Press Releases | DEA.gov
Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Here’s how you know

Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( Lock A locked padlock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

  • Who We Are
    • About
    • Mission
    • Leadership
    • History
    • Divisions
      • Domestic Divisions
      • Foreign Divisions
      • Operational Divisions
    • DEA Museum
    • Wall of Honor
    • Contact Us
      • Submit a Tip
      • Extortion Scam
      • Public Affairs
      • Social Media Directory
  • What We Do
    • Forensic Sciences
      • GUARDS
      • Forensic Sciences Policy
      • Forensic Science Organizations
      • Forensic Science Contact
    • Law Enforcement
      • DEA Office of Training
        • Office of Training Programs
      • El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC)
      • Intelligence
      • Operations
        • Administrative Law Judges
        • DEA Asset Forfeiture
        • Domestic Cannabis Suppression / Eradication Program
        • HIDTA
        • OCDETF
    • Education and Prevention
      • Family Summit
      • Red Ribbon
      • Kiki and the History of Red Ribbon Week
      • Red Ribbon Toolkit - Resources For Your Community
      • DEA’s Family Summit
      • Operation Engage
      • Community Outreach
      • Just Think Twice
      • Campus Drug Prevention
      • Get Smart About Drugs
      • Operation Prevention
    • Drug Information
      • Drug Policy
      • Drug Scheduling
      • The Controlled Substances Act
    • News
      • Alerts
      • Press Releases
      • Most Wanted Fugitives
        • All Fugitives
      • Stories
      • Events
      • Speeches
      • Testimony
    • Campaigns
      • One Pill Can Kill
        • Senior Citizens
        • Partner Toolbox
        • Social Media Campaign
      • DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
  • Careers
    • Special Agent
      • Special Agent FAQs
    • Diversion Investigator
      • Diversion Investigator Job Announcement
    • Intelligence Research Specialist
      • Intelligence Research Specialist Job Announcements
      • Intelligence Research Specialists FAQs
      • Schedule A Hiring Authority: Intelligence Research Specialist
    • Forensic Sciences Careers
    • Professional & Administrative Careers
    • Student & Entry Level Careers
    • Employment Eligibility
    • How to Apply
      • How To Claim Veterans' Preference
      • Priority Consideration
      • Benefits
      • Veterans and People With Disabilities
      • Operation Warfighter
  • Resources
    • Cartels
    • Illegal Online Pharmacies
    • OD Justice
    • Fentanyl Supply Chain
    • Pill Press Resources
    • Recovery Resources
    • Together for Families
    • Data and Statistics
      • Domestic Arrests
      • Staffing and Budget
    • FOIA
      • About FOIA
      • Contact DEA FOIA
      • Make a Request
      • What Happens After Making a Request
      • Requester Categories
      • Fees Charged
      • Fee Waiver
      • FOIA FAQ
      • FOIA Logs and Reports
      • FOIA Library
      • Additional FOIA Links
      • FOIA Exemptions
      • What Are Exclusions?
      • Privacy Act
      • Privacy Act Exemptions
      • Privacy Impact Assessment and Management Information Systems
    • Publications
    • Media Galleries
    • Victim Witness Assistance Program
      • Victim Witness Assistance Program Resources
      • Human Trafficking Prevention

United States Drug Enforcement Administration

  • Get Updates
  • Scam Alert
  • Full Menu
  • English
  • Español

Main Menu

Explore DEA
  • Who We Are
    • About
    • Mission
    • Leadership
    • History
    • Divisions
    • DEA Museum
    • Wall of Honor
    • Contact Us
  • What We Do
    • Forensic Sciences
    • Law Enforcement
    • Education and Prevention
    • Drug Information
    • News
    • Campaigns
  • Careers
    • Special Agent
    • Diversion Investigator
    • Intelligence Research Specialist
    • Forensic Sciences Careers
    • Professional & Administrative Careers
    • Student & Entry Level Careers
    • Employment Eligibility
    • How to Apply
  • Resources
    • Cartels
    • Illegal Online Pharmacies
    • OD Justice
    • Fentanyl Supply Chain
    • Pill Press Resources
    • Recovery Resources
    • Together for Families
    • Data and Statistics
    • FOIA
    • Publications
    • Media Galleries
    • Victim Witness Assistance Program
  • Submit A Tip

