DEA Archived Press Releases

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Major Black Tar Heroin Supplier Sentenced To Over 24 Years In Prison

HUNTINGTON, WV. - As a result of a long term investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Huntington Police Department, a Mexican national was sentenced today to over 24 years in prison for his role in the distribution of black tar heroin. The distribution ring has been linked to...
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Cousins Sentenced On Federal Charges For PCP Distribution

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Monique Ware and her cousin, Gene Anderson, both 31, and both from Northeast Washington, were sentenced to prison terms on federal charges involving the sale of PCP, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police (MPD), and Ava A. Cooper-Davis...
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Couple Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Prescription Drugs Online

SPRINGFIELD, MO. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two former St. Robert, Missouri, residents have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute prescription drugs through Internet pharmacy Web sites. Anthony D. Holman, 35, and his...
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Los Angeles Street Gang Targeted In Federal Racketeering Indictment

LOS ANGELES, CA - A joint federal-state law enforcement operation this morning led to the arrest of 27 people linked to a Lennox street gang, some of whom are named in a federal racketeering indictment that alleges the gang is a criminal enterprise that has engaged in violent crimes, extortion...
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Perfume Store Owner Charged With Laundering Millions Of Dollars For Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organizations

NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced charges today against Vikram Datta, the owner of multiple retail perfume stores...
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Virgin Island Police Officers And Port Authority Officer, Guilty Of RICO And Related Charges

ST. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS - After a two-week trial, a federal jury on St. Thomas convicted Virgin Islands Police (VIPD) Officers Enid Edwards and Francis Brooks, along with Virgin Islands Port (VIPA) Officer Bill John-Baptiste, announced today Ronald W. Sharpe, United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands...
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26 Members Of Rockland County Drug Trafficking Ring Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Distributing More Than A Ton Of Marijuana

WHITE PLAINS, NY. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration JOHN P. GILBRIDE and U.S. Attorney PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York today announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging 26 members of a...
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St. Lucie County Resident Sentenced To Prison For Drug Smuggling

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE), Homeland Security (HSI), Miami Field Office, Randy Donnelson, Director of...
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Anchorage Man Gets Five Years For Drug & Money Laundering Crimes

ANCHORAGE, AK - Daryl Hunter, 42, of Anchorage, Alaska was convicted and sentenced on January 12, 2011 in federal court for money laundering and maintaining a place for distribution of controlled substances. On January 12, 2011, Hunter pled guilty to 20 counts of money laundering and one count of maintaining...
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 126 Months For Conspiracy To Distribute Meth

IDAHO - Ricardo Rodriguez-Avila, 26, a Mexican national charged by two separate indictments, was sentenced on January 5, 2011, to serve 126 months in each case for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and illegal re-entry into the United States. The sentences will run concurrently. Rodriguez-Avila must also...