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Chicago Man Indicted On Murder Related To Danville Drug Trafficking

URBANA, IL. - A Chicago man serving a 25 year federal prison term for his role in a cocaine and crack cocaine distribution conspiracy is now facing murder charges. A federal grand jury has charged Freddell Bryant, age 33, also known as “Freddy Moe,” of Chicago, with three counts of...
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Drug Conspiracy Lands Evansville Man With 10-Year Prison Sentence

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, announced today that Gerald Fuqua, 31, of Evansville, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by United States District Chief Judge Richard L. Young. The sentencing followed Fuqua’s earlier guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute...
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Machine Gun Possession And Distribution Of Explosives Leads To 12½ Year Prison Term

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - United States District Court Judge Paul A. Magnuson sentenced Wesley Noah Banks, 50, a resident of Savage, to 151 months in federal prison on July 20, 2011. Banks was sentenced after his March 24, 2011, guilty plea of one count of illegal possession of a machine gun...
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Six Arrested In El Paso/Alpine Portion Of Project Delirium

EL PASO, TX -- - DEA-El Paso Division, Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney John E. Murphy and announced that six individuals believed to have ties to the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel are in custody based on federal charges filed in west Texas. In...
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El Paso Division Arrests For Project Delirium

EL PASO, TX -- - EL PASO, Texas -The Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced the results of Project Delirium, a 20-month series of investigations nationwide targeting the La Familia Michoacana cartel. DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart announced the results of the largest strike against La Familia in the United States...
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Thirteen Facing Federal Charges For Trafficking Heroin

ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- - DEA-El Paso Division, Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales for the District of New Mexico announced that thirteen defendants have been charged with federal heroin trafficking offenses based on an investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), the New...
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Madison Man Sentenced To 15 ½ Years For Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin

MADISON, WI. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dwayne Johnson, 36, previously of Madison, was sentenced on July 19, 2011, by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin...
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Federal Prison Sentences Handed Down In El Paso In Connection With Horizon City Kidnapping/Murder Investigation

EL PASO, TX -- - Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of DEA’s El Paso Division, and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that in El Paso this afternoon, Senior US District Judge David Briones sentenced 23-year-old Cesar Obregon-Reyes, a Mexican citizen residing in Tornillo, Texas, to life...
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Five Residents Of Valencia And Socorro Counties Arrested On Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charges

ALBUQUERQUE, NM - DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales announced that on June 30, 2011, five defendants who reside in Valencia and Socorro Counties were arrested on federal methamphetamine trafficking charges. The defendants, who are charged in criminal complaints, were arrested...
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Multiple Arrests For Federal Drug Conspiracy And Firearms Charges Announced

MILWAUKEE, WI. - The unsealing of indictments charging 17 individuals with various drug-trafficking and firearms offences was announced by the United States Attorney James L. Santelle yesterday. The defendants are charged with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Several of the defendants are alleged to be members...