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Three Additional Defendants Sentenced In Large A-PVP Conspiracy

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On July 14, 2015, Desera Jade Allen, 27, and David Michael Stallard, 20, both of Kingsport, Tenn., were sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 151 months and 56 months in prison respectively for their roles in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution...
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Gang Leader Sentenced To 50 Years For Prescription Drug Trafficking

SPOKANE, Wash. - Arvin Terrill Carmen, 39, of Los Angeles, California, and Spokane, Washington, was sentenced to 50 years in prison following a five-week jury trial. Carmen was found guilty of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, and possession with intent to distribute oxycodone. In addition...
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Sunnyside Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Being An Illegal Alien In Possession Of Ammunition

SPOKANE, Wash. - Omar Alarcon Fuentes, 37, of Sunnyside, Washington, was sentenced on July 2, 2015, for distributing 50 grams or more of pure methamphetamine, and being an illegal alien in possession of ammunition. In the methamphetamine case, Fuentes was sentenced to a ten year term of imprisonment and a...
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Anchorage Man Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison For Drug Death Of 14 Year Old Girl

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sean Michael Warner, 29, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for one count of distribution of heroin on June 29, 2015. Warner previously pleaded guilty on September 2, 2014 to distributing heroin. At that hearing, Warner admitted to personally injecting a 14-year-old minor with heroin...
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South Carolina Man Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Shooting A DEA Special Agent

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Joel Perrin Robinson has been sentenced to eight years in prison for shooting a DEA special agent serving a search warrant at Robinson's house. Agents had obtained the warrant to search his home for chemicals used to manufacture PCP. “This investigation is a reminder of the dangers...
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Michael Ray Mangum Sentenced To 120 Months On A-PVP Charges

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Michael Ray Mangum, 43, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced on July 2, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 120 months in federal prison for his role in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in and around the Sullivan County area...
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Evelyn Jean Vickers Sentenced To 110 Months On A-PVP Charges

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Evelyn Jean Vickers, 39, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced on June 30, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to a federal prison term of 110 months for her role in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in and around the Sullivan County...
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Puyallup Man Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Hash Oil Blast

SEATTLE - A Puyallup man responsible for making hash oil for an illegal marijuana edible operation was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 24 months in prison and three years’ supervised release. Seth M. Cleek, 22, was using highly flammable butane gas to make hash oil on...
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Trafficker Sentenced For Cocaine And Money Laundering Conspiracy

NEW BERN, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Fabio Hirochi Inoue, - 40, of Anaheim, California, to 51 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess five...
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77-Year Sentence Imposed On Anchorage Man For Drug Trafficking, Kidnapping, And Using Firearms In Furtherance Of Those Crimes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Phosavan Khamnivong a.k.a. “P.K.,” 34, of Anchorage, Alaska was sentenced today to 77 years’ imprisonment following his February 2015, convictions on drug trafficking conspiracy, two kidnapping charges, and two firearm charges. “Today, the violence, fear and intimidation utilized by this defendant stops,” said DEA Acting Special Agent...

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