DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Holliston Man Sentenced For Defrauding His Physician

OCT 15 - (Boston) - Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration - New England Field Division, United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz, William P. Offord, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation in Boston, and Colonel Timothy P. Alben...
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Fresno Man Indicted For Growing Marijuana And Interstate Trafficking

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single count indictment Thursday charging Douk Duke Pen, 33, of Fresno, with cultivating and possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute it, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According...
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Rancho Cucamonga Man Convicted For Operating Large-Scale Marijuana Grow Operation

LOS ANGELES - On October 12, 2012, a federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Mr. Aaron Sandusky, 41, of Rancho Cucamonga, former president of G3 Holistics, Inc., a marijuana business operating in the Inland Empire, of one count of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana plants, to possess with intent to distribute...
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Four Individuals Involved In Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Are Sentenced

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that four individuals involved in a New Haven-area oxycodone trafficking were sentenced this week by United...
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Stanislaus County Couple Indicted For Growing Marijuana On Agricultural Land

FRESNO, Calif. - Saelee Fahn Meng, aka Kathy Ming Lee, 53, and her husband, John Yaohinh Lee, of Waterford, were indicted today for growing marijuana near Waterford High School, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court...
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Alleged Members Of Drug Trafficking Organization Arrested

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Federal agents arrested 16 alleged members of a Dominican-based drug trafficking organization. An indictment, unsealed yesterday, charges 19 defendants with conspiracy to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin. A separate criminal complaint also charges a 20th defendant in the conspiracy. The indictment alleges that the defendants...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For Role In Drug Trafficking Ring

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS ORTIZ, also known as “Big Nose,” 23, of New Haven, was sentenced today by United...
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Convicted Felon Sentenced For Planning Murder

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that yesterday U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore sentenced Asieba Imadjam (26, Tampa) to 30 years in federal prison for...
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Former Philadelphia Police Detective Pleads Guilty To Drug Charges

OCT 09 PHILADELPHIA , PA. - Keith Gidelson, 36, of Philadelphia, a former detective with the Philadelphia Police Department, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. Gidelson operated an anabolic steroid and human growth (“HGH”) distribution organization in Philadelphia. He acquired steroids from foreign suppliers and then sold...
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Federal Prison Sentences Handed Down In Columbus, NM Firearms Trafficking Investigation

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Special Agent in Charge, Joseph Arabit, Drug Enforcement Administration-El Paso Division, and United States Attorney Robert Pitman announced that in Las Cruces, NM, today, United States District Judge Robert C. Brack sentenced four defendants to federal prison for their roles in a firearms trafficking operation. Judge...