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Bronx gang member charged for 2011 murder

NEW YORK – James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, announced additional charges in a...
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Methamphetamine conversion lab operator sentenced to more than 11 years

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jesus Bernal Urena, 52, of Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 11 years and eight months in prison for a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced. According to...
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Bronx gang member charged for 2011 murder

NEW YORK – Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division James J. Hunt, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department James P. O’Neill announced additional charges in a superseding...
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Brooklyn man charged with distributing synthetic drugs, fentanyl, and Oxycodone over the internet

CAMDEN, N.J. – Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a New York man is scheduled to appear in court today on charges of selling dangerous designer drugs, fentanyl, and...
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Man sentenced after trial conviction for role in home invasion

NEW YORK – Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration James J. Hunt, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, and Superintendent of the New York State Police George P. Beach II announced that a Philadelphia man...
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Montgomery “pill mill” doctor receives over 12 year sentence for drug distribution, health care fraud, and money laundering offenses

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Dr. Gilberto Sanchez, 56, of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to serve 12 years and 1 month in prison for prescribing unnecessary controlled substances to his patients, committing health care fraud, and laundering money, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and United States...
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Ohio man sentenced to life and ordered to pay funeral costs for selling deadly fentanyl

AKRON, Ohio – Ryan Sumlin, 29, was convicted by a jury earlier this year on charges of distribution of fentanyl and heroin that resulted in death, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute heroin. U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent sentenced Sumlin to life in...
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Operation Triple Beam Colorado results in 156 arrests

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A large-scale gang enforcement operation, dubbed “Operation Triple Beam Colorado,” in which a number of Colorado law enforcement agencies partnered with the U.S. Marshals Service from May 15 through August 10, led to the arrest of 156 people. OTB Colorado saw the participation of the Drug...
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Lancaster man arrested on charges of drug trafficking

COLUMBUS , Ohio – Chris R. Cook, 45, of Lancaster, Ohio, was arrested this morning on charges related to distributing methamphetamine. He was charged by criminal complaint with possessing and conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of the drug. Benjamin C. Glassman, United...
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Aryan Circle gang leader and two subordinate gang members plead guilty to multiple charges, including accessory-after-the-fact to racketeering murder

ALEXANDRIA, La. – A senior leader of the Aryan Circle (AC) and a subordinate gang member pleaded guilty today and yesterday to being an accessory-after-the-fact to racketeering murder. David Wayne Williams, 38, of Sulphur, Louisiana, a senior leader in the gang, and Leland Hamm, 43, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty...