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32 Kilograms of fentanyl worth $28.8 million seized and two Dominican Nationals arrested for trafficking

BOSTON – Two Dominican nationals were arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with fentanyl trafficking in connection with the seizure of approximately 32 kilos of fentanyl with an alleged street value of $28.8 million. A firearm and $20,000 were also recovered. Angel Javier Morell-Oneill, 33, a Dominican...
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Two South Denver pharmacists plead guilty to felony charges of illegally distributing opioids

DENVER – Stanley (Stan) G. Callas, age 66, of Parker, and Scott Alan Eskanos, age 63, of Highlands Ranch, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to charges related to the illegal dispensing and distribution of controlled substances, U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and DEA Denver...
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Large Metro Denver cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking organization members indicted and arrested

DENVER – During an early raid the morning of Oct. 18, 2018, more than 100 law enforcement officers arrested members of two separate but related drug trafficking organizations, U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, FBI Denver Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Janeen Diguiseppi, DEA Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Tim...
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Connecticut man sentenced to over 11 years for drug trafficking and attempt to destroy body of murder victim

HARTFORD, Conn – Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Maurice Wearing, 29, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 140...
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Dozens arrested in and around City of Lawrence as part of Project Safe Neighborhood Sweep

BOSTON – Dozens of individuals were arrested today on federal drug, firearms, and immigration offenses, as well as state warrants. In addition, 13 criminal aliens were arrested and will be processed administratively. The sweep, netting more than 35 criminals in and around the City of Lawrence, MA, is part of...
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New York man sentenced to 14 years for heroin and crack cocaine distribution

BURLINGTON, Vt – Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and United States Attorney for the District of Vermont Christina Nolan announced that Michael Brockenbaugh, 37, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Christina Reiss, to a 14-year...
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Retired nurse sentenced to five years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Christine Miles, 59, of Windsor Locks, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven...
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Washington man sentenced to over 12 years in prison for meth offense

MISSOULA, Mont., - Salomon Mejia Preciado, a 36-year-old resident of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Preciado pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Preciado is a former federal felon and was prosecuted in the Eastern District...
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Newport man sentenced for conspiring to distribute heroin

BANGOR, Maine - Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and United States Attorney for the District of Maine Halsey B. Frank announced that Todd Shorey, 54, of Newport, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Senior Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr...
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New York man sentenced to 10 years for conspiring to distribute heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine

BANGOR, Maine – Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminitsration’s New England Division and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank for the District of Maine announced that Denton Worrell, aka “Lil D,” 21, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by...