DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
1907 Results - Showing 1771 to 1780
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Two Charged With Distributing Heroin Involved In Overdose Deaths

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson 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 investigations into recent drug overdose deaths have resulted in federal heroin distribution charges against two men. In...
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Auburn Date Rape Drug Distributor Sentenced To Eight And One-Half Years

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris and George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, announced today Stephen K. Howard, 64, of Auburn, Alabama, was sentenced to 8 years and 6 months in prison for possessing with the...
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Harris County Residents Arrested On East Texas Drug Trafficking Charges

BEAUMONT, Texas - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that seven individuals have been arrested following a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas. On Feb. 24, 2016, a combined...
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New York Man Arraigned In Federal Court In Rhode Island In Alleged Conspiracy To House Sophisticated Indoor Marijuana Grows

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Samin Chang, 38, of New York, NY, was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Providence, RI, today on charges that he allegedly participated in a conspiracy to house numerous sophisticated indoor marijuana grow operations inside a converted Providence mill building and a Providence residence. In August 2015...
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Cape Cod Dental Practice Settles Drug Diversion Allegations

BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a $25,000 civil settlement with Dr. Richard Bravman, Dr. John Langston, and their Cape Cod dental practice, Bravman, Langston, and Associates, LLC in connection with the practice’s flawed recordkeeping of controlled substances. According to court documents, the practice allegedly failed to conduct required...
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Lewiston Man Sentenced To 14 Years For Drug Trafficking

PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Romelly Dastinot a/k/a “Marcus - ,” 35, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to...
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Lewiston Man Sentenced To Nine Years For Drug Trafficking

PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Akylle Murchison - , 24, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to nine years...
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Crack-Cocaine Wholesaler For The New Jersey Grape Street Crips Gang Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges

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 a Passaic County, New Jersey, member of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips admitted his leadership...
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15 Arrested On Federal Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Indictment In The Western District Of Texas As Part Of Operation Dream Catcher

AUSTIN, Texas - Fifteen individuals are in custody today charged federally with participating in a methamphetamine distribution and money laundering scheme announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. A federal grand jury indictment, returned in Austin...
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DEA St. Louis Launches Dance Team In Ferguson, Missouri

ST. LOUIS - -The Karlovsky and Company Dance performed at the Ferguson Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis as a kick-off to the DEA Youth Dance Program that will be providing free 20-week dance classes at three locations in the Greater St. Louis area. The Karlovsky and Company...