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Massachusetts Man Arrested With Ten Kilograms Of Fentanyl Packaged For Distribution

September 29, 2022
… on September 26, 2022, Rodriguez hired an Uber to drive him from Lawrence, Massachusetts to a residence in Dover to … surveilled Rodriguez as he removed a toolbox and tool bag from the Uber’s trunk and carried them to the door of the …
September 29, 2022
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Norwalk Drug Distributor Sentenced To 3 Years In Federal Prison

September 23, 2022
… made controlled purchases of cocaine and MDMA (“ecstasy”) from Pounder.  On November 19, 2020, a court-authorized … Police Department.  The HIDTA Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Bridgeport Resident Office, the Connecticut …
September 23, 2022
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Lawrence Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Trafficking And Possession Of Firearms In Furtherance Of Drug Trafficking

September 21, 2022
… not applied for a license and did not purchase the handguns from a licensed federal firearms dealer. On his cellular … of numerous handguns, including one of the handguns seized from Berroa’s bedroom. United States Attorney Rachael S. …
September 21, 2022
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New Haven Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl

August 31, 2022
… of redistribution quantities of fentanyl and heroin from Clark in New Haven.  As the time of the drug sales, … by the DEA’s New Haven Task Force, which includes personnel from the DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, Internal Revenue …
August 31, 2022
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Providence Man Sentenced, Faces Deportation for Possessing Nearly 2 Kilos of Cocaine

August 17, 2022
… claiming to be Azcona, retrieved the package from the post office. He was detained as he left the post … authorities for the purpose of effecting his removal from the United States. The case was prosecuted by Assistant …
August 17, 2022
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Connecticut Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison

August 04, 2022
… Administration conducted controlled purchases of fentanyl from Saez with the help of a confidential informant.  On … key card for Saez’s room.  Agents obtained a search warrant from a federal magistrate judge for the room, resulting in …
August 04, 2022
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East Windsor Man Admits Role In Oxycodone Prescription Fraud Scheme

July 19, 2022
… made in court, Kemp obtained blank prescription paper from employees of various Connecticut medical practices.  He … co-conspirator then sold the pills to individuals suffering from opioid addictions. Kemp, Welborn and their …
July 19, 2022
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Former Doctor Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Illegally Prescribing Controlled Substances

May 27, 2022
… practitioner practicing psychiatry and neurology/psychiatry from an office located at 4 Corporate Drive in Shelton.  In … The DEA’s Tactical Diversion Squad includes personnel from the DEA and the Bristol, East Windsor, Glastonbury, …
May 27, 2022
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West Warwick Man Sentenced for Trafficking Thousands of Fentanyl Pills

May 25, 2022
… Additionally, 700 fentanyl additional pills were seized from Delsanto’s residence during a court-authorized search … Rhode Island DEA Drug Task Force is comprised of personnel from the DEA; United States Postal Service Office of …
May 25, 2022
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Waterbury Man Involved In Connecticut-To-Maine Drug And Gun Trafficking Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

May 04, 2022
… for the narcotics, Joyner received money or firearms from his customers.  On September 27, 2017, a … The DEA New Haven Task Force includes participants from the U.S. Marshals Service, Internal Revenue Service – …
May 04, 2022
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Wethersfield Man Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Trafficking Charge

May 02, 2022
… surveillance of Vargas-Gonzalez as he drove a minivan from Connecticut to New Jersey and then back to … The DEA’s Hartford Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …
May 02, 2022
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Stratford Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Heroin Trafficking Operation

March 22, 2022
… that Eddy Antonio Torres Morel was trafficking narcotics from Big Daddy’s Deli and Jamal’s Market, two stores he … made two controlled purchases of a half-kilogram of heroin from Torres, first at Jamal’s Market on October 29, 2019, …
March 22, 2022
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Grand Jury Indicts Man Accused of Selling Fentanyl that Killed Twins

November 29, 2023
… 387-5067 StLouisDiversionOutreach@dea.gov ST. LOUIS – A man from St. Louis County, Missouri, was arrested Wednesday on … Jerome McDonald said the victim who bought fentanyl from Charleston brought it home and fatally overdosed, along …
November 29, 2023
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Jury Convicts East St. Louis Man on Federal Meth Charge

November 03, 2023
… a confidential source purchased four ounces of crystal meth from Wallace in East St. Louis. Wallace’s sentencing is … in East St. Louis. DEA led the investigation with support from the U.S. Marshals Service. Drug Trafficking …
November 03, 2023
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Mexican National Sentenced to 14 Years for Meth Conspiracy, Illegally Reentering the United States

