy, 32, of Fair Haven, Vermont, and Rebecca Ross, 39, also of Fair Haven, Vermont. The indictment charges Muzzy...
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Small Town Meth and Cocaine Traffickers Sent to Prison

VICTORIA, Texas – With the sentencing of two Sinton residents, nearly a dozen criminals have now been brought to justice for their respective roles in narcotics trafficking on local streets, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division,and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S...
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Mexican National Living in Sacramento Indicted on Fentanyl Charges

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against Luis Enrique Vasquez-Lopez, 45, a Mexican national living in Sacramento, charging him with distribution of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession with intent to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement...
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Texas Man Sentenced for Transporting Cocaine

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A man from Texas was sentenced to four years and nine months in federal prison after he admitted to transporting a kilogram of cocaine to Illinois. In addition to the prison sentence, Henry Garcia-Blanco, 28, of Irving, Texas, will serve three years of supervised release...