DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To 12 Years Prison

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Edgardo Reyes was sentenced to 154 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. Reyes’s co-conspirator, Armando Solorio, was sentenced to 73...
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Former Physician Indicted For Selling Amphetamine Diet Pills To Patients After Losing Medical License

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, and New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard A. Zucker, announced today the indictment and arrest of Steven Bernhard, a former practitioner of...
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Dominican Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

AUG 17 - BOSTON - A Dominican man residing in Lawrence pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a heroin, cocaine and trafficking organization with ties to Mexico. Gilberto Alicea, 31, of Bani, Dominican Republic and Lawrence, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute...
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New London Man Charged With Gun, Drug Offenses

AUG 16 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging James Bowers...
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Salem Man Sentenced To Two Years Of Probation For Making False Statement To A Federal Agency

AUG 16 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Steven A. Petrillo, 46, of Salem, New Hampshire, was sentenced to two years of probation after a jury found him...
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UPS Employee Charged In Puerto Rico-Based Cocaine Distribution Scheme

AUG 15 - BOSTON - A UPS employee was charged in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with shipping cocaine from Puerto Rico to Massachusetts. Jorge Carrasquillo-Ortiz, 41, of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed today with attempted possession with intent to distribute and...
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Serve 425 Months In Federal Prison On Conspiracy And Money Laundering Convictions

DALLAS - One of the principal defendants charged in a major drug distribution conspiracy that operated in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and elsewhere was sentenced yesterday afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to a lengthy federal prison sentence after pleading guilty last year to felony offenses stemming from...
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DEA Announces Actions Related To Marijuana And Industrial Hemp

WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced several marijuana- related actions, including actions regarding scientific research and scheduling of marijuana, as well as principles on the cultivation of industrial hemp under the Agricultural Act of 2014. DEA Publishes Responses to Two Pending Petitions to Reschedule Marijuana - DEA has denied...
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Manchester Man Sentenced To 20 Years After Being Convicted On Continuing Criminal Enterprise Drug Charges

AUG 11 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division and United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced that Alkis Nakos, 37, of Manchester was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after a jury convicted him on drug...