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Former Somerville Man Sentenced for Distributing Methamphetamine and Illegally Possessing a Firearm

August 11, 2022
… with Gribaudo and Stout to purchase the methamphetamine from Greenberg and distributed the narcotics in the Boston area. In April 2019, a parcel mailed from Phoenix and addressed for delivery to Stout was …
August 11, 2022
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Two Face Federal Drug Charges After Multi-Agency Search in Montpelier

August 08, 2022
… conducted a controlled purchase of cocaine base from Kuncz on June 23, 2022 in Berlin, Vermont.  Thereafter, … F-150, and a search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure from under the driver’s seat of a Smith & Wesson .40 caliber …
August 08, 2022
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Boston Man Arrested In Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills Conspiracy

July 08, 2022
… pills are manufactured to look like regular prescriptions from a pharmacy, but beneath that disguise is a deadly … of fentanyl in our Commonwealth and remove drug traffickers from our communities.” “DEA is committed to investigating …
July 08, 2022
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Four Windsor Men Charged With Trafficking Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl

July 05, 2022
… pills containing fentanyl, and other controlled substances, from a source of supply on the west coast of the U.S., and … The DEA Tactical Diversion Squad is composed of personnel from the DEA and the Watertown, East Windsor, Manchester, …
July 05, 2022
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Brockton Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Role in South Shore Drug Distribution Ring

June 15, 2022
… base and marijuana throughout southeastern Massachusetts from a base of operations at their family home in Brockton … revealed that they conspired to distribute marijuana from the Brockton base, where in October 2018, an …
June 15, 2022
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Two Face Federal Drug Charges After Multi-Agency Enforcement Operation in Washington, Vermont

May 13, 2022
… controlled purchases of heroin/fentanyl and cocaine base from LeClair at her residence.  LeClair used her Facebook … traffickers distributing heroin/fentanyl and cocaine base from Emmons’ residence.  Emmons was present during multiple …
May 13, 2022
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Two Dominican Nationals Charged With Trafficking Massive Quantity Of Fentanyl

March 23, 2022
… Rosario is also charged with a firearm offense stemming from his possession of several assault rifles and other … by the DEA’s Hartford Task Force, which includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …
March 23, 2022
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Arizona Gear Up for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 29, 2022
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  This event offers anonymous disposal … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. “I encourage everyone across …
October 29, 2022
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Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 70 Months for Unlawful Drug Distribution

March 01, 2024
… In previously pleading guilty, Simonson admitted that from at least January 2020 through October 2022, she … and HHS-OIG investigated the criminal case, with assistance from the New York State Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement.  …
March 01, 2024
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Couple Charged with Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

February 07, 2024
… and 50 times more potent than heroin as an analgesic.  From 2011 through 2021, fatal overdoses associated with … 2,600 drug overdose deaths each year in 2011 and 2012, but from 2013 through 2021, the number of drug overdose deaths …
February 07, 2024
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10 Members of Crack/Fentanyl Distribution Organization Arrested in Niagara Falls

December 21, 2023
… Operation Overdrive to address crime and violence stemming from drug trafficking networks nationwide.  DEA and our law … safer and healthier.  I commend the men and women from all the agencies involved in this investigation for …
December 21, 2023
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Three Men Indicted for Operation Bronx Fentanyl Mill; $300K in Drugs, Loaded Gun Recovered

November 27, 2023
… 720-431-8836 Fentanyl Mill.JPG Drugs, Gun and Cash Seized from Fentanyl Mill BRONX, N.Y. - Bronx District Attorney …
November 27, 2023
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U.S. Attorney Discusses Anti-Gun Violence Efforts, Announces Indictment of Defendant Allegedly Involved in Murder of Rochester Police Officer

June 21, 2023
… intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana from various drug houses they operated in the City of … resulted in more than 100 illegal firearms being removed from the community. Most importantly, these efforts have …
June 21, 2023
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

May 25, 2023
… Long Island Doctor Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Illegal … as well as patients who had just been discharged from a hospital following an overdose. In addition, Parasmo …
May 25, 2023
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Massachusetts Man Convicted of Trafficking Four Tons of Cocaine Hidden Inside Furniture

December 20, 2022
… June 2019, the DTO sent approximately 27 shipments of cargo from Puerto Rico to the continental United States.  The … At times, Montilla drove straight through the night from Massachusetts to Florida to be present for a cocaine …
December 20, 2022
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Long Island Medical Doctor Charged with Illegally Distributing Oxycodone Pills

December 14, 2022
… Peace. “This Office will continue to protect our community from bad actors who flood our streets with dangerous drugs, … made hundreds of thousands of dollars a year cash solely from the cash payments made by patients to obtain their …
December 14, 2022
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Two New York Men Charged for Conspiracy to Distribute 110 Kilograms of Cocaine