September 12, 2023
… transported approximately six kilograms of methamphetamine from a residence in Kansas City, Kansas, on Oct. 1, 2020. He … Esquivel-Alvarez had been deported and removed from the United States on Oct. 16, 2013, and was in the …
September 12, 2023
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Two Men Sentenced for Transporting Meth in Lawn Mowers' Tires

August 24, 2023
… EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A man from Arkansas was sentenced to five years and 10 months in … set up a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from a Mexico-based supplier in May 2021. The individual met …
August 24, 2023
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Meth Distributor Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison

July 07, 2023
… Alton in January 2022 while on mandatory supervised release from the Illinois Department of Corrections for unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. Officers from the Alton Police Department were conducting a traffic …
July 07, 2023
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California Man Sentenced to 70 Months for Transporting Methamphetamine in Lawn Mower Tires

April 13, 2023
… EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A man from California was sentenced to five years and 10 months in … set up a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from a Mexico-based supplier in May 2021. The individual met …
April 13, 2023
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California Man Indicted for Meth Trafficking

March 14, 2023
… 2023, when he arrived in Kansas City traveling aboard a bus from Denver, Colorado, on his way to Atlanta. Although one … had seen Ruiz-Bibian pick up a hard-sided suitcase from the luggage area of the bus, the affidavit says, he …
March 14, 2023
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Nurse at St. Louis County Hospital Sentenced to Four Years of Probation for Fraudulently Obtaining Fentanyl

March 09, 2023
… for fraudulently obtaining fentanyl for her own use. From Jan. 18, 2020 to Feb. 2, 2020, Lindsay J. Maupin, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., fraudulently obtained fentanyl from a Pyxis machine for her own use on multiple occasions. …
March 09, 2023
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Meth Dealer with Firearm Sent Back to Prison for 16 Years

February 22, 2023
… undercover DEA agent purchased 55 grams of methamphetamine from O’Leary in December 2020. In January 2021, the DEA … several other firearms. The defendant is a convicted felon from a methamphetamine distribution charge in March 2015 and …
February 22, 2023
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Arizona Meth Distributor Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

January 30, 2023
… for distribution of methamphetamine. Following his release from federal prison, Prince must complete five years of … and February 2021, just months after Prince was released from state prison for convictions of identity theft and …
January 30, 2023
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Meth, Firearm Result in 10 Years of Prison

January 03, 2023
… phones, and drug paraphernalia. Text messages retrieved from the cell phones showed that Doll coordinated the … by law enforcement officers, which he admitted was proceeds from the distribution of methamphetamine. This case was …
January 03, 2023
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St. Louis County Man Admits Possessing Methamphetamine

November 22, 2022
… 387-5067 StLouisDiversionOutreach@dea.gov ST. LOUIS - A man from St. Louis County on Tuesday admitted selling roughly a  … investigators bought 166 grams of methamphetamine from him while he was armed with a handgun. The Bureau of …
November 22, 2022
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Nurse at St. Louis County Hospital Admits Fraudulently Obtaining Fentanyl

October 27, 2022
… by fraud. Maupin, a registered nurse, admitted that from Jan. 18, 2020 to Feb. 2, 2020, while working at Mercy … in St. Louis County, she fraudulently obtained fentanyl from a Pyxis machine for her own use on multiple occasions. …
October 27, 2022
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Meth Distributer Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

September 21, 2022
… for distribution of methamphetamine. Following his release from federal prison, Brown must complete five years of … 2022. Brown was selling the drug in bulk in February 2021 from his residence in south St. Louis while on supervised …
September 21, 2022
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Hazelwood Man Admits Selling Fatal Dose of Fentanyl

August 02, 2022
… 387-5067 StLouisDiversionOutreach@dea.gov ST. LOUIS – A man from Hazelwood, Missouri, admitted on Tuesday to selling … Lake St. Louis man just hours after the man bought the drug from Jefferson at the Red Roof Inn in Maryland Heights on …
August 02, 2022
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Selling Counterfeit Pills with Fentanyl Results in 11 Years in Prison

June 02, 2022
… sentenced in federal court today for distributing fentanyl from his apartment near Liberty High School and for … that he participated in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl from March 4 to April 30, 2021. According to court …
June 02, 2022
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Springfield Man Sentenced for Heroin Conspiracy

May 18, 2022
… a kilogram of heroin in Cole, Callaway, and Greene counties from July 1, 2015, to March 27, 2018. Robinson admitted that he transported heroin from St. Louis, Mo., to Springfield. Robinson then …
May 18, 2022
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Meth Dealing and Money Laundering Results in 17 Years of Prison

April 11, 2022
… noticing numerous suspicious packages being sent to and from addresses in East St. Louis and Phoenix. During the … to court documents, Cooper admitted to receiving narcotics from Jose and Steven Angulo in 2019 and acknowledged a …
April 11, 2022