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Keene Woman Sentenced To 60 Months For Drug Trafficking

October 31, 2022
… surveillance of Ms. Bosworth observed her travel by car from her residence in Keene, New Hampshire, to Lawrence, … conducted a stop of her car.  After removing Ms. Bosworth from her car, law enforcement observed a baggie containing …
October 31, 2022
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Career Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

October 26, 2022
… guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. From 2015 through 2016, Ramos distributed more than 300 … customers in Vermont. Ramos had obtained the cocaine from co-conspirator David Cruz, whom he had met while …
October 26, 2022
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Pembroke Man Pleads Guilty To Drug And Gun Charges

October 06, 2022
… a confidential informant.  Based on the evidence obtained from these controlled sales, law enforcement obtained and … home resulted in the seizure of over 390 grams of fentanyl from a safe in the defendant's bedroom.  In addition, the …
October 06, 2022
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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