DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Authorities Arrest 5 Linked To LA "Pill Mill"

LOS ANGELES - After a federal grand jury issued a 33-count indictment last week, authorities in Texas and Southern California this morning arrested five defendants linked to a narcotics trafficking ring that sold illegal prescriptions for cash and obtained drugs that were shipped to Texas for sale on the black...
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Anchorage Man Sentenced To More Than 21 Years For Drug Trafficking, Causing Death Of Young Woman

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Dwight Williams, 51, of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess to serve 262 months in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that led to the death of a young woman. Williams previously pleaded guilty to...
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Steroid-Trafficking Defendants Sentenced

PHOENIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman announced the conclusion of Operation Bad Mussels - with the sentencing of the remaining defendants indicted for their participation in one of the largest steroid enforcement investigations in Arizona. During the investigation, DEA’s Tactical Diversion (TDS) identified members who...
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Jury Convicts Titusville Police Officer For Federal Drug Crimes

ORLANDO, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that a federal jury has found Richard (45, Viera) guilty of attempting to help distribute one kilogram of cocaine...
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Member Of Large Scale Pensacola Cocaine Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Federal Prison

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Victor D. Rome, 39, from the Pensacola area, was sentenced in federal court today on drug trafficking conspiracy charges. Rome was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge M. Casey Rodgers to 280 months’ imprisonment and 10 years of supervision upon his release. Rome’s indictment was part...
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Doctor And Pharmacist Charged Distributing 1.6 Million Doses Of Oxycodone

HOUSTON, Texas - Richard Arthur Evans, M.D., 70, and David D. Devido, R.Ph., 76, both of Houston, have been charged in a 24-count indictment alleging a conspiracy to commit distribution of controlled substances, mail fraud, health care fraud and money laundering, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph...
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Man Who Dealt Heroin Out Of Hartford Grocery Store, Illegally Possessed Gun, Sentenced To Federal Prison

( - HARTFORD, 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 Jesus Agosto, also known as “Gordo,” 24, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District...
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Staten Island Physician’s Assistant Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Massive Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Leonard Marchetta, a physician’s assistant, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to distribute a massive quantity of oxycodone out of a Staten Island-based medical clinic he oversaw. During a...
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Pinellas Pain Management Doctor Indicted For Distributing Controlled Substances Outside Usual Course Of Professional Practice, Which Resulted In Deaths Of Patients

TAMPA, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce the unsealing of an indictment charging (Dr.) Edward Neil Feldman, M.D. (75, Tampa) and his wife, Kim Xuan (65...
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Madison Man Charged With Drug Crimes

MADISON, Wis. - ―A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictment today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. Paul Stewart, 32, Madison, Wis., is charged...