DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
1189 Results - Showing 1161 to 1170
PRESS RELEASE

Wallingford Man Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation and Drug Trafficking Offenses

WALLINGFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER LISCIO, 40, of Wallingford, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to child sexual exploitation and drug trafficking offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, between January 2016 and February...
PRESS RELEASE

Norwalk Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Offenses

NORWALK, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TAJH WILEY, also known as “Yung,” 27, of Norwalk, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for...
PRESS RELEASE

Bus Rider from Colorado Makes Prison Stop for Heroin Trafficking

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Aurora, Colo., man was sentenced in federal court today for heroin trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm while traveling through Kansas City, Mo., on a bus bound for Virginia. Izeall T. Collins, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 19 years in...
PRESS RELEASE

Meth, Firearm Result in 10 Years of Prison

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Jefferson City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm and methamphetamine to distribute. Clint Alexander Doll, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 10 years in federal prison without parole. On July 28, 2022, Doll pleaded...
PRESS RELEASE

Dominican Man Indicted for Illegally Reentering United States and Distributing Fentanyl

BOSTON – A Dominican man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly reentering the United States and distributing fentanyl after previously being deported. Juan Carlos Santos-Ocasio, a/k/a “Cristhian Aybar-Done,” 40, was indicted on one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more...
PRESS RELEASE

The Dallas Field Division Announces the Seizure of Over 11.4 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl and over 7,000 Pounds of Methamphetamine in 2022

Dallas, TX – The Drug Enforcement Administration Dallas Field Division announces the seizure of more than 7,000 pounds of methamphetamine and over 1 million fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills during the 2022 calendar year, the latter representing more than 11.4 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl. Methamphetamine is a dangerous drug...
PRESS RELEASE

Bristol Trio Convicted In Crack Cocaine Conspiracy, Leader Of Conspiracy Faces Two Mandatory Life Terms

DEC 7 -- United States Attorney John L. Brownlee announced today that DERON JONES, 37, OLLIE CLOYD, 41, and MONICA WORLEY,26, all of Bristol, Virginia, were found guilty by a jury in the United States District Court in Abingdon, Virginia, for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and distribution of crack...
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Attorney's Office, DEA, Harford County Sheriff's Office and Anne Arundel County Police to Hold Press Conference About Efforts to Prevent the Spread of Methamphetamine

NOV 28 -- BALTIMORE, Maryland - United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein, Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Carl Kotowski, and other officials will hold a press conference on Thursday, November 30, 2006, at 2:00 p.m., at the United States Attorney’s Office, 36 S. Charles Street, 4 th...
PRESS RELEASE

11 Defendants Indicted in Multi-State Drug Conspiracy

NOV 7 -- Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted 11 individuals in a multi-state drug conspiracy, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. The indictment was returned on September 26, 2006 and unsealed today upon the arrests of the defendants. United States...
PRESS RELEASE

Sheriff, 12 Deputies Among Those Arrested On Drug, Racketeering Charges In Southern VA County

NOV 2 -- (WASHINGTON D.C.) – The Drug Enforcement Administration announced the arrest of 16 defendants, including Henry County Sheriff Harold Cassell, in the culmination of a five-year investigation into a major drug, weapons, and money laundering operation which also involved several current and former law enforcement officials. Four individuals...