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Largo Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

January 16, 2015
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...
January 16, 2015
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Member Of Large Scale Pensacola Cocaine Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Federal Prison

January 12, 2015
PENSACOLA, Fla. - Victor D. Rome, 39, from the Pensacola area, was sentenced in federal court today on drug trafficking conspiracy charges. Rome was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge M. Casey Rodgers to 280 months’ imprisonment and 10 years of supervision upon his release. Rome’s indictment was part...
January 12, 2015
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Jury Convicts Titusville Police Officer For Federal Drug Crimes

January 12, 2015
ORLANDO, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that a federal jury has found Richard (45, Viera) guilty of attempting to help distribute one kilogram of cocaine...
January 12, 2015
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Pinellas Pain Management Doctor Indicted For Distributing Controlled Substances Outside Usual Course Of Professional Practice, Which Resulted In Deaths Of Patients

January 07, 2015
TAMPA, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce the unsealing of an indictment charging (Dr.) Edward Neil Feldman, M.D. (75, Tampa) and his wife, Kim Xuan (65...
January 07, 2015
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Three Members Of Mexican Cartel Sentenced To Prison For Conspiracy Involving Liquid Methamphetamine

January 06, 2015
ATLANTA - Three drug traffickers have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine stemming from their roles in the delivery of liquid methamphetamine to residences in Austell, Ga., and Mableton, Ga. “Methamphetamine continues to ravage many communities in our nation,” said John...
January 06, 2015
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Last Of 18 Members Of Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Sentenced On Drug Charges

December 24, 2014
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The last of 18 members of a methamphetamine trafficking organization was sentenced on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, to 46 months on drug charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Angela Leigh Wike, of Bryson City was also ordered to serve...
December 24, 2014
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Cherokee, N.C. Man Sentenced More Than Nine Years In Prison In Connection With Oxycodone Distribution Ring

December 22, 2014
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger today sentenced Jackie Lee Rattler, 55, of Cherokee, N.C. 108 months in prison on drug trafficking conspiracy charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Rattler was also ordered to serve three years under court supervision...
December 22, 2014
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 33 Years In Prison

December 22, 2014
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Pedro Oscar Dieguez, a/k/a “The Cuban,” was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney to serve 400 months in prison and five years of supervised release on cocaine trafficking and related charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North...
December 22, 2014
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Orlando Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years

December 18, 2014
ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp has sentenced Garry (48, Orlando) to 15 years in federal prison for cocaine trafficking. The Court also ordered him to forfeit approximately $611,613, two automobiles, and his home on South Buena Vista Avenue in Orlando, all of which were either...
December 18, 2014
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Honduran Nationals Charged With Drug Trafficking Arrived In South Florida After Being Extradited

December 18, 2014
MIAMI - Two Honduran nationals were extradited from Honduras to the United States as a result of their alleged participation in a large-scale drug trafficking organization that operates in the western portion of Honduras. These individuals allegedly knew that the large amounts of cocaine they were trafficking would end up...
December 18, 2014
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