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Daytona Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Federal Drug Offense

ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell today sentenced Fortune Tyrone (34, Daytona Beach) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute over 100 grams of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack” cocaine. He was sentenced as a career offender because he has...
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West Haven Couple Charged With Distributing Heroin

(BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Alyssa Jelliffe, 21, and Christopher Fogler, 29, both of West Haven, have been charged by criminal complaint...
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Bangor Resident Sentenced To Over Three Years For Bath Salt Distribution Conspiracy

(BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Elizabeth Mikotowicz, - 26, Bangor, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to 37 months in prison and...
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Sacramento Drug Dealer Sentenced To More Than 21 Years In Prison

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - John Winton Harris, 31, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 21 years and 10 months in prison for possessing more than 163 grams of crack cocaine. According to evidence presented at trial, Sacramento police officers responded to a...
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Dozens Of Alleged Members Of Sinaloa Cartel Charged; List Includes Kingpin “El Mayo,” His Sons And Other Top Leaders

SAN DIEGO - Sixty alleged members and associates of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel - including the highest ranking leaders, lieutenants and operators of multiple distribution cells - are charged in 14 indictments unsealed today with trafficking huge quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and marijuana to points around the United States...
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Largo Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Antwon (39, Largo) to 15 years in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The Court also ordered Scott to forfeit the firearm and ammunition involved in the offense. He pleaded guilty...
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Sarasota Man Sentenced To More Than 20 Years For Drug Related Offenses

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Kewarren Lamar (44, Sarasota) to 20 years and 5 months in federal prison for distributing 28 grams or more of crack cocaine and a related violation of his federal supervised release. As part of his sentence, the Court also...
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Javier Carrillo, Aka “Cara Ancha” Arrested For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On January 15, 2015, defendant Javier Carrillo was arrested upon his arrival to the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport from the Dominican Republic. Carrillo supplied multi-kilogram loads of cocaine to the group of 10 defendants indicted on July 16, 2014, operation Voodoo Sam II, by...
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Former Canaan Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine And Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

(BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Frank Curtis, 35 - , formerly of Canaan, Maine pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to possess with...
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Connecticut Man Sentenced To Over 22 Years For Oxycodone Conspiracy

(BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Barry Diaz - , 32, of Stamford, Connecticut, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, to...