DEA Archived Press Releases

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Six Charged With Conspiracy To Manufacture Methamphetamine

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal indictment has charged six men with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Attorney Tompkins is joined in making today’s announcement by John S. Comer, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta...
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Two Bakersfield Drug Trafficking Cases Sentenced On Monday

FRESNO, Calif. - Two sentences for drug trafficking were handed down on Monday for cases originating in Bakersfield. Martin Barragan, 39, of Bakersfield, was sentenced by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to four years in prison for using an interstate facility to aid racketeering. According to court documents...
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Pain Clinic Owners And Medical Directors Indicted For Alleged “Pill Mill” Relocated From Florida To Maryland

BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury has indicted the three owners and two medical directors of Healthy Life Medical Group, a purported pain management clinic, on drug conspiracy and other charges. The indictment was returned on September 3, 2014, and unsealed upon the arrest of the defendants. Charged in the...
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Final Defendant Sentenced In Scheme To Use Fresno Trucking Front To Smuggle Cocaine Into Canada

FRESNO, Calif. - Canadian citizen Armitdeep Mann, 33, of Toronto, Canada, was sentenced today to five years and one month in prison by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. According to court documents, between July 1, 2012...
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Bakersfield Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 11 Years In Prison

FRESNO, Calif. - Gamaliel Salas-Mendoza, aka Rene Salas-(Salas), 38, an undocumented alien from Mexico, was sentenced today to 11 years and eight months in prison for conspiring with his cousin Miguel Sanchez-Mendoza, 46, to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine. United States District...
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Sanderson Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 19 Years

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Arnold (42, Sanderson) to 19 years and six months in federal prison for one count of distributing cocaine base and cocaine, and for violating his supervised release in a prior federal case. Clayton was also sentenced to a term of...
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Stamford Man Sentenced To More Than 7 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack

STAMFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Gary England, 42, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport...
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Fair Haven Woman And Brooklyn, New York Man Face Federal Charges For Heroin And Crack Cocaine Distribution

FAIR HAVEN, 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 Ras Foster, 25, of Brooklyn, New York and Keisha Richards, 21, of Fair Haven, Vermont...
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Two More Guilty Pleas Entered In Vallejo-Based Drug Trafficking Indictments

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Andre Cawthorne, 40, of Vallejo, and Eileen Knight, 43, of Los Angeles, entered guilty pleas to drug trafficking charges arising out of a wide-ranging investigation into the distribution MDMA, popularly known as the drug “Ecstasy,” crack cocaine, heroin, Oxycodone, and marijuana in the Vallejo area. According to...
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Sarasota Drug Dealer Convicted Of Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Toborus Dontay (33, Sarasota) guilty of possession with intent to distribute over 500...