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Vermont Heroin, Crack Distributors Charged

MAY 11 - BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that federal criminal charges have been brought against three individuals accused of making their residences in Chittenden County, Vermont...
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Connecticut Heroin, Crack Dealer “Willi Mexico” Pleads Guilty

MAY 10 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Carlos Alberto Lopez-Zelada, 40, also known as “Willi Mexico” last residing in Willimantic, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District...
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Connecticut Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficker Arrested, Charged

MAY 10 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that George Kinney, 34, of Plainfield was arrested yesterday and charged in a criminal complaint with distributing fentanyl...
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DEA’s 13th Drug Take Back Event Yields Huge Results In Georgia

ATLANTA - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) thirteenth National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative held on Saturday, April 29, 2017, turned in 9,635 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the...
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DEA’s 13th Drug Take Back Event Yields Huge Results In North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) thirteenth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 29, 2017, turned in 26, 420 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount...
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DEA’s 13th Drug Take Back Event Yields Huge Results In South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) thirteenth National Prescription Drug Take Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 29, 2017, turned in 7,404 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount...
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DEA’s 13th Drug Take Back Event Yields Huge Results In Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) thirteenth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 29, 2017, turned in 24,594 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the...
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Charged With Trafficking Kilo Quantities Of Heroin In Vermont

MAY 09 - BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that a federal grand jury returned a Second Superseding Indictment charging Javier Pallamps-Fernandez, aka “Javi,” of Queens, New York...
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18 Years For Bangor, Maine Heroin Trafficker

MAY 05 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that ario Lee, a/k/a “Moe”, 42, of Bangor, and formerly of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge...
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New London Trafficker Sentenced On Heroin, Firearms Charges

MAY 04 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Gabriel Paulino, 28, of New London, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven...

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