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Fentanyl Trafficker Found Guilty

ORLANDO, Fla . – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that a federal jury has found Juan Carlos Garcia (39, Apopka) guilty of conspiracy and possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute it. Garcia faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for...
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Two Men Admit to Drug Trafficking

CAMDEN, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced a Philadelphia man today admitted trafficking in large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia...
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Fort Myers Felon Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Federal Prison for Firearms and Drug Offenses

FORT MYERS, F l a . – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber sentenced Shauntavus Berklin (34, Fort Myers) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing firearms as a convicted felon and distributing fentanyl. The court also ordered Berklin to forfeit the firearms he illegally had possessed. Berklin had...
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Connecticut Man Faces Federal Drug Charge After Northfield Arrest

HARTFORD, Conn. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Raymond Rivera, 33, of Hartford, Connecticut, was arrested last Thursday and charged on Friday by criminal complaint. Rivera was charged with possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine on October 20...
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Convicted Felon Awaiting Trial in State Court Charged in Federal Court with Trafficking Fentanyl, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm

PROVIDENCE – A North Providence man currently on bail while awaiting trial in Rhode Island state court on drug trafficking charges, and who is also currently on probation in four separate state court cases, has been ordered detained in federal custody as the result of an unrelated FBI Safe Street...
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Bloomfield Man Guilty of Multiple Narcotics Trafficking Offenses

BLOOMFIELD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in New Haven has found KENSTON HARRY, 41, of Bloomfield, guilty of drug trafficking offenses. The trial before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton began on October 6 and the...
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California Woman Sentenced to More than Four Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

BOSTON – A California woman has been sentenced in connection with travelling across the country to deliver fentanyl to an undercover officer. Adelaida Yudit Garibay, 46, of Burbank, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf to 57 months in prison and five years of supervised...
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Career Offender in the U.S. Illegally Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison on Drug Trafficking, Firearm, and Immigration Charges

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Dominican national previously deported in 2004 following his conviction and incarceration on drug trafficking charges was sentenced to ten years in federal prison on illegal reentry, drug trafficking, and firearm charges, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Stevens Morales Rivera, 47, was arrested by members...
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DEA, FBI, and Seattle Police Seize 2 RVs Packed with Meth and Fentanyl

SEATTLE – Three significant drug trafficking groups responsible for trafficking more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine and hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills are facing federal charges tonight. Federal investigators and local law enforcement partners seized two RVs packed with meth and fake pills after they were driven from California...
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Washington Man Sentenced for Involvement in Idaho Teen's Death

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Antoinne James Holmes, 23, of Cusick, Washington, was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury and death. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Holmes to 151 months in prison and ordered that he pay...