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Ohio Gang Member Sentenced To 8 Years In Federal Prison For Racketeering Conspiracy

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tysin L. Gordon, 30, of Columbus, was sentenced to 96 months in prison in connection with a racketeering case involving the organized criminal enterprise known as the Short North Posse. Benjamin C. Glassman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy J. Plancon, Special...
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Three New Haven Men Charged With Distributing Drugs Involved In Wave Of Overdoses

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and New Haven Police Chief Dean Esserman today announced that an investigation into numerous drug overdoses, including three overdose deaths...
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Bridgeport Woman Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Drug And Gun Offenses

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Amonda Mendez, also known as “M-Dot” and “Dot,” 25, of Bridgeport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert...
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Two Brothers Charged With Distributing Heroin Involved In Overdoses

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that an investigation into a recent drug overdose death of a man in Monroe and a non-fatal overdose...
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Branford Man Sentenced To Prison For Selling Heroin And Crack

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Oretagus Eaddy, 39, of Branford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to...
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Maine Man Sentenced To Five Years For Conspiracy To Traffic Oxycodone And Cocaine

PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Anthony Lacomb, 30, of Biddeford, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to five years in prison...
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Danbury Man Sentenced To 9 Years In Prison For Trafficking Oxycodone, Cocaine And Marijuana

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Alfred Catino, also known as “Alphonse Catino,” “Frank Ross,” “Frank Russo,” “Anthony Vitacco,” “Chico,” “the Old Man” and...
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New Haven Man Pleads Guilty To Role In Scheme To Obtain Oxycodone Through Fraudulent Prescriptions

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Raymond Morales, also known as “Freddy,” 32, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge...
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Hartford Man Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Gang-Related Narcotics Trafficking

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two Hartford men who were involved in a gang-related narcotics trafficking ring were sentenced this week in New...
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Five Ohio Drug Gang Members Convicted Of Murder And Racketeering

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A United States District Court convicted five Short North Posse gang members of racketeering and murder today following a two-month trial. Robert B. Ledbetter, 37, Christopher A. Harris, 28, Rashad A. Liston, 26, Deounte Ussury, 31, and Clifford L. Robinson, 38, all of Columbus, were convicted on...