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Oregon Man Sentenced to Two Years and Nine Months in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

PORTLAND, Ore.— U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon Scott Bradford announced that Eder Fletes Calix, 24, of Beaverton, Oregon, was sentenced to two years and nine months in federal prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing more than 700 grams of fentanyl with intent...
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Homeland Security Task Force Investigation Leads to 10-Year Sentence for Drug Trafficking Leader and Supplier who Targeted Seattle's Chinatown International District and "The Jungle"

SEATTLE –A 39-year-old Newcastle, Washington man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison for his leadership role as a supplier and distributor of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl in Seattle’s homeless encampments and International District, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. Tommy...
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Indictment Charges District Resident in Selling Dose of Fentanyl that Killed a 20-Year-Old Virginia Man

WASHINGTON – An Indictment was unsealed today in U.S. District Court charging Anthony Winslow, 44, of the District, in connection with selling a fatal dose of fentanyl to a 20-year-old Virginia man, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. “Jack Hargreaves was just 20 years old. His parents are now living...
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DEA New York Task Force Division Uncovers Active Fentanyl Packaging Operation in Bronx Apartment: Two-Year-Old Child Present

Law enforcement officers disrupted an active fentanyl packaging mill in a first-floor apartment in the Williamsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx on the night of Tuesday, October 20, 2026. Three adults were arrested and a two-year-old child was found inside the apartment. Approximately two kilograms (four pounds) of suspected fentanyl mixtures...
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Simi Valley Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl, The Use of Which Resulted in Death

LOS ANGELES – A Simi Valley man has been sentenced to 196 months in federal prison for knowingly possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl, the use of which resulted in the fatal overdose of a victim, the Drug Enforcement Administration Los Angeles Field Division announced. Michael McDevitt, 44, of...
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DEA New York Task Force Division Announces Two New York Men Indicted For Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy That Involved the On-Campus Rape and Death of One College Student and Near-Death of Another

Special Agent in Charge of the New York Task Force Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Christopher Roberts, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) Jessica S. Tisch, announced today the unsealing of a...
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DEA Assists ATF With Operation 11th Hour Which Nets 42 Defendants in Eastern Washington

MOSES LAKE, WA – Yesterday, ATF and the Moses Lake Police Department Street Crimes Unit, with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other law enforcement partners, arrested six suspects and executed eight simultaneous search warrants between Moses Lake and Spokane, Washington. Floyd Young, Eutimio De Padua Contreras, Wilmer...
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Man for Fentanyl Trafficking

EL PASO, Texas – A federal jury convicted an El Paso man for three counts related to fentanyl trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Charles Arellano, 45, was a fentanyl dealer who came under...
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Former Anchorage Attorney Sentenced to 20 Years for Drug Trafficking in Homeland Security Task Force Case

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A former Anchorage defense attorney was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for possessing fentanyl and methamphetamine with the intent to distribute the drugs in Alaska. According to court documents, Justin Facey, 46, facilitated a drug trafficking organization run by a California prisoner, Heraclio Sanchez-Rodriguez, who...
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Transcontinental Fentanyl Trafficker 'Fat Bags' Sentenced to 128 Months in Wide-Ranging Narcotics Conspiracy

WASHINGTON — Karon Olufemi Blalock, 32, of Alexandria, Virginia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 128 months in federal prison for his role in a transcontinental narcotics trafficking conspiracy that smuggled tens of thousands of fentanyl pills from California to the D.C. area, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris...

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