DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Mission Man Sent to Prison for hiding Kilos of Heroin in Floorboards

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 27-year-old man residing in Mission has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession with the intent to distribute nine kilograms of heroin, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery...
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Butte County Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Julius Rucks, 41, of Butte County, pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of distributing fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced. According to court documents, on Dec. 6, 2018, Jan. 10, 2019, and April 3...
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Baltimore Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of a Firearm in a School Zone and for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl and Other Drugs

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Vashawn Watkins, age 22, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to nine years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for federal charges of illegal possession of a firearm in a school zone and possession with intent to...
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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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Ten Charged with Crack Cocaine Distribution in Mount Vernon

WESTCHESTER, N.Y. – Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of...
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Utica Man Sentenced to 33 Months for Fentanyl Conspiracy and Distribution

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Daequon D. Perkins, 26, of Utica, New York, was sentenced Thursday to 33 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl, and distribution of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl. The announcement...
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Approximately 50 Pounds of Fentanyl/Heroin Seized at Drug Stash Apartment in the Bronx

NEW YORK CITY – A Bronx man was arrested in connection with the seizure of approximately 23 kilograms of heroin/fentanyl (50 pounds) from an apartment located near Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The narcotics carry an estimated street value of $7 million. Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special...
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Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm

RUTLAND, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Joel Ivan Caquias Aviles, 22, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve 30 months of imprisonment for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey W...
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Manchester Man Sentenced to 72 Months for Possession of Powder and “Crack” Cocaine and Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

CONCORD, N.H. – Kevin Scott, 46, of Manchester was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute powder cocaine and cocaine base (“crack” cocaine), and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced. According to court documents...
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Farmington Man Guilty of Selling Prescribed Oxycodone Pills

FARMINGTON, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that, on November 9, a federal jury in New Haven found ANTHONY HARRIS, 53, of Farmington, guilty of...