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Bristol Drug Trafficker, Career Offender Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) New England Division, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Bristol Police Chief Josue D. Canario announced that Manuel M. Chaves, 34, of Bristol, a career offender characterized by Bristol Police in a letter to...
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Pawtucket Man Convicted In Federal Court Of Conspiracy, Possession With The Intent To Distribute Oxycodone

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England Kevin L. Lane; United States Attorney for Rhode Island Peter F. Neronha; and Pawtucket Police Chief Paul King announced that Audi Pineda, 38, of Pawtucket, was convicted by a federal court jury on Wednesday...
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Man Pleads Guilty In New York To Conspiring With Iranian Military Officials To Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador To The United States

WASHINGTON - Manssor Arbabsiar, aka Mansour Arbabsiar, pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Southern District of New York to participating in a plot to murder the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States while the Ambassador was in the United States. Arbabsiar, a 58-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen holding...
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Massachusetts Pill Distributor Sentenced To 48 Months In Prison

BOSTON - Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced that a former Malden man was sentenced yesterday for distributing oxycodone. Rosa Mom, 31, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Mark L...
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Jamaican Man Sentenced To 20 Years For Distributing Crack Cocaine

PORTLAND, MAINE - Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Rashidi Campbell, 32, of Jamaica, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland by Judge George Z. Singal, to 20...
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Holliston Man Sentenced For Defrauding His Physician

OCT 15 - (Boston) - Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration - New England Field Division, United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz, William P. Offord, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation in Boston, and Colonel Timothy P. Alben...
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Four Individuals Involved In Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Are Sentenced

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that four individuals involved in a New Haven-area oxycodone trafficking were sentenced this week by United...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For Role In Drug Trafficking Ring

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Kevin L. Lane, Acting 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 LUIS ORTIZ, also known as “Big Nose,” 23, of New Haven, was sentenced today by United...
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Inside The Golden Triangle

October 1, 2012 A look back at 30 years of efforts by the Mae Fah Luang Foundation under Royal Patronage and the Drug Enforcement Administration to end opium production and trafficking in this once highly volatile region. October 4, 2012, 2:00 p.m. EST DEA Museum Auditorium 700 Army Navy Drive...
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Final Defendant In Rhode Island’s Largest Cocaine Bust Ever Pleads Guilty In Federal Court

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha , Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin; announced today that Andrew Rios...