Press Releases

Advanced Search

Enter Keywords Below

Filter Results

Select To Narrow Search Results

Year

  • 2025 (20)
  • 2024 (7)
  • 2023 (33)
  • 2022 (120)
  • 2021 (127)
  • 2020 (18)
  • 2019 (41)
  • 2018 (9)
  • 2017 (10)
  • 2016 (44)
  • 2015 (46)
  • 2014 (38)
  • 2013 (50)
  • 2012 (16)
  • 2011 (66)
  • 2008 (10)
  • 2007 (18)
  • 2006 (23)
  • 2005 (15)
  • 2004 (13)
  • 2003 (23)

Subject

  • Drug Trafficking (211)
  • Seizures (Drugs/Property) (179)
  • Synthetic drugs (176)
  • Task Forces/Task Force Officers (166)
  • Major Law Enforcement Operation (127)
  • Guns/Weapons (95)
  • OCDETF/Task Force (81)
  • Overdose (69)
  • Arrests/Convictions - Major (58)
  • Fake Pills (53)
  • Gangs (48)
  • Prescription Drugs (46)
  • Narcoterrorism (37)
  • Pharmaceuticals/Pharmacists/Physicians (36)
  • Diversion Division (34)
  • Guilty Plea (31)
  • Outreach/Drug Prevention (30)
  • Press Conferences (21)
  • Take Back Day (18)
  • Money Laundering (17)
  • One Pill Can Kill (12)
  • Public and Media Affairs - also see Congressional Affairs (10)
  • HIDTA (9)
  • Prevention/Education - DEA websites GSAD, JTT etc (9)
  • Fentanyl Awareness (8)
  • Dark Web- Internet Trafficking (7)
  • International/Foreign Operations (6)
  • Asset Forfeiture (5)
  • Extraditions (3)
  • Intelligence Division - Intelligence Products (2)
  • Intergovernmental Affairs (2)
  • Museum and Visitors Center (2)
  • Campaigns (1)
  • Counterfeit Pills (1)
  • Fentanyl Free America (1)
  • Terrorism (1)

Drug Name

  • Fentanyl (155)
  • Cocaine (116)
  • Heroin (98)
  • Synthetic Opioids (84)
  • Opioids (55)
  • Methamphetamine (54)
  • Oxycodone (23)
  • Marijuana (Cannabis) (14)
  • Hydromorphone (7)
  • Benzodiazepines (6)
  • Morphine (5)
  • Ecstasy/MDMA (4)
  • K2/Spice (4)
  • Steroids (4)
  • Methadone (2)
  • Synthetic Bath Salts or Designer Cathinones (2)
  • Amphetamines (1)
  • Ketamine (1)
  • Marijuana Concentrates (1)
  • Xylazine (1)

Field Division

  • New England (2349)
  • New York (1519)
  • Houston (893)
  • San Francisco (842)
  • Miami (825)
  • St. Louis (808)
  • Seattle (801)
  • Atlanta (763)
  • Chicago (622)
  • New Jersey (493)
  • New Orleans (470)
  • Headquarters (408)
  • Detroit (360)
  • El Paso (346)
  • Dallas (315)
  • Los Angeles (299)
  • Phoenix (271)
  • San Diego (244)
  • Rocky Mountain (165)
  • Omaha (134)
  • Caribbean (79)
  • Louisville (77)
  • Caribbean (1)
  • Washington, DC (613)
  • Philadelphia (140)
Clear All Results
PRESS RELEASE

Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

June 17, 2013
BALTIMORE - David Russo, 62, of Hagerstown, Maryland pleaded guilty today to health care fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid by billing for prescriptions that Russo knew were not written for a legitimate medical purpose. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for...
June 17, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

