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Scarborough Man Sentenced To Almost Three Years For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… release for these crimes. Evidence in the case showed that from at least August 2014 through April 2015, Conner was … organization that distributed oxycodone and cocaine from different locations in the Scarborough area.  Various … would obtain the oxycodone pills and cocaine from out of state sources of supply.  The drugs would then …
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New York City Man Sentenced To 27 Months In Federal Prison For Heroin Dealing

… following his prison term. According to court records, from 2014 until his arrest on June 30, 2015, Harris regularly traveled from the New York City area to Chittenden County, Vermont … of local residents and use that apartment as a base from which to sell heroin to his customers. On June 30, …
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Manchester Man Sentenced To 20 Years After Being Convicted On Continuing Criminal Enterprise Drug Charges

… drug distribution network that brought high grade marijuana from Canada for distribution in the United States.  In … cash back to Canada, the organization used proceeds from the sale of marijuana to purchase large quantities of … more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana during the period from 2008 through 2014.  They also found Nakos guilty of …
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Overdose Investigation Leads To Heroin Distribution Charges Against Waterbury Man

… distribute, and distribution of, heroin.  The charge stems from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics … revealed that the victim purchased heroin and other drugs from at least two sources in the days leading up to her … law enforcement made four controlled purchases of heroin from Weaver.  Weaver has been detained since his arrest on …
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Overdose Investigation Leads To Heroin Distribution Charge Against Waterbury Man

… to distribute and distribution of heroin.  The charge stems from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics … revealed that the victim most likely purchased heroin from Lopez in Waterbury earlier that day. Between July 5 and … 2016, investigators made two controlled purchases of heroin from Lopez.  Lopez was arrested on July 19, 2016.  At the …
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Madison Man Sentenced For Marijuana Conspiracy

… Riza pleaded guilty to this charge on October 9, 2015. From September 2012 to February 2015, Riza and six other … and distribution of as many as 19 loads of marijuana from California and Colorado to Madison.  These loads ranged …
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Organizer Of Madison Marijuana Conspiracy Sentenced To 2 A½ Years In Federal Prison

… pleaded quilty to this charge on November 17, 2015. From September 2012 to February 2015, Camara and six other … of as many as 19 loads of marijuana, ranging in quantity from five to 50 pounds, from California and Colorado to …
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Last Of 17 Defendants Convicted In Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy Is Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

… 2013, Ziegler received methamphetamine on consignment from Colin and another convicted defendant, Erica Ayala.  In … Texas, area, returning to Ayala for additional supply.  From approximately July to August 2014, Ayala received ounce …
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Federal Inmate Sentenced To Eight Years For Conspiring To Import Marijuana While In Federal Prison

… time in federal prison, arranged shipment of marijuana from Mexico to northwest Wisconsin MADISON, Wis. - ― John W. … Fierro-Rascon arranged to smuggle a shipment of marijuana from Mexico to Christopher Johnson in northwest Wisconsin. … discussing providing money for the importation of marijuana from Mexico. In June 2013, prison officials learned through …
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Waterbury Man Sentenced To 51 Months In Prison For Distributing Heroin

… In Prison For Distributing Heroin April 10, 2017 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … overdose.  Officers made two controlled purchases of heroin from Jones in March 2016.  Based on these sales, on April … conducted additional controlled purchases of heroin from Jones, and then from Alvin Lopes when the investigation …
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Jamaican Ecstasy Trafficker In Bridgeport Sentenced

… investigators made two controlled purchases of ecstasy from Fletcher. Fletcher and Stewart were arrested on … his home and seized approximately one kilogram of marijuana from a hallway closet. On February 14, 2017, Fletcher pled … felony drug conviction, which resulted in his deportation from the United States in 2003. He illegally reentered the …
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Bridgeport Man Admits Selling Heroin To Overdose Victim

… text messages revealed that the victim had ordered heroin from Norris earlier that day.  Witness interviews and … analysis revealed that the victim had purchased heroin from Norris for several months prior to the victim’s … Police Department conducted a controlled purchase of heroin from Norris in Bridgeport.  The heroin bags purchased were …
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DEA Reduces Amount Of Opioid Controlled Substances To Be Manufactured In 2017

… has reduced the amount of almost every Schedule II opiate and opioid medication that may be manufactured in the United … has decreased according to sales data obtained by DEA from IMS Health, a company that provides insurance companies … quota system was intended to reduce or eliminate diversion from “legitimate channels of trade” by controlling “the …
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Methamphetamine Distributor Convicted At Trial

… 12, 2012. According to the evidence presented at trial, from early 2011 until his arrest on October 18, 2011, Coronado sold large quantities of methamphetamine from his home, in Riverview, to lower-lever dealers, who … multiple-ounce quantities of high purity methamphetamine from Corona for purposes of distribution. Corona had …
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3 Laredo Men Convicted Of Drug Trafficking

