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Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison

April 14, 2025
NEW BERN, N.C. – A Rocky Mount man was sentenced Friday to 68 months in prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and distribution of a quantity of fentanyl. Nedall Alwan, 30, pled guilty to the charge on January 14, 2025. According to court documents and...
April 14, 2025
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Career Criminal Sentenced to 21+ Years for Meth Trafficking

April 03, 2025
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Dequan Tyrie Paton, 33, of Asheville, was sentenced to 262 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release today for methamphetamine trafficking, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Bennie Mims, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Bureau of...
April 03, 2025
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Multiple Defendants Indicted on Federal Drug and Gun Charges

April 03, 2025
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A federal grand jury in Asheville has returned multiple indictments, charging several individuals with criminal charges that include unlawful firearm possession, straw purchasing of firearms, and trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. “Protecting our communities from drugs...
April 03, 2025
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Richland County Man Sentenced for Drug Smuggling Conspiracy

March 25, 2025
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jocobia Dozier-Eaddy, 37, of Columbia, has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that Dozier-Eaddy and others were responsible for shipping and selling...
March 25, 2025
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Armed Franklin County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 19 Years

March 21, 2025
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Youngsville man was sentenced Thursday to 19 years in prison for armed drug trafficking of cocaine, fentanyl and marijuana. On June 10, 2024, Samuel McCoy Oakley, Jr., age 47, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of...
March 21, 2025
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Career Criminal Sentenced to 12+ Years for Fentanyl Trafficking and Gun Charges

March 20, 2025
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Tyrone Eugene Sitton a/k/a “Dirty,” 46, of Asheville, was sentenced to 151 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release today for fentanyl trafficking and gun charges, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Bennie Mims, Special Agent in Charge...
March 20, 2025
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Sampson County Illegal Alien Caught with 30 Kilograms and 9 Firearms Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison

March 19, 2025
RALEIGH, N.C. – A man from Sampson County was sentenced today to 17 years in prison after he was caught with 30 kilograms of drugs and 9 firearms. On November 7, 2024, Antonio Tamoya Mondragon pled guilty to his charges. According to court documents and other information presented in court...
March 19, 2025
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Doctor Sentenced for Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering

March 14, 2025
GREENSBORO – A doctor from Mt. Airy, North Carolina was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution totaling $2,049,747.47 after pleading guilty to one count of health care fraud and one count of money laundering, announced Acting United States Attorney Randall S. Galyon of the Middle...
March 14, 2025
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Hampton County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth and Fentanyl

March 14, 2025
CHARLESTON, S.C. — John Maurice Anderson, 40, of Hampton, was sentenced to more than 1o years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute high potency methamphetamine and fentanyl. Evidence presented to the court showed that beginning in January 2023 and continuing through June 2023, Anderson conspired with...
March 14, 2025
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Large-scale Cocaine Importers Sentenced to Federal Prison

March 05, 2025
STATESBORO, GA: Two men who supplied kilograms of cocaine for a major drug trafficking conspiracy have been sentenced to federal prison. Pedro Castro-Vasquez, a/k/a “Chipo,” 53, of Puerto Rico, and Sonic Torres-Garcia, 27, of Kissimmee, Florida, were each sentenced after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute...
March 05, 2025
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