June 27, 2022
… Medina-Fabian. Velez-Pena transferred multiple duffle bags from his tractor-trailer to Medina-Fabian, who then placed … Subsequent to receiving consent to search the SUV from Medina-Fabian, law enforcement recovered several duffle …
June 27, 2022
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Newly Appointed Head of DEA New York Division Reports for Duty

April 25, 2022
… imperative role of prevention and education in saving lives from the consequences of drug abuse.  In March, 2022, DEA … in order to save lives.   Mr. Tarentino graduated in 1993 from Norwich University, the Military College of Vermont …
April 25, 2022
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Buffalo Man Going to Prison for Selling Fentanyl that Led to Five Deaths

June 25, 2021
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … the course of the investigation, law enforcement officers from the Amherst, Lancaster, and the Buffalo Police … 11 controlled purchases of fentanyl and butyryl fentanyl from Robert Moore. Robert Moore was arrested on March 16, …
June 25, 2021
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Syracuse man sentenced to more than six years in prison on federal drug trafficking charges

September 24, 2020
… three-year term of supervised release following his release from prison, and to forfeit $12,000 in proceeds from his drug trafficking activity.  Fowler was charged …
September 24, 2020
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CBL/BFL gang member who participated in multiple attempted murders of rival gang members going to jail for 19 years

June 08, 2020
… Lackawanna Police responded and found M.S. deceased from an apparent drug overdose. Officers found drug related … a controlled purchase of crack cocaine and butyryl fentanyl from the defendant.  As officers attempted to arrest Rice, …
June 08, 2020
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Three charged in federal murder, drug conspiracy, and firearm indictment

February 14, 2020
… of methamphetamine and firearms possession stemming from those arrests have been dismissed following the federal … of Barstow, California Police Department, with assistance from the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms …
February 14, 2020
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Indictment unsealed in Brooklyn federal court charging an associate of a Sinaloa Cartel leader with drug-trafficking conspiracy and firearms crimes

February 10, 2020
… heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine distribution conspiracy from February 2015 through June 2018, and an international marijuana distribution conspiracy from January 1980 through June 2018, as well as using …
February 10, 2020
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Man and woman arrested, charged with obstruction involving overdose heroin death

November 14, 2019
… complaint further states a review of security video footage from Dec. 28, 2018, shows defendant Yeates in a red pick-up … she went to Snyder Industries to pick up a debit card from Toth and denied supplying heroin to Toth. On Jan. 23, …
November 14, 2019
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Fentanyl and oxycodone trafficker sentenced to 235 months in prison in Buffalo, N.Y.

May 21, 2019
… prescriptions in his own name, and in the names of others, from co-defendant Brandon Coburn, a former nurse … also be paid for writing each prescription.   In total, from July 2013 to May 2015, 253 prescriptions were issued by …
May 21, 2019
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Buffalo man sentenced for selling synthetic marijuana as a result of a DEA New York and DEA Los Angeles investigation

February 19, 2019
… agreement, Al-Arashi forfeited more than $290,000 seized from various of his bank accounts as well as a 2012 Toyota … real or synthetic—remain federal crimes; and (2) proceeds from the manufacture and distribution of marijuana remain …
February 19, 2019
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“BMB” Street gang member sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for murder of Bronx teenager and other racketeering crimes

October 30, 2018
… more than 27 years in prison for murder of Bronx teenager and other racketeering crimes October 30, 2018 New York … offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … on East 232nd Street in the Bronx.  Mitchell obtained a gun from fellow BMB member Donque Tyrell, aka “Polo Rell,” then …
October 30, 2018
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Sampson County Illegal Alien Caught with 30 Kilograms and 9 Firearms Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison

March 19, 2025
… Sampson County Illegal Alien Caught with 30 Kilograms and 9 Firearms Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison March 19, … Methamphetamine Cocaine Splatter.jpeg RALEIGH, N.C. – A man from Sampson County was sentenced today to 17 years in … and conducted controlled purchases of pure methamphetamine from him on three occasions.  The investigation culminated …
March 19, 2025
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Three Men Indicted, Nearly 1,400 Pounds of Methamphetamine Seized, and Two Methamphetamine Labs Dismantled

March 17, 2025
… seized. Additionally, law enforcement recovered 11 firearms from an individual who attempted to conceal them following … by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from the Sacramento Sheriff’s Office, Sacramento Area …
March 17, 2025
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Two Men Charged with Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine into Waterbury

March 11, 2025
… Two Men Charged with Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine into Waterbury March 11, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … California and, later that day, attempted to mail a package from Monterey Park to Connecticut.  Investigators seized the …
March 11, 2025