DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
2005 Results - Showing 1921 to 1930
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Kern County Traffic Stop Leads To Federal Indictment

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury in Fresno returned an indictment today charging Enrique Reynosa, 36, of Calexico, with possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine following a California Highway (CHP) traffic stop in Kern County, according to Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C...
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Mendota Marijuana Cultivator Indicted

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury in Fresno returned an indictment today charging Marcos Antonio Robles, 36, of Fresno, for his involvement in a marijuana cultivation operation in Mendota, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Robles...
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Dover Man Arrested After Receiving Large Shipment Of Marijuana

DOVER, Del. - An investigation conducted by the Delaware State Police, Dover Police Department, (California) Police Department, and the Drug Enforcement Administration resulted in the seizure of a large amount of marijuana yesterday. At 7:25 p.m., a search warrant was executed at a residence in the 100 block of Midessa...
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Two Members Of Manhattan Trinitarios Gang Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court For Racketeering And Firearms Offenses

MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that Jonathan Feliz, the former leader of the Manhattan branch of the “Trinitarios,”...
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Twenty-One Individuals Charged With Using Fraudulent Prescriptions To Obtain Oxycodone

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - - Twenty-one individuals have been charged with using fraudulent prescriptions to unlawfully obtain Oxycodone, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, Second Judicial District Attorney Kari E. Brandenburg, Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) El Paso Field Division, and Executive Director Larry...
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Former Alexandria Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Distribute Oxycodone

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Larren Wade, 55, of Venice, Fla., a former doctor who had a medical practice in Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute oxycodone. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington...
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DEA Serves An Order To Show Cause On Walgreen’s Pharmacy In Fort Pierce

FEB 12 - (MIAMI) - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), served an Order to Show (OSC) today on Walgreens Corporation d/b/a Walgreens #04391, located at 2501 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, (hereafter “registrant”). An OSC is served as a notice to a DEA registrant to provide them an opportunity...
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Two Defendants Admit Roles In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. - Two defendants today admitted their roles in one of the nation’s largest and longest running stolen identity refund fraud schemes ever identified, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. The scheme caused more than 8,000 fraudulent U.S. income tax returns to be filed, which sought more than $65 million...
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Former Law School Student Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Methamphetamine

WASHINGTON - Marc A. Gersen, 31, a former law school student, was sentenced today to a four-year prison term for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in the Washington, D.C. area, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police (MPD). Gersen, of Washington, D.C...
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Guatemalan Drug Smuggler Extradited To Tampa

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 the extradition from Guatemala of Alma Lucrecia Hernandez-Preciado, a/k/a "La Tia," (40, Tecun Uman, Guatemala). Extradition to Tampa was sought...