DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Member Of Violent Home Invasion Robbery Crew Sentenced To 264 Months For Conspiring To Commit Drug Robberies, Conspiring To Distribute Cocaine And Heroin, And Illegally Using A Firearm

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - Randall Martinez was sentenced late yesterday to 264 months in prison by United States District Judge Sandra L. Townes at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn. Previously, Martinez pleaded guilty to robbery conspiracy, cocaine trafficking conspiracy, and firearm charges. The sentence was announced by Loretta E. Lynch...
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Head Pharmacist Of West Orange Pharmacy Sentenced To 37 Months In Prison For Selling Oxycodone Without Prescriptions

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced the former pharmacist in charge of West Orange Pharmacy was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for illegally...
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Five Charged In Galveston With Distributing Methamphetamine

GALVESTON, Texas - A four-count federal indictment has been unsealed in Galveston following the arrest of five area residents, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Abel Hinojosa, 34, Nelson Agapito Ventura, 37, Daniel Reyna, 33, Israel Sanchez, 20, were...
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New York Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine Into Fairfield County

BRIDGEPORT, 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 Dominick Ribustello, 53, of the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W...
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Pensacola Veterinarian Arrested For Fraudulent Prescriptions

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), announced yesterday that Dr. Michael Windley, a veterinarian at the Companion Animal Clinic, 470 Highway 29 South, Cantonment, Florida was arrested on state drug charges consisting of four counts of possession, delivery, and manufacture...
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Federal Jury Finds Artesia Woman Guilty On Methamphetamine Trafficking Charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Yesterday a federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., returned a verdict finding Genevieve Hernandez, 36, of Artesia, N.M., guilty on methamphetamine trafficking charges after a two-day trial. The jury’s verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Will R. Glaspy, Special Agent in Charge of...
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Visalia Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

FRESNO, Calif. - Terrill Eugene Brown, 61, of Visalia, pleaded guilty today to causing the distribution and dispensing of oxycodone and structuring financial transactions to evade a reporting requirement. In addition, Brown agreed to forfeit more than $182,000 and three BMW sedans that were involved in or obtained as a...
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Wilkes-Barre Man Sentenced To Prison On Drug Charges

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Wilkes-Barre man was sentenced today, in federal court in Wilkes-Barre, by United States District Judge A. Richard Caputo, to serve 18 months in prison on a charge of using a communication device to...
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Three Men Arrested And Charged With Conspiracy To Possess And Distribute Over 3,300 Pounds Of Marijuana

OKLAHOMA CITY - Federal agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations have arrested Manuel Barron-Hernandez, 40, a Mexican national, Juan Carlos Salinas, 19, a U.S. citizen whose address is unknown, and Roberto Olivas-Chavez, 31, a...
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Federal Marijuana Case Update

FRESNO, Calif. - Symery Saykganya, 58, of Modesto, was sentenced today to two years for conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana following his guilty plea earlier this year. According to his plea agreement, Saykganya was found at a marijuana grow site in a rural area...