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DEA encourages communities nationwide to Go Red for Red Ribbon

October 23, 2020
WASHINGTON – DEA kicked off its 2020 National Red Ribbon Campaign earlier this month with its first-ever virtual National Red Ribbon Rally . This year’s theme is “Be Happy, Be Brave, Be Drug Free” and the rally’s guest speaker was Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier. A Doctor of Pharmacy student...
October 23, 2020
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Niagara Falls man going to prison for more than 11 years on cocaine conspiracy and gun charges

October 22, 2020
BUFFALO , N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Rhyan O. Stewart, 47, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more...
October 22, 2020
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Two men arrested at a Cheektowaga hotel, charged with cocaine possession

October 22, 2020
BUFFALO , N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Archie Butler, 42, of Buffalo, NY, and Jamielah Huggins, 37, of Kenmore, NY, were arrested and charged by complaint with possession with intent...
October 22, 2020
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Bronx man sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine

October 22, 2020
NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Bronx, New York, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or...
October 22, 2020
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33 Latin King Members and associates convicted and sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms for racketeering offenses

October 22, 2020
DEL RIO, Tx - A federal judge has sentenced 33 members and associates of the Austin, San Antonio and Uvalde Chapters of the Latin King’s Central Region of Texas from 45 to 288 months in federal prison for their roles in racketeering scheme, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent...
October 22, 2020
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Methamphetamine Distributors Sentenced to Federal Prison

October 22, 2020
Jacksonville, Fla. - Nicholas Paul Mattox (50, Jacksonville) was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distribution of 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, and Keith Wallace Williams (61, Middleburg) to 5 years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of...
October 22, 2020
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Red Ribbon Week kicks off Friday as DEA remembers fallen agent and promotes drug education in communities

October 22, 2020
OMAHA, Nebraska— The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is kicking off Red Ribbon Week, Friday, October 23, with multiple buildings and bridges across the five state Omaha Division lighting up red to recognize the nation’s oldest and largest drug misuse prevention awareness program. Red Ribbon Week began following the death of...
October 22, 2020
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DEA Announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 22, 2020
OMAHA, Neb.— The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is holding its 19 th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday, October 24, at multiple locations across the country including more than 200 sites within the five state Omaha Division comprised of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. The annual...
October 22, 2020
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Guilty plea: 11+ pounds of pure meth were hidden in vehicle

October 22, 2020
WICHITA, Kan. – A man from Arizona pleaded guilty today to driving 11.5 pounds of pure methamphetamine from Phoenix to Kansas. Sergio Martinez-Carlos, 22, Monahan, Ariz., pleaded guilty to one count of interstate travel in furtherance of drug trafficking. In his plea, he admitted the Kingman County Sheriff’s Office stopped...
October 22, 2020
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Two New Mexico residents indicted for trafficking drugs in Kansas

October 21, 2020
Amber Dawn Johnson, 26, Hobbs, N.M., and Angel Estrada, 34, Hobbs, N.M., were charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The defendants are alleged to have transported 38 pounds...
October 21, 2020
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