DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Burlington Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 60 Months

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Terrence Anderson, 56, of Burlington, Vermont was sentenced today to a 5-year term of imprisonment, following his guilty plea to possessing with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl. Chief United...
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Indictment Charges Hartford Man on Supervised Release with Firearm and Drug Offenses

HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody have announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging...
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Holyoke Man Who Possessed Fentanyl-Laced Heroin, Cocaine and Firearm Sentenced To 10 Years in Prison

BOSTON – A Holyoke man has been sentenced in federal court in Springfield in connection with drug and firearm offenses. Jonathan Mercedes, 31, was sentenced on Feb. 5, 2024 by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 10 years in prison and four years of supervised release. In July...
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North Tonawanda Man Going to Prison for 10 Years on Drug and Gun Charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Daniel Rodriguez, 40, of North Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, was sentenced to serve 120 months...
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Man Sentenced to 132 Months in Prison for Meth Distribution

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced Lincoln Glass, 30 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty...
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Bloods Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Rasheem “Coop” Sullivan, 31, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and being a felon in possession of a firearm, before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years...
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Queens Man Arrested for Bronx Kidnapping and Murder

NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration; and Edward A. Caban, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, announced today the unsealing of a...
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Anchorage Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison Following Drug, Firearm Conviction

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, subsequent to his conviction by a federal jury of one count of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, one count of possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking and one count of felon...
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St. Louis Man Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison for Carjackings, Jail Escape and Fatal Shooting of De Smet High School Football Coach

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Wednesday sentenced a St. Louis man involved in fatal and nonfatal carjackings and a jail escape to 60 years in prison. Kurt Wallace, 31, shot the drivers during three separate carjackings in 2017 that were set up via a dating...
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Dealing, Fatal Shooting of Teen

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man who was dealing fentanyl and fatally shot a 16-year-old with a fully automatic pistol in downtown St. Louis in 2022 to 15 years in prison. Judge Schelp also ordered John M. Whitney Jr., 22, of Bridgeton...