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Drug Network Supplier Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

… distributing more than 19 kilograms of methamphetamine and over three kilograms of heroin. On October 30, 2020, Wondra …
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Craven County Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced in Excess of 28 Years

… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 NEW BERN, N.C. –A Dover man was sentenced today to 340 months in prison for … activities of Miller at his residence on Sand Hill Road in Dover. On August 14, 2014, members of the Craven County … Office executed a search. In the living room, deputies recovered hydrocodone and oxycodone pills, cocaine, electronic …
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N.C. Woman Sentenced to 10 Years for Trafficking Meth, Fentanyl and Other Narcotics

… of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which oversees the Asheville Post of Duty, and Chief Joshua Taylor … methamphetamine and other narcotics in and around Cherokee. Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement … sold fentanyl on multiple occasions, including to an undercover law enforcement officer. On July 14, 2020, law …
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Drug Trafficker Involved in Night Club Shoot Out Sentenced

… weapon at the car.  Davis struck the officer and then ran over a person who was leaving the Night Club.  This person … the car and wrecked.  Law enforcement arrested Davis and recovered the firearm from the car.  Davis had previously been … Administration (DEA), the Craven, Duplin, New Hanover, Pamlico and Wayne County Sheriff’s Offices and the …
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Convicted Felon Sentenced to 11 Years on Drug and Gun Charges

… gun charges. U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell presided over the hearing. According to filed court documents and …
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Prolific small-town meth dealer faces prison in larger wiretap case

… to 159 Alison Drive and departing. Officers pulled Grim over and found him with one ounce of methamphetamine. Grim … U.S. Attorney Leah McEwen is prosecuting the case for the Government. Questions can be directed to Pamela Lightsey, …
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Cranston Man Sentenced for Role in Conspiracy to Ship Cocaine into Rhode Island

… the direction of members of the drug trafficking operation, over sixty Priority Mail packages containing one or more …
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Corpus Man on Supervision for Firearms Charge Imprisoned for Drug Stash Found at Home

… residence. During the search, they found 389 grams of meth, over 27 grams of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, THC cartridges, …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 30 Years for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

… 1 kilogram of cocaine, 1 kilogram of heroin, and over 8 kilograms of methamphetamine (including roughly half …
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Leader of Portland Area Drug Distribution Organization Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Federal Prison

… Area and elsewhere for redistribution and sale. Over the course of the investigation, DEA agents and other …
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Jury Convicts Cartel Leader in Murder-for-Hire Conspiracy

… with co-conspirators to plan and coordinate the recovery of drugs and proceeds from the intended victim. In … to carry out the murder. The firearms included a Colt Government Model caliber .45 pistol, Trooper MKIII caliber … The sicarios were led to a vehicle and firearms in an undercover operation. Authorities apprehended all three sicarios …
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Money Launderer for Cartel Sent to Prison

… drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies spanned over the course of eight years. The conspiracy involved 39 …
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Four Members of Armed Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy Convicted Following Federal Jury Trial

… Chief U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt presided over the trial and will sentence the defendants at a later …
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Armed Methamphetamine Trafficker is Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal

… of rounds of ammunition. According to court records, over the course of the conspiracy, Creech was responsible …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Three Defendants for Trapper Creek Murders in Alaska

… May 22. The drug conspiracy resulted in the distribution of over 33 kilograms of fentanyl, 11 kilograms of meth, four …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts 10 Defendants in Large Drug Trafficking Ring in Alaska

… Alaska, in 2018 and shooting a woman in both kneecaps over drug debt. The indictment charges Quintana with …
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Dante Flowers Jr. Sentenced to 200-Month Prison Term for Drug Conspiracy and Firearm Crime

… his residence in Derby, Vermont, purportedly in a dispute over drug money. This assault internally decapitated the man … Flintroy were arrested after the shooting. Flowers Sr. recovered from the shooting and was also later arrested. … Assistant U.S. Attorney Wendy L. Fuller represented the government. Mark D. Oettinger, Esq. represented Flowers Jr.   …
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DEA New Orleans Accepting Applications for Citizens Academy

… look at the DEA mission through a series of weekly classes over a four-week period. During this time, DEA insiders hope …
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Gloucester County Man Convicted of Drug Conspiracy and Firearms Offenses

… Osorio conspired with others to distribute cocaine and over one kilogram of heroin, which was recovered from his apartment. Osorio was arrested while driving … to sell an additional quantity of heroin, which was recovered from the vehicle. In addition to the drugs recovered …
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DEA Rolls Out Operation Engage

… initiative aimed at reducing drug use, abuse, and overdose deaths.  “Operation Engage” allows participating … Centers for Disease Control show an alarming rise in drug overdose deaths, with synthetic opioids driving record-high … manufactured fentanyl, including fentanyl analogs. Overdose deaths involving methamphetamine increased almost …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… fentanyl poisoning. The memorial started with 100 photos; over the past year, Americans from across the country have …
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Houstonian ordered to prison following HPD officer shooting

… and struck Bryan. A search of Bryan’s vehicle revealed over 48 grams of meth, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, a digital …
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Idaho Woman Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute 15 Pounds of Fentanyl

… week. When she was arrested on June 7, 2022, she had over 30,000 fentanyl pills (approximately seven pounds), …
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South Carolina Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to More than 12 Years in Federal Prison

… of heroin, 70 firearms, more than $385,000 in cash, and over $800,000 in other property.  OCDETF identifies, …
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12 Defendants from 4 States Charged in Federal Meth Conspiracy

… with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine between July 2022 and Feb. …
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Manchester man pleads guilty to trafficking synthetic cannabinoids

… Manchester Police stopped Palmer and he voluntarily turned over the product he was selling.  Palmer claimed that the … noted that this drug had been associated with more than 47 overdoses in Connecticut and at least 244 overdoses in Washington, D.C. Further information is …
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Final Defendants Convicted in Complex, 20-Person Federal Fentanyl and Meth Trafficking Conspiracy

… case. U.S. District Court Judge James P. Hanlon presided over the trial. Coley and Duggar will be sentenced at a …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… for this violence.  Across the Louisville Division, which covers Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, investigators … – including three DEA fugitives, nearly 40 seized firearms, over $450 thousand in seized assets, and 37.59 kilograms of …
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Arlington Doctor and Nurse Practitioner Found Guilty of Operating a Pill Mill

… Leigha Simonton. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman presided over the trial.   Diversion Division Guilty Plea …
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Two Texas Prison Gang Members Sentenced to a Combined 50 Years are Back in Prison

… residence. He was arrested and law enforcement recovered cocaine packaged for distribution and a Ruger .357 … .40 pistol. Agents also searched Langdon’s house and recovered approximately half-a-kilogram of heroin locked in a … revealed that Flores was responsible for importing over 417 kilograms of methamphetamine from Mexico into the …