DEA Archived Press Releases

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Major South Georgia drug trafficker sentenced to nearly two decades in federal prison

BRUNSWICK, GA - A South Georgia man who has alternated much of his past three decades between selling illegal drugs or serving time in prison has been sentenced to spend nearly 20 years in prison for leading a drug trafficking organization centered in Coffee County. Wayne Jordan 62, of Douglas...
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DEA and New Jersey law enforcement partners collect more than 18,000 pounds of unwanted prescriptions during 19th National Prescription Take Back Day

Newark, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, announced that New Jersey residents surrendered 18,091 pounds or 9 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications during DEA’s 19 th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday, October 24...
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110 Gang member sentenced to 12 ½ years in federal prison

SYRCAUSE, N.Y. – Kemnorris Kinsey, 33, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve 150 months in federal prison for violating the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon. Senior United State District Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr. also ordered Kinsey to serve three...
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Record collection in the Pacific Northwest of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

SEATTLE – DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day brought in nearly a million pounds of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country, the largest amount ever collected in the program’s ten years. Americans once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction...
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St. Joseph man pleads guilty to meth trafficking in Taney County

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A St. Joseph, Missouri, man who led law enforcement officers in a pursuit in Taney County, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing approximately six pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Andrew R. Trammell, 47, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David P...
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Kansas woman ignored overdoses, kept peddling heroin laced with fentanyl

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A Kansas woman was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison after a hearing in which prosecutors said she sold heroin laced with fentanyl, while ignoring overdoses among buyers in Leavenworth. Amber L. Juarez, 37, Leavenworth, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to...
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

NEW YORK CITY – DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day brought in nearly a million pounds of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country, the largest amount ever collected in the program’s ten years. Americans once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to...
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Two South Florida Police Officers Charged with Federal Drug Trafficking Crime

MIAMI - Miami-Dade County Police Officers Roderick Michael Flowers, 30, and Keith Maurice Edwards Jr., 28, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to traffic cocaine. It also charges Manuel Carlos Hernandez, 23, with conspiracy to traffic cocaine. Hernandez, Durojaiye Obafemi Monsuru Lawal, 24, and Trevanti McLeod, 23, all from South...
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DEA Philadelphia Field Division announces 41,232 pounds of prescription drugs collected during October 24th Take-Back Event

PHILADELPHIA -- Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Jonathan A. Wilson of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today that 41,232 pounds of prescription drugs were collected across Pennsylvania and Delaware by the DEA and its partners during the Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event on October 24, 2020...
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DEA Chicago Division Take Back safely disposed of a record 155,000 pounds of unwanted prescription drugs

CHICAGO – Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Chicago Division, announced the success of DEA’s 19 th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, which occurred on October 24, 2020. The DEA Chicago Division with its state, local and tribal partners safely disposed of a record...