DEA Archived Press Releases

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Multiple Defendants Indicted In Large Scale Drug Trafficking And International Money Laundering Conspiracies

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Today, multiple indictments have been unsealed charging eight defendants in Texas, California, Arizona, and Alaska with conspiring to distribute large quantities of heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine in Alaska and also working together to launder money from the United States into Mexico. The first indictment charges two men...
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Deputy United States Marshal One Of Three Indicted As Part Of Armed Robbery Crew

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Clorenzo Griffen, 37, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Miami residents Andrew Jamison, 39, and Rodney Rackley, 24, charging them with robbery, drug conspiracy, and brandishing firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence and drug trafficking. All...
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New York Man Imprisoned 75 Months For Heroin Trafficking That Led To Overdose Death Of Rutland Man

RUTLAND, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Joshua Rose, 21, of New York, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss...
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Salisbury Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To Over 11 Years In Prison

BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced David Wayne Nelson, 32, of Salisbury, Maryland, to 140 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine. The sentence was announced by Assistant Special Agent in Charge Gary...
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DEA/Partners Take Down Alleged Cross-Country Drug Traffickers Dealing In Meth, Heroin, Cocaine, Fentanyl

SAN DIEGO - Fourteen alleged members of a cross-country drug trafficking organization are charged in a federal grand jury indictments with conspiring to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and ultra-dangerous fentanyl to locations throughout the United States. Early yesterday morning, a contingent of federal, state, and local law...
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Brooklyn Doctor Indicted In Illegal Sales Of Over 200 Painkiller Prescriptions: Pills Worth $700,000 On Black Market

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, James T. Hayes Jr., Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’(ICE)...
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Connecticut Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Cocaine Trafficking

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Richard A. Kincaid, III, - of Waterbury, Connecticut was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge John A. Woodcock...
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Fresno-Based Investigation Results In Nationwide Arrests For Drug Distribution And Cash Structuring Conspiracy

FRESNO, Calif. - An investigation into suspicious cash transactions led to eight individuals from California, Louisiana, Florida, and Ohio being charged with conspiring to distribute marijuana and conspiring to structure cash transactions. All defendants will appear in federal court in Fresno on the charges in the coming weeks. The following...
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17 Arrested In Tuba City Drug Sweep

PHOENIX - Following a coordinated federal, tribal and state task force investigation into drug trafficking on the Navajo Nation, 20 individuals have been charged with federal drug trafficking crimes. Five remain fugitives. In addition to the 15 arrested on drug trafficking charges, two individuals were arrested for alleged violations of...
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Ohio Racketeering Indictment Charges Three More Tied To Unsolved Homicides, Drug Trafficking And Gun Crimes

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has indicted three more people in connection with a series of violent crimes including 13 unsolved murders as well as other attempted murders, drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, extortion and robbery. The addition to the indictment includes an additional 23 felonies, including one murder...