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Seven Ordered To Federal Prison For Extensive Marijuana Grow House Operation

… uniformly equipped with covered windows to prevent light from coming in or interior lights shining out. The houses … electric current and also prevented the utility provider from noticing the excessively high power consumption that …
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Another Ordered To Prison In Large Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… drug trafficking organization that received marijuana loads from Mexico and arranged to transport the marijuana to the … drivers used by the organization to transport marijuana from Laredo to Dallas. He was a commercial truck driver …
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Authorities Arrest 24 In Maverick And Zavala Counties On Federal Charges

… Pass and seven in Crystal City-alleged as proceeds derived from the illegal drug trafficking activities. The indictment … judgement which represents the alleged proceeds derived from, and the value of property involved in, the criminal …
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DEA And Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announce Charges Against Senior South American Counterterrorism Figure For Attempting To Support Hezbollah

… ten kilograms of cocaine on a commercial flight departing from Suriname. Bouterse personally verified the arrangements … to assist with their applications for visas to travel from South America into the United States. In addition, in …
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Felon Pleads Guilty To Impersonating An Armed Federal Agent

… At that point, Harbison returned to his car and fled from the scene. Doraville and Dunwoody Police Officers then … Harbison’s residence and ultimately, officers arrested him. From the defendant’s residence, police officers recovered …
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Four Additional Defendants Sentenced On A-PVP (A.K.A. “Gravel” Or “Flakka”) Conspiracy Charges

… trafficking. A-PVP is a synthetic drug, primarily ordered from China, which is commonly referred to on the street as … handgun. A few months later, in early May 2014, he escaped from the Greene County Jail. In numerous jail recorded …
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Mexican Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Trafficking Black Tar Heroin

… network and oversaw all aspects of his drug operation, from production in Mexico, to smuggling the narcotics across … him in that district. Castro-Rocha’s prosecution stems from “Operation Dirty Girl II,” which is the local portion …
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Felon Sentenced To Federal Prison For Impersonating An Armed Federal Agent

… At that point, Harbison returned to his car and fled from the scene. Doraville and Dunwoody Police Officers then went to Harbison’s residence and arrested Harbison. From Harbison’s residence, police officers recovered several …
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Mexican National Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Term For Trafficking Large Quantities Of Crystal Methamphetamine

… to filed court documents and statements made in court, from at least March 2015 to May 2015, Sanchez was … into crystal methamphetamine. Law enforcement also seized from the residence several firearms, ammunition and $3,200 …
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Distributors Of Synthetic Cannabinoids Plead Guilty To Federal Charges

… to acquire quantities of synthetic cannabinoids directly from Costello. When the undercover officers expressed an … of approximately 15 kilograms of synthetic cannabinoids from Hurley and Costello on March 18, 2014, the undercover …
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Twelve Individuals Arrested In Taunton Heroin Ring

… Mejia Ramos’ organization through court authorized wiretaps from January through July of this year.  The charging … documents, Mejia Ramos purchased large quantities of heroin from several wholesale suppliers, including Soto-Peguero and …
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“Pill Mill” Operators Plead Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Charges

… March 3, 2016 in federal court to charges stemming from their operation of a “pill mill” in Opelika, Alabama.  … Division investigated the case, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Opelika Police …
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Two Central Arkansas Men Sentenced For Federal Drug And Firearms Violations

… that he located the gun underneath his seat during the trip from Little Rock to Fayetteville and that he had grabbed it … at least one prior felony conviction and were prohibited from possessing firearms. Atkins and Goston were indicted by …
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Bronx “YGz” Gang Member Sentenced To More Than 33 Years In Prison For Murdering An Innocent Bystander And Other Crimes

… a member of the Bronx-based street gang known as the YGz.  From at least 2005 to 2016, members and associates of the … of July holiday.  Moments later, while Williams was fleeing from the area, he fired gunshots at a group of bystanders, …
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Los Angeles Men Convicted In Northern New York For Running Nationwide Synthetic Drug Trafficking Ring

… the hospital or to a worse fate.  The defendants, operating from Los Angeles, made millions by spreading this poison … up shell companies, using P.O. boxes to divert attention from the warehouse where they manufactured their product, …
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Marc Henry Johnson Sentenced For Helping Drug Dealer Cover Up Role In Woman’s Cocaine Overdose

