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Joint operation leads to dismantlement of meth ring in Jamestown, NY

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Mark R. Maio, 34, Brittany L. Dellahoy, 28, both of East Randolph, NY, and Brandon Smith, 32, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy...
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Bakersfield trucker sentenced for shipping drugs sourced from Mexico

FRESNO, Calif. — Darrell Leon Jennings, 51, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to five years in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced. His sentence follows his...
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Orchard Park pain doctor pleads guilty to using patient names fraudulently to obtain controlled substances

BUFFALO, N.Y. – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Dr. Paul Biddle, 54, of Amherst, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to identity theft and possession of unlawful hydromorphone HCL. The charges...
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Fresno man charged with two counts of distributing fentanyl resulting in death

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment Thursday against Darnell Pearson, 40, of Fresno, charging him with distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. “This defendant is alleged to have sold cocaine that was, in fact, fentanyl and caused the deaths...
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Drug trafficker sentenced to 121 months for conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine and marijuana across New York City

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, John Santos was sentenced by United States District Judge Frederic Block to 121 months of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, following his December 2017 guilty plea to participating in a conspiracy to distribute a...
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Ex-husband and wife duo from Michigan arrested in Yonkers, NY with eight kilograms of heroin

YONKERS, N.Y. – On Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, members of the DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force Group T-12 and Yonkers Police Department Narcotics Unit conducted a narcotics interdiction in the area of Central Park Avenue north of Palmer Road resulting in the seizure of approximately eight kilograms of...
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Physician Assistant sentenced to 10 years in prison

OAKLAND, Calif. – David Lague was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and for unlawfully distributing prescription drugs, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen, and Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General...
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Sacramento real estate broker and three others indicted for international money laundering conspiracy

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A nine-count indictment was unsealed today after the arrests of Heidi Phong, 36, of Elk Grove, and Zhen Shang Lin, 37, of Riverside. The indictment, brought by a federal grand jury on Dec. 13, 2018, charged Phong, Lin, Li Juan Wang, 37, of Riverside, and Feng Li...
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Eight-week federal trial results in conviction of Chapo associates in Buffalo, NY

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and James D. Robnett, IRS Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office, announced today that following an eight week trial, a federal jury has convicted Herman E...
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Two men arrested for conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl

BROOKLYN, N.Y. --A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Douglas Marra, also known as “Dougie,” and Joseph McClean, also known as “Max B,” with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl in Queens between January 2018 and September 2018. McClean...