DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Santa Barbara Doctor Sentenced To Over 27 Years In Federal Prison For Prescribing Exorbitant Quantities Of Dangerous Narcotics

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A Santa Barbara-area physician who wrote numerous prescriptions for powerful painkillers for “patients” - many of whom were drug addicts, and some of whom died from drug overdoses - was sentenced today to 327 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney...
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Local Man Gets 10 Years For Synthetic Narcotics Trafficking

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 28-year-old resident of Corpus Christi had been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of possessing with the intent to distribute a synthetic cannabinoid and for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit...
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Fort Worth Couple Sentenced For Roles In Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

(FORT WORTH, - Texas - Two defendants who pleaded guilty in August to felony offenses stemming from their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy were sentenced this morning, by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, to lengthy federal prison sentences, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest And Unsealing Of Charges Against Senior Adviser To The Operator Of The “Silk Road” Website

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Shantelle P. Kitchen, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue...
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Two Austinites Sentenced To Ten Years In Federal Prison For Role In Synthetic Marijuana Distribution Scheme

AUSTIN, Texas - In Austin, two brothers were both sentenced to ten years in federal prison for their roles in an Austin-based synthetic cannabinoid distribution operation announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher...
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Meth Smuggler Heads To Federal Prison

LAREDO, Texas - A 23-year-old legal permanent resident from Mexico who resided in Laredo has been ordered to prison following his conviction of possession of nearly nine kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Wilivaldo...
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Nevada City Woman Sentenced To Over Five Years In Prison For Marijuana Cultivation And Structuring Currency Transactions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - -Patricia Jane Albright, 64, of Nevada City, was sentenced by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to five years and five months in prison for conspiring to manufacture marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, and structuring currency transactions to evade federal reporting requirements. On July 21, 2015, Albright pleaded...
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Alaska Resident Sentenced To 7 Years For Drug Dealing And Money Laundering

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - -Today, United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced DuWayne LeDoux, 55, of Kodiak, Alaska, to seven years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to structure cash deposits, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge...
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Couple Sentenced On Methamphetamine Convictions

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Billy Slick, age 54, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison as a result of his conviction for conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute and distribute methamphetamine. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement...
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Ruston Man Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In Prison For Role In Cocaine Conspiracy

SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Ruston man was sentenced Wednesday to 147 months in prison for his role in a cocaine conspiracy that stretched across north Louisiana and led to the seizure of...