DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Hartford Heroin Distributor Sentenced To 8+ Years

FEB 24 - HARTFORD, 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 Corey Jerrick, 30, of East Hartford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford...
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Former Baggage Handler At LAX Arrested For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy After Allegedly Using Credentials To Pass Cocaine Through Security

LOS ANGELES - A former baggage handler employed at Los Angeles International Airport was arrested Tuesday by authorities investigating the use of employee credentials to breach airport security. Alberto H. Botello, 23, of South Gate, was taken into custody without incident by officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the...
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Las Cruces Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

LAS CRUCES, N.M - Jessie Jesus Marquez, 37, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, was sentenced last week in federal court to 121 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his conviction on narcotics trafficking charges. The sentence was announced by Special Agent in Charge Will R...
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Agencies Host Community Showing Of Chasing The Dragon: The Life Of An Opiate Addict

Federal, State Agencies and HealthCare Providers meet in Great Falls for Community Outreach and Education GREAT FALLS, Mont. - In an effort to combat the growing epidemic of prescription drug and heroin abuse, the FBI and DEA have released Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict, a documentary...
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Connecticut Man Who Sold Heroin To Overdose Victim Sentenced

FEB 23 - HARTFORD, 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 Jevaughn Watson, 23, of Bridgeport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to...
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State Inmate Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Methamphetamine And Heroin From Prison

ATLANTA - Kevin Bristol Patterson, 35, of Blairsville, Georgia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross to 18 years and four months in federal prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, and a $600 special assessment. Patterson’s sentence was a result of his role...
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Anesthesiologist Sentenced For Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone And Other Prescription Painkillers

ATLANTA - Dr. Romie Earl Roland has been sentenced to ten years and ten months for conspiring to distribute Schedule II controlled substances by illegally prescribing prescription painkillers for no legitimate medical purpose. Also indicted and sentenced for their respective roles in the operation of the pain clinic were seven...
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Eight Defendants Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Narcotics Trafficking In The Bronx

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), today announced the...
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Nine Defendants Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin And Oxycodone In Staten Island, New York

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - - An indictment and two complaints were unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging nine defendants with conspiring to distribute heroin and/or oxycodone in Staten Island, New York. Eight defendants were arrested earlier today in Staten Island and...
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Texas Man Sentenced To Over 8 Years In Prison For Bossier City Methamphetamine Distribution Charge

SHREVEPORT, La. - A Texas man was sentenced Tuesday to more than eight and a half years in prison for distribution of methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finely. David Wayne Carlisle, 41, of Marshall, Texas, was...