DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Three Area Men Indicted for Distribution of Opioids

SAN ANTONIO – A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment this week charging two Kerrville men and an Ingram man with distribution of narcotics. According to court documents, Scott Mitchell Brown, 35, and John Henry Swiencki, 51, of Kerrville and David Jeffrey Hughes, Jr., 42, of Ingram...
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Four Men Charged for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy, Bribing U.S. Mail Carrier

Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging four men with federal charges related to the distribution of methamphetamine sent through the U.S. mail to a mail carrier who allegedly accepted bribes to re-route the packages to drug conspirators. Charged in the indictment are: Robert DuBois...
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Grand Jury Indicts 4 Lincoln County Residents for Gun and Drug Charges

ST. LOUIS – A federal grand jury indicted Rebecca Hanks, 46, Zachary Siebert, 19, Amelia Siebert, 23, and Richard Frazier, 23, Aug. 11 for drug and gun-related offenses that allegedly occurred in Lincoln County, Missouri. The defendants are charged with the drug trafficking crime of conspiring to distribute and possess...
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Okaloosa DTO Members Sentenced

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Defendants previously indicted and later convicted in multiple cases for their participation in an opioid, methamphetamine, and cocaine distribution ring operating in Okaloosa County, Fla., were sentenced last week in the Northern District of Florida. The prosecutions were the result of a large-scale multi-agency investigation spearheaded by...
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Okaloosa DTO Members Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Firearm Offenses

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Defendants previously indicted and later convicted in multiple cases for their participation in a methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and marijuana ring operating in Crestview, Fla., were sentenced last week in the Northern District of Florida. The prosecutions were the result of a large-scale multi-agency investigation spearheaded by the...
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Drug Bust in Pontoon Beach Leads to 7-Year Prison Term for St. Louis Man

PONTOON BEACH, Ill. – A St. Louis man who tried to buy cocaine in Illinois has been sentenced to 87 months in prison. Steve P. Kennedy, 51, appeared at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis on Tuesday and was sentenced for attempting to possess with the intent to distribute...
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35 Years for Second Drug and Weapons Conviction

Amarillo, TX - An Amarillo man has been sentenced to 35 years and five months in federal prison for gun and drug crimes, announced today by Eduardo A. Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Dallas Field Division, which is responsible for the Amarillo area. In April, a federal...
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Federal Indictment Charges Four Men for a Drug Distribution Conspiracy

Greenbelt, Md., – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging four men for a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl. The indictment was returned on August 11, 2021. The defendants were arrested on a related criminal complaint on August 10, 2021...
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Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Firearm in Planned Revenge Shooting Spree

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced an Essex County, New Jersey, man with previous felony convictions today admitted illegally possessing firearms and ammunition as...
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Chillum Drug Dealer Caught with Two Kilos of Cocaine

Greenbelt, Md., – Ludin Alfredo Ipina-Ipina, age 33, of Chillum, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute over 2,000 grams of cocaine. The guilty plea was announced by Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division; Jonathan Lenzner, Acting United States Attorney for the...