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Dallas Drug Traffickers Receive Lengthy Federal Prison Sentences

DALLAS - Santiago Veliz, 29, of Dallas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 140 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in May 2016 to a felony Information charging one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney John...
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Bridgeport Man Charged With Selling Heroin To Overdose Victim

NOV 03 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Darryck Norris, 23, of Bridgeport, was arrested yesterday on a criminal complaint charging him...
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Harmony Man Sentenced To A Year And A Day For Oxycodone Conspiracy

NOV 03 - BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Corey Pomerleau, 35, of Harmony, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to...
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10 Tons Of Medication Collected On Take Back Day

SAN FRANCISCO - Six years after the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) launched its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Americans continue to turn out in large numbers to rid their homes of unused medications, including controlled prescription (CPDs) such as painkillers, tranquilizers, and stimulants. On October 22, 2016, Northern California...
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Two Texas Men Sentenced To Combined 10 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Rosalio Laredo-Garcia, 21 of Hutchins, Texas, was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $1,900 fine on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Co-Defendant, Hado Zepeda-Garcia, 25 of Wilmer, Texas was sentenced yesterday to 63 months in federal...
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Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy And Firearms Charges

NOV 02 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Juan Alexis Diaz Pena, 26, formerly of Methuen, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with the...
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Waterbury Man Who Sold Heroin To Overdose Victim Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison

NOV 02 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Reginald Miles, Jr., also known as “Rocky,” 26, of Waterbury, was sentenced by Senior U.S...
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New London Man Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack Cocaine

NOV 02 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Kevin Everett, 29, of New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A...
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New Orleans Field Division Collects Over 33,000 Pounds On Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

NEW ORLEANS - Six years after the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) launched its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day; Americans continue to turn out in large numbers to rid their homes of unused medications. On October 22, 2016, DEA’s 12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, the New Orleans Field (NOFD)...
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Hamden Man Sentenced To More Than 7 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin And Crack

NOV 01 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Shawn Miller, also known as “White Boy Shawn,” 32, of Hamden, was sentenced today by...