… related court proceedings: JOHNSON regularly bought cocaine from James Holder, who lived in and sold cocaine from a third-floor apartment in Chelsea.  During the night …
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Eleven Defendants Taken Into Custody Following Early Morning Roundup, A 12th Defendant Still Being Sought By Police

… or more of cocaine. The cocaine, which was trafficked from Puerto Rico, was being sold in the Buffalo area. DEA … in such behavior outweigh any benefits. Short-term profits from drug-dealing mean long-term sentences in federal …
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Methamphetamine Producers Targeted In Syracuse, New York

… to dismantle deadly threats and protect our towns from the perils of drug abuse.” Acting U.S. Attorney Grant … the Village of Endicott Police Department, with assistance from the New York State Department of Corrections and …
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Four Charged With Trafficking Heroin And Heroin Laced With Fentanyl

… defendant Haak revealed that the man had received heroin from Haak shortly before his body was discovered. Further … revealed that Haak delivered bags of heroin, purchased from defendant Tessina, to the deceased man late in the …
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Former Hip-Hop Manager James Rosemond Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Life Plus 20 Years In Prison For Ordering The Murder Of Rap Group Associate Lowell Fletcher

… court to life plus 20 years in prison for offenses arising from his role in ordering a crew of men to murder Lowell … recruited a crew of men to murder Fletcher upon his release from prison - men with whom Rosemond had developed criminal …
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Former New York City Police Officer Sentenced To 240 Months For Conspiring To Commit Robberies And To Distribute Heroin

… Department and New York State Police; with assistance from the Durham, North Carolina Police, Special Operations … Attorney Jeremy Shockett, an Assistant District Attorney from the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office. The …
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10 Arrested In Major Narcotics Roundup On Buffalo's East Side

… in 2010, the defendants conspired to obtain cocaine from sources in Columbus, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan. This … stated, “The ‘Camp Street Crew’ has been dismantled. From the top to the bottom, law enforcement has successfully …
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International Narcotics Trafficker And Money Launderer Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 20 Years In Prison

… trial, and statements made during yesterday’s sentencing: From 2006 to June 2009, Dominguez-Gabriel orchestrated an … back into Mexico where his company was based. Working from Mexico, Dominguez-Gabriel sent at least 300 kilograms …
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20 Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute Synthetic Drug “Molly”

… any period of incarceration. These prosecutions resulted from an investigation first undertaken in the Spring of 2009 … kilograms of “Molly” during the course of the conspiracy from March 2010 through April 2011. The “Molly,” believed to …
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Cocaine Drug Ring Dismantled In Albany

… twelve people on drug and conspiracy charges stemming from a five month investigation into illegal drug activity … Saratoga Springs Police requested assistance from the DEA Task Force in Albany. Task Force Agents and …
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Buffalo Man Charged With Federal Robbery Of A Pharmacy And Illegal Sale Of Oxycodone

… vaulted over a counter which separated the restricted from the public areas and proceeded to put the pharmacy … markings on the sold oxycodone coincided with those stolen from the Clinton Pharmacy on December 31, 2010. “This case …
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Mexican National Admits Growing Marijuana On Public Lands

… was arrested on Hwy 21 near Lowman, a few miles from an outdoor marijuana growing operation on Little Beaver … officers located and eradicated all live marijuana plants from these camps.  The fourth co-defendant, Mariah …
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DEA, SPD & ATF Seize Cache Of Guns In Magnolia Home

… violating a domestic violence court order and is prohibited from possessing firearms.  Hiddleston allegedly supplied the … violence protection order and therefore is prohibited from possessing firearms. Distribution of heroin is …
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Three More Arrests In Las Vegas To Anchorage Cocaine And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… U.S. Mail, or other parcel delivery services, to send money from Alaska to Hatton, Langdon, and other conspirators, in … the indictment seek to forfeit property allegedly derived from or used in the drug or money laundering conspiracies, …
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Three Life Sentences Imposed On Man Following Convictions For Drug Trafficking, Kidnapping, Using Firearms, And HIPAA Violations

… pure methamphetamine, as well as other drugs, into Alaska from California. On March 13, 2013, Seugasala, Khaminvong, … “cannot be deterred, so the public needs to be protected from you.” The fact that Seugasala committed these crimes …