DEA Archived Press Releases

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Dominican man sentenced to 132 months in prison for fentanyl trafficking

CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Jorge Rodriguez, 23, a citizen of the Dominican Republic most recently residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking...
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Waterbury man sentenced to 66 months in prison for trafficking narcotics

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Pedro Santos, 47, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 66 months...
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Dominican National sentenced to nine years in prison for drug and firearm charges

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced today for possession of approximately one kilogram of fentanyl and illegal possession of a firearm. Caonabo Cruz, 54, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf to 108 months in prison and five years of supervised release. On May 10...
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Hartford cocaine dealer sentenced to 46 months in prison

HARTFORD, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Brandon Gineyard, 38, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by...
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Chicopee man sentenced for being felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, including machine gun

BOSTON – A Chicopee man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, including a machine gun. Hector Gomez, 33, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to five years in prison and three years of supervised...
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Greenfield man sentenced to 85 months for fentanyl trafficking

CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced Ira Weeks, 40, of Greenfield, was sentenced to 85 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made...
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Member of Paterson drug ring charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Paterson, New Jersey, woman was arrested today in connection with her alleged role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin...
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Union County woman sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Union County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute...
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Dominican citizen extradited to U.S. for drug trafficking through sham internet pharmacy

New York, NY – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, Acting U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, and the Inspector in Charge of the New Jersey Office of the Unites States Postal Inspection Service...
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Hartford man sentenced to 9 years in prison for role in heroin and fentanyl trafficking ring

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Fernando Tolentino Jr., also known as “Humacao,” 50, of Hartford was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport...