DEA Archived Press Releases

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Seattle Man Sentenced for Buying 630,000 Counterfeit Pills on the Dark Web

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark on Thursday sentenced a man who bought 630,000 counterfeit Xanax and other pills on the dark web to five years in prison and ordered him to pay a $10,000 fine. Maximillian Gregory Verbowski will also be on supervised release for...
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Rhode Island Man With Ties to Mexican Drug Suppliers Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who worked as an east coast source for trafficking fentanyl on behalf of a Mexican drug supplier was sentenced on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island to five years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Watly Federico Valenzuela...
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San Antonio Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Lethal Doses of Meth and Fentanyl

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio man pleaded guilty in a federal court in San Antonio to three fatal and one non-fatal overdoses. According to court documents, Mark Elliot Stool, 67, supplied substances containing combinations of methamphetamine and fentanyl, and methamphetamine and heroin, to four individuals between August 2021 and...
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Green Bay Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Dealing Fentanyl Resulting in Death and Possessing a Firearm

Green Bay, WI - Sheila Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division and Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on April 9, 2024, U.S. Senior District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced a Green Bay man, Keenan J...
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Drug Manufacturer to Pay $2.25 Million to Settle Substances Act Allegations

NEWARK, N.J. – A pharmaceutical manufacturer agreed to pay $2.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), DEA New Jersey Field Division Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today The manufacturer, Novel Laboratories Inc. (Novel), a subsidiary of...
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Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A man who was arrested in St. Joseph, Mo., with more than 11 kilograms of methamphetamine in his vehicle pleaded guilty in federal court today to drug trafficking and illegally possessing firearms. Mark Edmundson, 49, who has no known address, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District...
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Two Charged with Connection with Scheme to Operate Industrial-Scale Illegal Narcotics Pill Pressing Operations Throughout New York City

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”); and Darren B. McCormack, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of...
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Concord Resident Charged with Assaulting DEA Agent with a Deadly Weapon and Other Crimes

OAKLAND, Calif. - A federal grand jury has charged two defendants with various crimes, including one defendant with extortion and assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Clark; Federal Bureau of Investigation...
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Pill Distributor Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Tens of Thousands of Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

BOSTON – A Haverhill man pleaded guilty to distributing tens of thousands of pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Angel Joel Diaz, a/k/a “Guero,” 35, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, two counts of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute...
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Pill Distributor Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Tens Of Thousands Of Pills Containing Fentanyl And Methamphetamine

BOSTON – A Haverhill man pleaded guilty to distributing tens of thousands of pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Angel Joel Diaz, a/k/a “Guero,” 35, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, two counts of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute...