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New York City Man Sentenced To More Than 8 Years For Drug Conspiracy

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Kenneth Robinson, a/k/a “Kill”, 46, of New York, New York, was sentenced today to 100 months in prison and three years...
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Connecticut Doctor Charged With Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone, Other Controlled Substances

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Dr. John Katsetos, 52, of Fairfield, was arrested yesterday on a charge that he exceeded the scope...
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California Man Sentenced On Charges Of Conspiracy To Distribute More Than 5 Kilograms Of Cocaine And 1000 Kilograms Of Marijuana And Money Laundering Charges

CONCORD, N.H. - Jon Hagstrom, 34, of North Hollywood, California, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire 126 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and more than 1000 kilograms of marijuana, conspiracy to commit...
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Stamford Man Sentenced To More Than 5 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Eddie Hammett, 50, of Stamford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in...
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Ten Taken Into Custody For Drug Violations

CONCORD, N.H. - Ten individuals were arrested by federal, state and local authorities, announced Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney John P. Kacavas. The arrests are the result of a year-long investigation conducted by state and...
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Columbia Man Admits To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

ATLANTA - Jason Cole Votrobek and Roland Rafael Castellanos, owners of the “Atlanta Medical Group,” have been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, respectively. Both Votrobek and Castellanos were convicted on March 26, 2014, after a month-long jury trial on federal drug and money laundering charges for owning and...
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Northern District Of Georgia Targets Prescription Drug Abuse

ATLANTA - Abuse of pain medications like oxycodone continues to plague Georgia communities at epidemic levels and now accounts for six times more deaths than all of the traditional illegal drugs combined. The United States Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Georgia has enhanced its prosecution efforts on the...
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22 Indicted In Multi-State Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tenn. returned a 23-count indictment on June 25, 2014, charging 22 individuals with various offenses relating to a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of heroin and fentanyl in the Middle Tennessee area, Northern Alabama and St. Louis, Missouri, announced David Rivera...
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Atlanta Man Who Impersonated A DEA Agent Pleads Guilty To Charges Related To Prescription Fraud Scheme

ATLANTA - Jason Elledge, who schemed to obtain controlled substances from local pharmacies, has pleaded guilty to impersonating a federal officer, making false statements to law enforcement, and attempting to obtain fraudulent prescriptions. Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta Field Division commented, “DEA is...
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Anderson, S.C. Attorney Sentenced To Five Months In Prison On Obstruction Charges

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Charles Anderson, an attorney in Anderson, S.C. and a former Anderson city council member, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs to serve five months in prison on obstruction charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition...

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