… pleas for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic drugs from Laredo to the Dallas area via the use of tractor … and distribution of kilogram quantities of marijuana from Laredo to the Dallas area. Gutierrez was in charge of … in Laredo that the organization used at different periods from on or about September 2013 to on or about July 31, …
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Final Defendant In San Antonio-based Synthetic Marijuana Distribution Ring Sentenced To Federal Prison

… substance analogues. By pleading guilty, Wesa admitted that from March 2013 to June 2013, he and others comprised the … synthetic cannabinoids. In June 2017, Wesa was extradited from Germany to the Western District of Texas. He since has … 16 years in federal prison. Other sentences imposed ranged from five months incarceration to 150 months incarceration. …
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President Obama Announces Intent To Nominate DEA Special Agent Thomas Harrigan As DEA Deputy Administrator

… About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic Pending Approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee,Career DEA Special Agent … we continue our work of keeping the American people safe from dangerous drugs and those who traffic in them.” The DEA … dozens of U.S. citizens as couriers who smuggled heroin from Southeast Asia to Chicago. He left Bangkok in 1996 and …
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Drug Investigations Lead To Treasury Designation Of New Ansari Money Exchange

… As a result of today’s action, U.S. persons are prohibited from conducting financial or commercial transactions with … actions to safeguard the U.S. and Afghan financial sectors from abuse.” The individuals designated today include … 2010, Rahmatullah Mohammad Afzal transferred $94 million from Afghanistan to Dubai for the New Ansari Money Exchange. …
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DEA Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

… D.C. - This spring, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national and community partners will give the public … and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its partners will … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Over 5,300 Sites Join DEA Nationwide Effort To Take-Back Prescription Drugs On April 30th

… have joined the effort that seeks to prevent pill abuse and theft. This is hundreds more sites than were established … for the event last fall. The free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. Government, community, … that abuse prescription drugs often obtained them from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Americans Turn Out In Droves For DEA’s Seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… Saturday citizens turned in 647,211 (324 tons) of expired and unwanted medications for safe and proper disposal at the … have removed over 3.4 million (1,733 tons) of medication from circulation. (A breakdown of the last Take-Back Day’s … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Heroin And Methamphetamine Traffickers Ordered To Prison

… serve a 30-month-term. During trial, jurors heard testimony from several co-conspirators who detailed several instances of heroin and methamphetamine trafficking from Mexico to Laredo, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas as … government also presented numerous vehicle title histories from California and Texas as well as vehicle and passenger …
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Norwalk Man Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison For Selling Drugs, Violating Supervised Release

… and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior narcotics conviction. According to court … release, for distributing crack cocaine.  He was released from federal prison in October 2007 and began serving his … pull over Underhill’s vehicle.  Underhill accelerated away from police, subsequently crashed his vehicle into the rear …
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California Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 18 Years For Distributing Meth In New England

… to launder money, and three counts of money laundering.  From January 2010 through January 2012, Castilleja, who was … Mass.  Specifically, Castilleja obtained methamphetamine from a California-based supplier and worked with his son to …
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New Hampshire Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… regularly ordered significant quantities of oxycodone pills from two members of the conspiracy, Samuel Garcia and … individual. The intercepted telephone calls show that from June 18, 2014 through August 27, 2014, on multiple … other individual ordered in excess of 2,000 oxycodone pills from the Samuel Garcia and Jennifer Nunez. Mailhot admitted …
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Second Marijuana Grow Robber Sentenced To Long Prison Term

… SEATTLE - Ferdinand Clay, who was shot while fleeing from the robbery of a marijuana distributor was sentenced on … dealer Jason Loken.  The two men stole guns, and marijuana from Loken who had been restrained but was able to free … Clay was shot in the face, neck and hip but recovered from his wounds.  U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik also …
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Twin Falls Woman Pleads Guilty To Controlled Substance Delivery

… substances were prescription medications diverted from the pharmacy where Federer worked.  Sentencing is set … and sold bottles of controlled substance prescriptions from the pharmacy stock to another individual without a … committed a similar diversion of controlled substances from her employer pharmacy by placing in her glove box three …
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Former Mexican Mayor Gets 21 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

… selling cocaine and laundering the illegal proceeds gained from these crimes,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug … never relent in our mission to protect the American people from the scourge of drug trafficking and abuse, and bring … States court rooms.”  According to the details of the case, from 2003-2007, the (who was then living in Tucson) was the …
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Owner Of Several Clean And Sober Residential Facilities Arrested For Drug Trafficking

… drugs, including methamphetamine, heroin, and marijuana, from Rehberg.  Rehberg is prohibited from possessing firearms due to prior felony convictions as well as an active protection order from a domestic partner. The federal charges will be filed …
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Anchorage Woman Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Participation In Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

… five years of supervised release following her release from custody.  On June 29, 2016, Rangel pleaded guilty to … southern California. Rangel then enlisted a number of women from Alaska and Florida to retrieve heroin from her source of supply and carry it to Anchorage via …