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Canadian Man Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Smuggling

… States District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby, who is presiding over the case. The investigation and prosecution of Stewart …
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DEA Phoenix Bitcoin Target Found Guilty Of Money Laundering

… to engage in cash transactions up to $50,000.  Undercover federal agents approached Costanzo identifying … and were provided with bitcoin.  Costanzo told the undercover agents bitcoin was a great way to limit exposure to law enforcement.  Over a two-year period, Costanzo took $164,700 in cash from …
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Beaumont Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Violations

… During the execution of the warrant, officers discovered a loaded semi-automatic handgun on a table in plain … view along with a ledger reflecting drug transactions of over $30,000.  At another location in the home, officers …
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Cartel Member Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute More Than Eleven Pounds Of Methamphetamine In Lee County

… to court documents, a Drug Enforcement (DEA) undercover (UC) made contact with Gonzalez after learning that he … was “unlimited.”  In the following months, Gonzalez sent over nine more pounds of methamphetamine to the UC. DEA …
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced To Nine Years For Trafficking Methamphetamine

… then arrested Ortiz, searched his vehicle, and recovered the methamphetamine. In total, law enforcement seized over four kilograms of high purity methamphetamine. On …
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DEA New England Field Division Collects 44 Tons Of Prescription Drugs During The 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… Administration’s New England Field (NEFD) and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 88,182.07 pounds or …
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Kentucky Man Charged In Marijuana Investigation

… was charged Wednesday, March 28, 2013, with manufacturing over 100 marijuana plants and with possessing firearms in … States Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statutes governing the imposition of sentences. The indictment of a …
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Northern Michigan Residents Charged In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… crack and heroin from Detroit to the Cheboygan County area over the course of the conspiracy, where they delivered the …
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Michigan Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Heroin Distribution And Firearms Charges In Kentucky

… Duplessis previously admitted that he possessed over 400 grams of heroin and intended to distribute it. … Duncan Jr., prosecuted this case on behalf of the federal government. - On …
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Marijuana Trafficker Receives 7 Year Prison Sentence In Michigan After Fleeing To Mexico For 3 Years

… years. U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell presided over the sentencing. Kobasic’s sentencing marks the end of a …
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Kentucky Man Sentenced To 7+ Years For Cocaine Conspiracy Conviction

… Office for three years. During the sentencing hearing, the government established that, over the course of several years, Gibbs conspired with … K. Leonhard prosecuted this case on behalf of the federal government. On …
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Leader Of Ohio Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison

… utilized by the drug trafficking group, law enforcement discovered a substantial quantity of methamphetamine, over $11,000 in cash, and three firearms. Velazquez-Gonzalez …
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Ohio Residents Dispose Of An Estimated 18 Tons Of Pills During National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… Ohio residents for properly disposing of an estimated 18 (over 36,000 pounds) of unneeded, unwanted, or expired …
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Kentucky Man Receives 15 Year Federal Prison Sentence For Methamphetamine And Firearm Offenses

… Garcia previously admitted to conspiring to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine and possessing a firearm to …
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Two Sentenced For Conspiring To Transport Marijuana

… Department of Public (DPS) trooper attempted to pull Garcia over for traffic violations. However, when the DPS trooper …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… rates, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that many abused … Agent in Charge of DEA’s Denver Field Division.  “Each year over 43,000 people die of unintentional overdoses.  That’s more than deaths by firearms or car …
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Colombian Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison

… to sixty feet in length and was estimated to be carrying over 3,000 kilograms of cocaine when its crew scuttled it …
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Orlando Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years

… Also ordered to forfeit residence, vehicles, and over $600,000 ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge G. …
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Jury Convicts Titusville Police Officer For Federal Drug Crimes

… police vehicle to meet the informant after his shift was over. On January 13, 2014, Irizarry looked up a license … the informant and identified it as belonging to an undercover DEA car.  On another occasion, while on duty and in … his patrol car 50 feet away from the informant and an undercover agent that Irizarry believed was also a drug dealer. …
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Daytona Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Federal Drug Offense

… in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute over 100 grams of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack” … of “crack” cocaine, two digital scales, and $1,020 were recovered during a search of Hill.  Officers also recovered an additional $1,630 from his rental car. This case …
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Former Titusville Police Officer Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For Participating In A Drug Deal

… police vehicle to meet the informant after his shift was over. On January 13, 2014, Irizarry looked up a license … the informant and identified it as belonging to an undercover DEA car. On another occasion, while on duty and in … his patrol car 50 feet away from the informant and an undercover agent that Irizarry believed was also a drug dealer. …
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Orlando Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Heroin And Fentanyl That Resulted In Death

… 2015 through October 7, 2015, Margenat-Castro distributed over 100 grams of heroin. After visiting the “Experience … Georgia and purchased the heroin on August 18, 2015. He overdosed and died several hours later. A medical examiner …
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“Dark Net” Trafficker Whose Fentanyl Caused Fatal Overdose Indicted

… “Dark Net” Trafficker Whose Fentanyl Caused Fatal Overdose Indicted July 20, 2017 Miami Contact Info Contact … “Etiking,” Achey distributed various synthetic substances over the Dark Net, an area of the Internet only accessible …
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Five Men Face Federal Charges Following Raid Of Heroin Mill

… materials. When officers entered the residence, they discovered Arias, Delorbe, Guerra, and Colon inside. All five … to a warrant, law enforcement seized, among other items, over two kilograms of heroin, marijuana plants, and material … J. De Fazio, with the investigation of this case. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Randall …
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Pennsylvania Couple Charged With Distributing Fake Oxycodone Pills Containing Heroin

… of opioids and other narcotics in New Jersey, an undercover law enforcement agent received information that Perez … Oxycodone. On Jan. 23, 2018, Perez allegedly met the undercover agent in Paterson, New Jersey, and sold the undercover agent approximately 1,000 pills that were similar in …
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Kenner Man Sentenced After Pleading Guilty To Cocaine Charges

… yesterday by U. S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance to over 21 (262 months) imprisonment after pleading guilty to …
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Terrebonne Woman Sentenced To 10 Years For Drug Trafficking

… Aguillard previously entered a guilty plea admitting that over a course of time she had purchased and sold …
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Terrebonne Crack Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To 16 Years In Federal Prison

… U. S. District Court Judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr. to serve over 16 (200 months) imprisonment after pleading guilty to …
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Jury Finds Davenport Man Guilty Of Conspiracy To Distribute More Than 100 Grams Of Heroin

… guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 100 grams of heroin and four counts of possession and … to sell more than 100 grams of heroin to an undercover agent who was posing as a drug dealer.  During the … He also participated in a phone conversation with the undercover agent leading to one of the deals.  This case was …
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Poly-Drug Trafficking Ring Shut Down By State And Federal Authorities In Stuart

… of state judicial wire intercepts, informants, and undercover operations in Martin County.  Investigators identified … in the arrest of 21 out of the 30 individuals charged with over 60 felony drug charges.  This investigation is ongoing …