DEA Archived Press Releases

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Second Bronx gang member arrested and charged in Manhattan Federal Court with 2011 murder of Bolivia Beck

NEW YORK – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Raymond P. Donovan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman, and New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill announced today that Kareem Davis, an alleged member of the “Killbrook” gang based in the...
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DEA Los Angeles announces new opioid and overdose prevention efforts as part of DEA 360 Strategy

LOS ANGELES – As the greater Los Angeles area continues to be hamstrung by an opioid epidemic that has seen approximately 500 overdose deaths this year, the DEA in Los Angeles has announced a new comprehensive opioid strategy. At a press conference on Dec. 18, 2018, the DEA in Los...
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Former physician assistant convicted in kickback scheme

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that a federal jury found Christopher Clough, 44, of Dover, N.H., guilty of participating in a scheme in which he received kickbacks in exchange for prescribing a powerful...
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Gardiner man sentenced to three years for conspiring to distribute heroin and crack

BANGOR, Maine – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Jeffrey Johnson , 58, of Gardiner, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to three years in prison and three...
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O.C. doctor arrested on federal narcotics charges that allege prescriptions to ‘patients’ who suffered fatal overdoses

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Special Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration this morning arrested an Orange County doctor on federal charges that allege he illegally distributed opioid and other powerful narcotics by writing prescriptions for “patients” without medical examinations and to at least five individuals who suffered overdose deaths. One...
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Former Bank of America employee pleads guilty for his role in drug conspiracy linked to a Mexican drug cartel

BUFFALO, N.Y. – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Presiliano Garcia, 33, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to misprision of a felony. The charges carry a maximum penalty of three years in...
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York County man sentenced to 150 months for fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

PORTLAND, Maine – DEA’s New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Jason Bolduc, 41, of Parsonsfield, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 150 months in prison and three years of supervised...
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Former NYPD detective pleads guilty to obstructing narcotics investigation

NEW YORK – U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Saed Rabah, a former New York City Police Department detective, pled guilty to knowingly providing misinformation to a federal law enforcement officer...
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Father and son among 18 defendants charged in federal investigation

CHICAGO — A father and son are among 18 individuals facing criminal charges as part of a federal investigation into cocaine trafficking in the Chicago area. During the multi-year investigation, dubbed “Operation Flawed Deal,” law enforcement seized multiple bank accounts, more than a kilogram of cocaine, a Mercedes G63 sport-utility...
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Long Island man sentenced to 90 months’ imprisonment for fentanyl trafficking

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Jamal Brown was sentenced by United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco to 90 months’ imprisonment for distributing and possessing with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl between July 2017 and February 2018. Brown pleaded guilty...