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Guatemalan national living in Rhode Island sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for trafficking heroin

April 09, 2019
HARTFORD, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced that Mario Recinos, 27, a citizen of Guatemala last residing in Central Falls, R.I., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P...
April 09, 2019
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New York man sentenced to 130 months for crack, heroin, and fentanyl trafficking

April 04, 2019
BANGOR, Maine – United States Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Frankie Dejesus, 29, of Rochester, N.Y., was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 130 months in prison and...
April 04, 2019
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New York City man sentenced to 135 months for drug distribution

April 04, 2019
BANGOR, Maine – United States Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Ambrose Wan, a/k/a “Ambrose Won,” a/k/a “Bruno,” 34, of New York, N.Y., was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr...
April 04, 2019
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Mexican National pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking charge

April 02, 2019
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – United States Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced that Jaime Lopez, 37, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor...
April 02, 2019
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Florida man sentenced to 84 months in prison for trafficking multiple kilos of cocaine into Rhode Island

April 02, 2019
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The second of two Florida men charged with participating in a conspiracy to, on multiple occasions, traffic multi-kilogram shipments of cocaine through the U.S. Postal Service from Puerto Rico into Rhode Island has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison. Gabriel Concepcion, 29, of Kissimmee, Fla...
April 02, 2019
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Milton woman arrested for running multimillion-dollar black market marijuana enterprise

April 02, 2019
BOSTON – A Milton woman was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with her ownership and management of Northern Herb, a black-market marijuana delivery service that operated in Massachusetts from 2015 to 2018. Deana Martin, 51, was charged with one count of conspiring to distribute...
April 02, 2019
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Rochester man sentenced to 63 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

April 02, 2019
CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Dennis Chaney, 31, of Rochester, was sentenced to 63 months in prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and statements made in...
April 02, 2019
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Pembroke woman sentenced to 72 months for participating in methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy

April 02, 2019
CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Katie Jo Waters, 29, of Pembroke, was sentenced on Tuesday to 72 months in federal prison for participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents...
April 02, 2019
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Armed Pawtucket heroin dealer sentenced to over five years in prison

March 27, 2019
PROVIDENCE , R.I. – An armed Pawtucket heroin dealer was sentenced to five years and one day in federal prison, announced BEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle, United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman and Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves. Leoner J. Leonardo, 23, was arrested...
March 27, 2019
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Dominican national pleads guilty in conspiracy to transport 1600 kilograms of cocaine from South America to the United States

March 27, 2019
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced that Arrinson De La Cruz, 39, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall...
March 27, 2019
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