DEA Archived Press Releases

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14 Defendants charged with racketeering, murder, firearms, and narcotics offenses

NEW YORK – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney for Bronx County, Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, Peter C...
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Arizona man pleads guilty to Taney County meth conspiracy

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – An Arizona man has pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in Taney County, Missouri. Darcell M. Mills, 41, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush on Friday, March 13, to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The case was...
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Wisconsin Dentist Pleads Guilty to Oxycodone Diversion Charge

MADISON, WIS. – Assistant Special Agent in Charge Paul E. Maxwell and Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western Distri ct of Wisconsin, announced that Christopher Kania, 40, Portage, Wisconsin, pled guilty on Thursday, March 12, in U.S. District Court in Madison to obtaining oxycodone by use of...
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South Bend, Indiana Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Kayla Hampton, age 28, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced in South Bend before United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio to 120 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. According to documents in this case, a...
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

CHICAGO – The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of Project Python, a DEA-led multilateral interagency operation encompassing all global investigations and related disruption activities targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) . This announcement marks the successful conclusion of six months of investigative...
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of Project Python, a DEA-led multilateral interagency operation encompassing all global investigations and related disruption activities targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). This announcement marks the successful conclusion of six months of investigative and...
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of Project Python, a DEA-led interagency operation encompassing all global investigations and related disruption activities targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). This announcement marks the successful conclusion of six months of investigative and enforcement...
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Missouri man sentenced for distributing heroin resulting in death

ST. LOUIS – Michael Charles Natoli, 58, of Dixon, Missouri was sentenced to 96 months in prison for distribution of heroin which resulted in death and serious bodily injury. The charges were a result of a joint investigation between the St. James Police Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol – South...
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Walnut Shade woman sentenced to 20 years for heroin, fentanyl trafficking

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Walnut Shade, Missouri, woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl in the Springfield area. Ashley A. Brott, 29, was sentenced by M. Douglas Harpool to 20 years in federal prison without parole. The case was...
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Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Nixa, Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court today for distributing methamphetamine he received in the mail from California, It was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Nixa Police Department. Jerry D. Thornton, 46, pleaded guilty...