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Leader of White Supremacist Gang Receives 25 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Drug Trafficking and Assaulting an Officer

July 26, 2023
NEW BERN, N.C. – A self-proclaimed founder and leader of a white supremacist gang, known as the Aryan Kings (“AK”), was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for trafficking heroin and methamphetamine, illegal possession of a firearm, and assaulting a federal officer. David Milam, aka “DC,” age 39, pled...
July 26, 2023
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Indiana Woman Sentenced to 63 Months for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl

July 25, 2023
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Carissa McCoy, 42, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after...
July 25, 2023
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Indiana Woman Sentenced to 130 Months for Fentanyl Charges

July 20, 2023
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Meliki Marion, 42, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after...
July 20, 2023
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Repeat Offender and Prolific Fentanyl Trafficker is Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison

July 20, 2023
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced Gary Lee Davis, 56, of Charlotte, to 188 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Robert J...
July 20, 2023
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Iowa Man Sentenced to Nearly 11 Years for Trafficking Meth and Heroin in Northwest Illinois

July 17, 2023
ROCKFORD, Ill. — Sheila G. Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual for the Northern District of Illinois announced that an Iowa man has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine and heroin...
July 17, 2023
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Suburban Chicago Physician Sentenced to Federal Prison for Prescribing Opioids Without a Medical Exam

July 17, 2023
CHICAGO — Sheila G. Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual for the Northern District of Illinois announced that a suburban Chicago physician has been sentenced to a federal prison term for prescribing opioids to patients without a...
July 17, 2023
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Indiana Woman Sentenced to 80 Months for Meth Distribution

July 11, 2023
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana, announced that Laci Lindsey, 49, of Winamac, Indiana, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. after...
July 11, 2023
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Indiana Man Charged with Engaging in an Unlicensed Firearms Dealing Business After Selling More than 500 Guns for Over $350,000

July 11, 2023
INDIANAPOLIS - Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging David Joseph Mull, 51, of North Vernon, Indiana, on one count of unlicensed...
July 11, 2023
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Chicago Men Arrested, Charged for Drug Trafficking, Gun Crimes

June 30, 2023
CHICAGO – Sheila Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, announced that two Chicago men have been arrested and charged for narcotics and armed violence crimes. Noe Cabrera-Hernandez, 33, was charged with manufacture-delivery of fentanyl and possession of cocaine. Enrique Garcia-Alvarez, 33, was...
June 30, 2023
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U.S. Attorney Announces 17 Indictments in Fayetteville Area as Part of Ongoing Federal Violent Crime and Drug Strategy

June 29, 2023
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Today, U.S. Attorney Michael Easley, along with federal and local law enforcement, announced ongoing and coordinated efforts to address violent crime and drug trafficking in Fayetteville and surrounding areas. This effort was conducted as part of two strategic initiatives underway in the region: the Violent Crime Action...
June 29, 2023
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