Press Releases

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Ten Overtown Defendants Indicted On Drug Conspiracy And Distribution Charges

August 08, 2013

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, Hugo J. Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of...

August 08, 2013

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Leader Of Sarasota Oxycodone Distribution Ring Pleads Guilty

August 01, 2013

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that Robert (44, Sarasota) pleaded guilty to a one count information charging him with conspiring with others...

August 01, 2013

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Jury Convicts Two Doctors Of Conspiracy To Commit Money Laundering Resulting From Pill Mill Operation In Broward And Palm Beach Counties

August 01, 2013

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Michael J. De Palma, Special...

August 01, 2013

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Five Arrested For Methamphetamine Manufacturing In Vero Beach

July 31, 2013

VERO BEACH, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Deryl Loar, Sheriff, Indian River County Sheriff’s Office, announce the arrest of five Vero Beach residents: Edward McElhenny, 50, Clinton...

July 31, 2013

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Melbourne Man Convicted Of Firearm And Drug Offenses

July 31, 2013

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces today that a federal jury found Lander Carlton (39, Melbourne) guilty of possession with intent to distribute cocaine...

July 31, 2013

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Pill Mill Doctor Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy

July 16, 2013

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal (IRS-CI), Miami Field Office, announced today that Dr. Scott Becker...

July 16, 2013

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Poly-Drug Trafficking Ring Shut Down By State And Federal Authorities In Stuart

July 11, 2013

STUART, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and David Dyess, Chief of Police, Stuart Police (SPD), announce the results of a joint local impact investigation into the gang and drug activities centered in the east Stuart community. The three month investigation...

July 11, 2013

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Dade City Man Sentenced To Nineteen Years In Federal Prison For Armed Drug Trafficking

July 10, 2013

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced Angel (34, Dade City) to nineteen years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The sentence consists of 14 years in federal prison for the drug...

July 10, 2013

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Colombian Nationals Charged In International Drug Money Laundering Conspiracy And Designated Under The Kingpin

July 09, 2013

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of (SDFL), announced the filing of one count indictment charging four defendants for their participation in an international money laundering in which they laundered...

July 09, 2013

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DEA, Along With Manhattan, Brooklyn, And Miami U.S. Attorneys Announce Extradition Of Colombian Narcotics Kingpin

July 09, 2013

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wilfredo A. Ferrer, Preet Bharara, and Loretta E. Lynch, and the United States Attorneys for the Southern District of (SDFL), Eastern District of New (EDNY), and Southern District of New (SDNY), respectively - James Dinkins...

July 09, 2013