DEA Archived Press Releases

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Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for 42 Months for Distributing 25 Pounds of Meth via a Rideshare

CONCORD. N.H. – A Lawrence, Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court for trafficking methamphetamine in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Narquin Sanchez-Unbes, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Landya B. McCafferty, to 42 months in federal prison and one year of supervised release...
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Wethersfield Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Oxycodone Distribution Charge Stemming from Overdose Investigation

WETHERSFIELD, Conn. - Vanessa Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JIMMY LASSUS, 40, of Wethersfield, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to distribution of fentanyl and oxycodone. According to court documents and statements made in court, in the early...
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Pennsylvania Man Admits To Trafficking Heroin and Cocaine into Connecticut

Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ISRAEL MENDOZA, also known as “D-Nice” and “Israel Mandosa,” 44, formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent...
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Meth

CONCORD, N.H. – A Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court for drug trafficking in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Carlos Alejandro Chevalier Santos, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Samantha Elliott to 36 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release. In June...
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Member Of Violent Gang Pleads Guilty To Racketeering And Drug Trafficking Offenses

BOSTON – A Boston man has pleaded guilty to his role in Cameron Street, a violent Boston gang. Charod Taylor, a/k/a “Pachino,” 35, of Boston, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise (commonly referred to as RICO conspiracy) and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. U.S. Senior District Court...
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Mother And Son Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

BOSTON – A mother and son were sentenced in federal court in Boston for participating in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that allegedly distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Javier Bello, a/k/a “Javi,” 29, of Beverly, Mass. was sentenced by U.S. District...
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Chicopee Man Convicted Of Cocaine Trafficking

BOSTON – A member of a large-scale criminal enterprise has been convicted after a four-day trial for distributing large amounts of cocaine throughout Eastern and Western Massachusetts. Vicente Gonzalez, 51, of Chicopee, was convicted on Oct. 3, 2024 of one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent...
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Meth Trafficking, Gun Crimes

MILWAUKEE - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Milwaukee, and U.S. Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Sept. 17, 2024, Senior U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced Chee Neng Xiong, 36, to a total sentence of...
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Car Battery Cocaine Conspiracy Lands Conviction

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 20-year-old Pharr resident has pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division Daniel C. Comeaux and Southern District of Texas U.S Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Jesus Neftali Padilla directed...
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Meth Distributor in Southwest Missouri Sentenced to 20 Years

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Carthage, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for possessing methamphetamine to distribute. Robert Marion Nevels, 36, was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 3, to 20 years in federal prison without parole. On March 12, 2024, Nevels pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to...