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Rochester man sentenced to 63 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Dennis Chaney, 31, of Rochester, was sentenced to 63 months in prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and statements made in...
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Pembroke woman sentenced to 72 months for participating in methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Katie Jo Waters, 29, of Pembroke, was sentenced on Tuesday to 72 months in federal prison for participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents...
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20 defendants charged in drug indictments; One alleged trafficker charged in death of carfentanil user

SAN DIEGO – Three federal indictments unsealed in San Diego this week charge 20 people, including documented gang members and associates, with trafficking in oxycodone, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and ultra-deadly carfentanil from homes in City Heights, College Grove and Imperial Beach. One defendant, Dat Pham Tien Tran aka “Damian,” is...
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Armed Pawtucket heroin dealer sentenced to over five years in prison

PROVIDENCE , R.I. – An armed Pawtucket heroin dealer was sentenced to five years and one day in federal prison, announced BEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle, United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman and Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves. Leoner J. Leonardo, 23, was arrested...
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Dominican national pleads guilty in conspiracy to transport 1600 kilograms of cocaine from South America to the United States

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced that Arrinson De La Cruz, 39, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall...
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Dominican national sentenced to 70 months in prison for fentanyl conspiracy

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced in federal court in Boston for fentanyl conspiracy. Maximo Diaz Tejada, 44, a Dominican national residing in Lawrence, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to 70 months in prison. Diaz Tejeda will be subject to deportation upon completion...
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DEA Task Force investigation dismantles Waterbury drug ring; 29 charged

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Brian D. Boyle, special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Division; John H. Durham, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut; Waterbury Police Chief Fernando C. Spagnolo and Naugatuck Police Chief Sean Hunt today announced that 29 individuals have been...
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Massachusetts man sentenced to 15 years in prison on fentanyl trafficking and firearms charges

CONCORD, N.H. – Brian D. Boyle, special agent in charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division, and U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Joshua Smith, 31, of Haverhill, Mass., was sentenced to 180 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute over 400...
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Fairfield County doctor sentenced to 87 months for health care fraud and money laundering offenses

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Brian D. Boyle, special agent in charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Division, and John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Dr. Ramil Mansourov, 49, of Darien, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton...
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Pittsfield man sentenced to 130 months for methamphetamine trafficking

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that John F. Kelekci, 35, of Pittsfield, N.H., was sentenced in federal court to serve 130 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to...