10 Defendants Charged In $3.6 Million Drug Trafficking Ring

June 16, 2013
BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury today has indicted the following 10 defendants for conspiring to distribute cocaine and cocaine base in Baltimore: Shawn Malone, a/k/a “Studder,” and “Snaps,” age 32, of Baltimore; Howard McCray, a/k/a “Pooh,” age 33, of Baltimore; Antoine Bolden, a/k/a “Demo,” age 36, of Baltimore and...
June 16, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

June 14, 2013
BALTIMORE - David Russo, age 62, of Hagerstown, Maryland pleaded guilty today to health care fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid by billing for prescriptions that Russo knew were not written for a legitimate medical purpose. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney...
June 14, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor Convicted Of Running Pill Mill And Contributing To A Death

June 12, 2013
PHILADELPHIA - A federal jury, today, found Dr. Norman Werther, 74, of Ft. Washington, PA, guilty of more than 300 counts, including distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death. In addition to the charge of distribution resulting in death, the jury found Werther guilty of 184 counts of illegally...
June 12, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Pike Creek Man Sentenced To 220 Months In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Attempted Murder Offenses Brother Pleads Guilty To Using Facebook To Threaten Government Witness During Trial

June 12, 2013
WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today the sentencing of one man on narcotics trafficking and attempted murder convictions, and the separate conviction of that man’s brother for using Facebook to threaten to kill a government witness during the narcotics...
June 12, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Lenny Cain Convicted In Oxycodone Conspiracy

June 12, 2013
BALTIMORE - A federal jury today convicted Lenny Cain, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, and for possession with intent to distribute oxycodone. The conviction was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special...
June 12, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Indictments Charging Twenty-Three People With Drug Trafficking

June 06, 2013
SCRANTON, Pa. - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District Pennsylvania announced the filing of indictments returned by a federal grand jury in Scranton on May 21 and June 4, 2013, charging a total of 23 persons with offenses related to trafficking in controlled substances, including heroin. According...
June 06, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Harrisburg Man Involved In Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 120 Months Imprisonment

June 03, 2013
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Cruz, 32, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to 120 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Judge...
June 03, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Money Courier For Large Guatemalan Drug Ring Sentenced To Over 13 Years In Prison

May 31, 2013
GREENBELT - , Md. - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. sentenced Nery Gustavo Ramos-Duarte, age 52, of Chiquimula, Guatemala, today to 160 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and import five kilograms or more of cocaine, commit money laundering, and smuggle...
May 31, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Hagerstown Drug Dealer Exiled To 10 Years In Prison

May 30, 2013
BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Vincent Hernandez, 31, of Hagerstown, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute cocaine base, possession of a firearm in furtherance of the drug conspiracy and being a felon in possession...
May 30, 2013
Showing 531 - 540 of 747 results

Pagination

  • First page «
  • Previous page ‹
  • Page 50
  • Page 51
  • Page 52
  • Page 53
  • Current page 54
  • Page 55
  • Page 56
  • Page 57
  • Page 58
  • Next page ›
  • Last page »
  • Who We Are
    • About
    • Domestic Divisions
    • Foreign Offices
    • Contact Us
    • DEA Museum
  • What We Do
    • Forensic Sciences
    • Law Enforcement
    • Drug Prevention
    • Diversion Control Division
    • News
  • Careers
    • Special Agent
    • Diversion Investigator
    • Forensic Sciences
    • Intelligence Research Specialist
    • How to Apply
  • Resources
    • Drug Information
    • Employee Assistance Program
    • FOIA
    • Publications
    • Media Galleries
    • VWAP
  • Doing Business
    with the DEA
    • Overview
    • Current Vendors
    • Prospective Vendors
    • Security Clauses
    • Security Forms
    • Small Business Program
    • Vendor Engagement Request
  • Policies
    • Accessibility & Policy
    • Legal Policies & Disclaimers
    • No FEAR Act
    • Privacy Policy
    • U.S. Department of Justice EEO Policy
    • USA.gov
    • Whistleblower Protection
    • Your Rights as a Federal Employee

United States Drug Enforcement Administration

DEA.gov is an official site of the U.S. Department of Justice
Facebook X LinkedIn Instagram

DEA Contact Center

(202) 307-1000 info@dea.gov
Contact the Webmaster