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Germantown Drug Dealer Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison

GREENBELT, MD. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Bryon Anthony Grey, Jr., age 26, of Germantown, Maryland, yesterday to 25 years in prison followed by eight years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession of a gun in furtherance...
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Sinaloa Drug Trafficker Extradited From Mexico

EL PASO, TX - Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and John Murphy, United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, announced on January 27, 2011, that Carlos Mario Gomez-Muro was extradited by Mexico to the United States...
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Catonsville Dentist Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Selling 140,000 Hydrocodone Pills

BALTIMORE, MD. - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Dr. Kenneth Riley, age 49, of Catonsville, Maryland, to 30 months in prison, followed by 10 months of home detention with electronic monitoring as part of three years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to...
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El Paso Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison

EL PASO, TX - Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and John Murphy, United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, announced Judge Frank Montalvo sentenced 32-year-old Julio Cesar Burciaga of El Paso, to 14 years in federal...
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BGF Commander And Gang Member Sentenced To Prison For Participating In A Racketeering Conspiracy

BALTIMORE, MD. - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Todd Duncan, a/k/a Donnie, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 14 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to conduct and participate in the activities of the Black Guerilla (BGF), a racketeering enterprise. Earlier...
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Cousins Sentenced On Federal Charges For PCP Distribution

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Monique Ware and her cousin, Gene Anderson, both 31, and both from Northeast Washington, were sentenced to prison terms on federal charges involving the sale of PCP, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police (MPD), and Ava A. Cooper-Davis...
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Major Black Tar Heroin Supplier Sentenced To Over 24 Years In Prison

HUNTINGTON, WV. - As a result of a long term investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Huntington Police Department, a Mexican national was sentenced today to over 24 years in prison for his role in the distribution of black tar heroin. The distribution ring has been linked to...
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Life Imprisonment

EL PASO, TX - Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and John Murphy, United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, announced that in El Paso this morning, United States District Judge Frank Montalvo sentenced 47-year-old Rigoberto Melero...
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Armed Robber Exiled to 35 Years In Federal Prison

SEP 11 -- (Baltimore, Maryland) - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Rahsean Holmes, age 30, today to 35 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit a commercial robbery, conspiracy to distribute narcotics, use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime...
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Two Charged In Frederick County Meth Lab Bust

SEP 9 -- (Baltimore, MD) – On September 5, 2008, Toby Thomas, age 34, and Rose Johnson, age 31, both of Frederick, Maryland were charged by complaint today with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, after law enforcement searched their residence early this morning and seized items used to produce methamphetamine, announced...