DEA Archived Press Releases

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Amarillo Methamphetamine Traffickers Sentenced

AMARILLO, Texas - Three defendants in two separate cases were sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater for various methamphetamine distribution offenses. Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of Dallas’ Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas made the announcement...
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Dallas Man Guilty In Drug Distribution Conspiracy

TYLER, Texas - A 29-year-old Dallas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., the Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Drug Enforcement Administration and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Sharjeel Jeff Ali pleaded guilty to...
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Bronx Gang Member Sentenced To 42 Years For Murder, Racketeering, And Drug Trafficking

New York - - James Capers, aka “Mitch,” was sentenced to 42 years in prison for the murder of Allen McQueen and participating in racketeering and narcotics conspiracies. The charges were all in connection with a violent street gang known as the “Leland Avenue Crew,” which is based primarily in...
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El Paso Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 293 Months In Federal Prison

EL PASO - An El Paso man was sentenced to 293 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute thousands of kilograms of marijuana announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, El Paso Division. In addition to the...
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New York Man Charged After Greenwich Overdose Sentenced To 16 Months In Federal Prison

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 Isaiah Hart, 22, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to...
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Law Enforcement Disrupts Active Heroin Packaging Operation

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas J. Spota, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill and George P. Beach II, Superintendent...
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Limington Man Sentenced To 12 Years For Distributing Methadone

(PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Alfred McIntosh, Jr., aka “Bim,” 45, of Limington, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 12...
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Two Springfield, Missouri, Men Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-(ASAC) of DEA’s Kansas City’s District Office announced on May 31, 2017, that DEA had secured 20 year prison sentences for two men residing in the Springfield, Missouri, area. Anthony J. Van Pelt, 38, or Springfield, Missouri, was sentenced to 21 years...
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Hartford Man Charged With Distributing Fentanyl And Heroin To Rocky Hill Overdose Victim

(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, today announced that Edwin Escribano, also known as “Bebo,” 25, of Hartford, was arrested yesterday on a federal criminal complaint...
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More Than 30 Charged With Federal And State Drug, Gun And Immigration Offenses

(BOSTON - Thirty individuals have been charged with federal drug, gun and immigration charges and two others have been charged with state drug and gun charges for their role in the distribution of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine in and around the Lawrence, Massachusetts area. More than 200 federal, state and...