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Indictments Unsealed Charging Four Block Gang Members And Others With Racketeering And Narcotics Conspiracies

ALBANY, NY. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration John P. Gilbride and United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced the unsealing of two Indictments returned by a federal grand jury for the Northern District of New York in Albany, New...
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Southern Indiana Indictments Charge Alleged Marijuana Traffickers

EVANSVILLE, IN. - - Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced today the culmination of a coordinated investigation into a large scale marijuana trafficking organization headed by lead defendant Freddie Joe Taylor of Vallonia, responsible for obtaining large quantities of the drug from sources in Texas, Arizona and Mexico, for...
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Puerto Rican Drug Kingpin Among Ten Charged Over $1 Million Cocaine Delivery At Times Square Hotel

MANHATTAN, NY. - John P. Gilbride, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, and Charles R. Pine, the Special Agent in Charge of the...
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North Dakota Man Found Guilty Of Meth Charges

BISMARCK, ND. - United States Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced today that, Bert M. Johnson, 50, of Williston, North Dakota, was found guilty by a federal jury in United States District Court of the following two charges: Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance Distribution of a Controlled Substance...
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Third Drug Conviction Lands Madison Man In Federal Prison For Ten Years

MADISON, WI. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Duane Thomas, 32, of Madison, Wis., was sentenced Friday, May 13, by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb to 10 years in prison without parole for possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute...
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Madison Man Sentenced For Possession Of Cocaine With Intent To Distribute

MADISON, WI. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Roman Hernandez-Ortega, 37, Madison, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 14 months in federal prison for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Hernandez-Ortega pleaded guilty to...
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Floridian Fuzz Guilty Of Hauling Cocaine Through East Texas

BEAUMONT, TX - A 51-year-old Spring Hill, Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Tony Darrell Fuzz pleaded guilty to possession with intent to...
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Second Nationwide Drug Take Back Surpasses Last Year’s Totals

CHICAGO, IL. - On Saturday, April 30, 2011, there were over 5,300 medication collection sites sponsored by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) which accepted unused, expired, and unwanted prescription drugs from community members in every state, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. The program was made possible through partnership with...
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Ten Arrests Made In Connection With Alleged Crystal City Cocaine And Heroin Trafficking

CRYSTAL CITY, TX -- - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that federal, state and local authorities have arrested 10 individuals in the Crystal City area on federal drug trafficking charges. Those arrested yesterday include: 24-year-old...
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Over $1.5 Million In Heroin Seized From A Packaging Mill In Fort Lee, NJ: Drug Workers Transported From New York City

MANHATTAN, NY. - JOHN P. GILBRIDE, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement ("DEA"), New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor BRIDGET G. (“SNC”) and Passaic County Prosecutor CAMELIA M. VALDES announced today the arrests of 10 members of a narcotics trafficking ring at a...