DEA Archived Press Releases

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Sarasota Man Sentenced To 5 A½ Years In Federal Prison For Narcotics And Firearm Charges

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore yesterday sentenced Oneil Marlon Martin, a/k/a David Lawrence (33, Sarasota) to 66 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute marijuana and possessing a firearm in furtherance of that drug trafficking crime. The court also ordered Martin to forfeit...
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Cranston Felon Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison On Heroin Trafficking And Firearms Charges

(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) - - Abel Perez, 31, of Cranston, was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in federal prison for trafficking heroin, being a felon in possession of a firearm and for use of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of...
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62 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In The Municipality Of Arecibo

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 20, 2013, a federal grand jury indicted 62 individuals in four separate indictments as the result of investigations led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), announced today by United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The United States Postal...
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Two Moses Lake Drug Traffickers Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Terms

SPOKANE, Wash. - -Isidro Madrigal-Galvan, 20, and Renee Gomez, 24, both of Moses Lake, Washington, were sentenced on March 20, 2013, after being convicted by a jury of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other offenses relating to the operation of a methamphetamine trafficking organization. Madrigal-Galvan was sentenced to more than...
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Two Sentenced To Prison For Roles In 2010 Wedding Murders In Juarez, Mexico

EL PASO, Texas - In El Paso, 23-year old Gonzalo Delgado-Chavez of Namiquipa, Chihuahua, Mexico, was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for his role in the kidnapping and murder of three individuals during a wedding ceremony in Juarez, Mexico in May of 2010 announced United States Attorney Robert...
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Forty-Four Michigan And Ohio Residents Indicted In Scheme To Illegally Divert And Distribute Rx Drugs Along “US-23 Pipeline”

DETROIT - Forty-Four individuals have been charged in a health care fraud and drug distribution scheme, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Robert L. Corso of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Special Agent in Charge Robert D. Foley...
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Rutherford County Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking

NASHVILLE, Tenn.) - Luis Reynaldo Parra Flores, 35, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a deputy with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department, was charged in a federal complaint in Nashville yesterday, with conspiring to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, announced Jerry E. Martin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee...
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Two Narcotic Treatment Programs Face Financial Penalties

ATLANTA - New Horizons Treatment Center and Epiphany Center, Rome Inc. located in Rome, Ga., have agreed to civil settlements and will pay penalties to resolve allegations they violated inventory requirements of the Controlled Substances Act. Epiphany Center, Rome Inc. has also agreed to voluntarily surrender its Drug Enforcement (DEA)...
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Queens Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A Queens doctor was arrested this morning pursuant to a complaint charging him in federal court in Long Island with distribution of oxycodone, a highly-addictive prescription medicine used to treat severe pain. Dr. Gracia L. Mayard is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate...
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10 Linked To Network Of Marijuana Grow Houses In California Arrested On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

MARCH 20 - RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Federal and state authorities this morning arrested 10 defendants charged in a federal criminal complaint that accuses them of participating in a wide-ranging drug conspiracy that operated marijuana grow houses across Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. As part of the investigation led...