DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Eighteen Charged In Steroid Trafficking Ring

ORLANDO, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of (MDFL), announces the unsealing of an indictment charging the following persons with federal crimes involving steroid trafficking: David Arroyo, a/k/a “Big D,”...
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Nine Sentenced For Funnel Account Conspiracy Relating To Conspiracy To Traffic Marijuana

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Six men and three women have now been ordered to federal prison following the sentencing of two more today in a lengthy case which was the result of the efforts of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigation dubbed “Operation Prototype,” announced Drug Enforcement Administration...
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Former Kentucky Physician Charged With Conspiracy To Dispense Controlled Substances

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the indictment of former Warren County, Kentucky, physician Charles Fred Gott. Gott was indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances during the course of his professional practice that were not for a legitimate...
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DEA Seizes Approximately 325 Grams Of Opiates

CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement for New England and Acting New Hampshire United States Attorney Donald Feith announced that Tiffany Ramos, 26, of Manchester, was arrested on a complaint charging her with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. The...
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Large Scale Los Angeles PCP “Cook” Sentenced To Life In Prison

GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Raymond Bullette III, age 34, of Los Angeles, California, today to life in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute large quantities of (PCP). Bullette had previously been convicted of five felony drug offenses in...
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Sacramento Man Transporting 19 Pounds Of Methamphetamine Through Fresno County Pleads Guilty

FRESNO, Calif. - Wenceslao Cruz Ochoa, 35, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Ochoa was driving northbound on Interstate 5 when he was stopped for driving too closely to another vehicle. During the stop, the deputy’s canine alerted to the...
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Woonsocket Resident Sentenced To 13 A½ Years In Federal Prison In Armed Drug-Rip And Assault

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Tyronne Seams, 29, of Woonsocket, was sentenced on Friday to 161 months in federal prison for his role in a September 2013 armed robbery and drug-rip at a Woonsocket residence, during which time he and an accomplice opened fire at the occupants of the residence, announced Michael...
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More Than 30 Drug Peddlers Arrested In Orange County

ORLANDO, Fla. - On June 10, 2015, members of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Orlando District Office, assisted the Orange County Sheriff’s (OCSO) Narcotics Unit conduct the final stage of Operation Old Cheney. This was a culmination of a four month investigation after the OCSO continually received complaints from business owners...
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Second Of Cape Cod Brothers Sentenced To 25 Years For Oxycodone Trafficking Scheme

BOSTON - The second of a pair of Cape Cod brothers was sentenced today for his role in a three-year, multi-million dollar oxycodone distribution conspiracy that flooded Cape Cod with highly addictive opiates. Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England; U.S. Attorney...
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Four Men Indicted For Trafficking Oxycodone And Money Laundering, 37 Guns Seized

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against Michael Deshone Mathews, 42, of Elk Grove; Earshell Hayes, 49, of Puyallup, Washington; Leon Currie Fields, Jr., 43, of Sacramento; and David William Dixon, 36, of Acampo, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration...