DEA Archived Press Releases

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Kentucky Man Receives 15 Year Federal Prison Sentence For Methamphetamine And Firearm Offenses

COVINGTON, Ky. - Kerry B. Harvey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Detroit Division, jointly announced that Domingo Garcia, of Florence, KY, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison. U.S. District...
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Two Members Of New Haven Drug Ring Sentenced

NOV 15 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jeffrey Harrison, also known as “Biscuit,” 36, and Christopher Hilton, also known as “C.J.,”...
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Gray Man Sentenced To 17a½ Years For Trafficking Bath Salts, Fentanyl, And Heroin

NOV 15 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Scot Stolkner, 44, of Gray, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 17½...
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DEA Announces “360 Strategy” In Manchester To Address Fentanyl, Heroin, Prescription Drugs And Violent Crime

NOV 15 - MANCHESTER, N.H. - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that Manchester will be the fifth city in the nation to initiate a comprehensive diversion control, law enforcement and prevention “360 Degree Strategy” to help cities dealing with the fentanyl, heroin, and prescription drug abuse epidemic...
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Two New Jersey Pharmacists Charged With Illegally Distributing Oxycodone And Other Pain Killers

CAMDEN, 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 two pharmacists were arrested today and charged in a long-running conspiracy to illegally distribute and dispense large quantities...
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Dallas Woman Sentenced To 150 Months In Federal Prison On Methamphetamine Conviction

DALLAS - A Dallas woman, Manuela Esperanza Pavon, 35, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 150 months in federal prison, following her guilty plea in April 2016 to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District...
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Dallas Methamphetamine Traffickers Sentenced

DALLAS - Two Dallas men who were convicted on methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy charges were sentenced last week by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn to lengthy federal prison terms, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Jose Mario Chavez-Bravo, a/k/a “Rafael Lua-Maguna” and “Mickey,”...
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Drug Traffickers Sentenced: Distributed Multi-Kilogram Quantities Of Cocaine, Marijuana Near Chamblee High School

(ATLANTA - Walter Ray Hamilton and James Robert Jones, a/k/a Sean Jones, were sentenced for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that operated out of a house located approximately 350 feet from Chamblee Charter High School, in Chamblee, Georgia. The organization used...
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DEA Schedules Deadly Synthetic Drug U-47700

WASHINGTON - Responding to the imminent threat to public health and safety, the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) has placed U-47700 into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, effective on November 14th. Emergency scheduling of dangerous drugs such as U-47700 on a temporary basis is one of the most significant...
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Leader Of Meth Trafficking Ring Sentenced To 23 Years

(GREENVILLE, Tenn. - On November 9 Richard Alan Davis, 44, of Atlanta, was sentenced to serve 23 years in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, Davis will be supervised for five years by the U.S. Probation Office. Davis pleaded guilty...