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Indiana Man Sentenced to 17 1/2 Years for Meth Trafficking

May 09, 2025
… including the DEA North Central Laboratory with assistance from the LaPorte County Drug Task Force, the Michigan City …
May 09, 2025
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Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Meth Trafficking

May 07, 2025
… including the DEA North Central Laboratory with assistance from the South Bend Police Department, the Fort Wayne Police …
May 07, 2025
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Honduran and Guatemalan Nationals Sentenced for Distributing Methamphetamine

April 30, 2025
… Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov LAREDO, Texas – Two people from Central America have been sentenced for drug …
April 30, 2025
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Pocatello Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

April 17, 2025
… Ancheta and his co-defendant, Alme Otto, as they returned from a trip to Arizona on April 13, 2024. Task Force …
April 17, 2025
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Allston Man Charged With Methamphetamine Trafficking

April 06, 2025
… source conduced multiple controlled purchases allegedly from Scheipers.  Specifically, it is alleged that on Nov. …
April 06, 2025
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Two Members of Pagan’s Motorcycle Club Indicted for Shooting at Hells Angels Rival

December 17, 2021
… intent to distribute cocaine. The ammunition charge arises from a shooting that occurred in Elizabeth on Oct. 31, 2020, …
December 17, 2021
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Burlington County Man Charged with Drug and Weapons Offenses

July 26, 2021
… and an unnamed conspirator were driving separate vehicles from Arizona back to New Jersey. Both vehicles were the …
July 26, 2021
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Violent Grape Street Crips member sentenced to 30 years for murder

October 24, 2018
… Hamlet used a social media account to post a report from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office purportedly …
October 24, 2018
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“Operation Forefathers” results in 27 arrests and drug seizures in Cape May and Cumberland Counties

September 12, 2018
… the early morning hours of Sept. 11, 2018, SWAT teams from numerous law enforcement agencies executed a total of …
September 12, 2018
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Thirteen Defendants Charged in Imperial Valley Takedown of Drug Trafficking Network

September 08, 2022
… networks is a vital step in preventing dangerous drugs from entering our communities, and HSI will continue to use …
September 08, 2022
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Alleged Drug Cartel Leader Charged

September 22, 2021
… drugs, including methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl, from Mexico into the United States. In addition to …
September 22, 2021
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Alleged Drug Cartel Leader Charged

May 12, 2021
… to drug smuggling organizations who benefit the most from smuggling dangerous drugs across the border,” said …
May 12, 2021
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El Cajon Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Fentanyl Overdose Death

October 23, 2020
… resources to the opioid epidemic and stop those who profit from drug trafficking, while robbing sons and daughters of …
October 23, 2020
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Teen who recruited juveniles to smuggle drugs sentenced to 46 months in custody

August 19, 2019
… our partners to stop transnational criminal organizations from exploiting and corrupting our youth.”   The DEA, HSI, …
August 19, 2019
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Four Defendants Arrested, Charged with Selling Drugs and Guns in the Medina, NY

November 23, 2022
… court of felony drug charges and is legally prohibited from possessing a firearm. During the course of the …
November 23, 2022
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Humberto Rodriguez, aka “El Bori,” Pleads Guilty to April 2020 Murder

November 23, 2021
… striking Cabrera in the spine.  Cabrera ultimately died from the gunshot wound.  Rodriguez, 27, pled guilty to one …
November 23, 2021
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Albany Doctor Admits to Violating the Controlled Substance Act

August 09, 2021
… $50,000 to resolve allegations that on numerous occasions from 2016 through 2020, he prescribed controlled substances …
August 09, 2021
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DA Sini & DEA: Suffolk County Legislator arrested for allegedly offering to illegally supply a prostitute with narcotics in exchange for a sex act

October 21, 2020
… Island Heroin Task Force comprises law enforcement agents from the DEA, New York State Police, Suffolk County Police …
October 21, 2020
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Alabama doctor charged with additional counts of prescribing controlled substances

June 26, 2019
… controlled substances, and solicited explicit photographs from the individual. The indictment also charges Roberts …
June 26, 2019
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Final members of East Alabama drug trafficking organization sentenced

February 05, 2019
… Worldly Holstick was the leader of the DTO, which stretched from Alabama and Georgia to California. The investigation …
February 05, 2019
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Montgomery Nurse Practitioner convicted of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, health care fraud, and conspiracy

October 31, 2018
… Louis V. Franklin, Sr. The trial evidence showed that, from 2013 through 2016, Akwuba worked at Family Practice, a …
October 31, 2018
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DEA announces results of major state-wide enforcement operation

September 21, 2018
… Kees “I am thankful for all the hard work and dedication from all our state and local taskforce officers and special …
September 21, 2018
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Man Arrested on Federal Charges of Selling Fake Pills that caused Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

August 01, 2022
… Atascadero resident who suffered a fatal overdose from the synthetic opioid, the Justice Department announced …
August 01, 2022
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Sinaloa drug cartel distributor sentenced to 180 months in prison

December 12, 2019
… and money pick-ups with his Mexico-based Sources of Supply from the Sinaloa Drug Cartel.  “The coordination and …
December 12, 2019
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Heroin Trafficking Ring

May 24, 2023
… at least 30 kilograms of heroin that had been transported from Mexico to Bridgeport hidden inside motorcycles equipped …
May 24, 2023
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New Haven Man Guilty Of Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

March 24, 2023
… 2022, law enforcement made controlled purchases of fentanyl from Allick and his associate, Jourdin Senior.  On October …
March 24, 2023
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Two North Shore Men Indicted for Drug Conspiracy Involving Tens of Thousands of Counterfeit Pills

March 13, 2023
… One defendant indicted for firearm offense BOSTON – Two men from the North Shore have been indicted by a federal grand …
March 13, 2023
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Two Members of Cape Cod Heroin Trafficking Ring Sentenced to Prison for Violent Kidnapping

February 27, 2023
… 2019, as part of the conspiracy, Otero lured a known victim from Massachusetts to Rhode Island, where Otero, Cartier, …
February 27, 2023
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Drug Distributor in Fidelis Way Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

November 11, 2022
… meeting approximately 125 grams of cocaine was recovered from the vehicle. In total, Daye is estimated to have …
November 11, 2022
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Supplier And Distributor for Two Boston-Area DTOs Sentenced

September 29, 2022
… Drayton complained about drug supply shortages resulting from the pandemic. On one call, Drayton discussed a …
September 29, 2022