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Cranston Felon Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison On Heroin Trafficking And Firearms Charges

(PROVIDENCE, R.I.) - - Abel Perez, 31, of Cranston, was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in federal prison for trafficking heroin, being a felon in possession of a firearm and for use of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of...
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Forty-Four Michigan And Ohio Residents Indicted In Scheme To Illegally Divert And Distribute Rx Drugs Along “US-23 Pipeline”

DETROIT - Forty-Four individuals have been charged in a health care fraud and drug distribution scheme, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Robert L. Corso of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Special Agent in Charge Robert D. Foley...
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Owner Of Kentucky Pain Clinics Faces Additional Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges

Date: March 20, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky.) - The owner of pain clinics in Georgetown and Dry Ridge, Kentucky, previously indicted for drug trafficking and money laundering offenses, was arraigned March 19th, 2013, on additional federal charges. According to the new charges, Ernest William...
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Thirteen Individuals Indicted In Prescription Drug Distribution Scheme And Health Care Fraud

DETROIT - A superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Detroit was unsealed yesterday morning, charging thirteen individuals for their participation in a large-scale health care fraud and drug distribution scheme, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in her announcement by Special Agent...
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William G. Parker Sentenced To 150 Months In Prison And Four Years Of Supervised Release For Conspiracy To Distribute Crack Cocaine And Assault Of A Police Officer

(BURLINGTON, Vt.) - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that William G. Parker, 35, of North Carolina, was sentenced yesterday to 150 months in prison, having...
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Bronx Man Sentenced To Almost Four Years On Drug And Health Care Fraud Charges

(PORTLAND, MAINE) - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Devine Harvin, 33, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced on Friday by United States District Judge George Z. Singal to 46...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 30 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin

(NEW HAVEN, Conn.)- - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Carl Hailey, also known as “Squirt,” 48, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior United States...
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Four Charged For Heroin Conspiracy

RUTLAND, Vt. - -John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Tristram J. Coffin United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that a federal grand jury has indicted Justin Billings, 25, of Hampton, New York, Jeffrey York, 42, of Castleton...
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Springfield Man Convicted Of Drug Conspiracy

BOSTON - A Springfield man was convicted late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield of drug conspiracy charges. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Mark G. Mastroianni, Hampden County District Attorney; and Springfield...
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Two Fitchburg Men Convicted Of Distributing Cocaine

BOSTON - - Two Fitchburg men were convicted today in U.S. District Court in Worcester of conspiracy and multiple counts of distributing crack cocaine. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent...