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Austin Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 18 Years in Federal Prison

AUSTIN, Texas – An Austin man was sentenced in a federal court in Austin to 220 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl while in possession of a firearm, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Miguel Madrigal of the San Antonio Division and U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District...
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Columbia Man Sentenced to More than 16 years in Federal Prison for Drug Distribution

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Johnny Lee Dickerson, 45, of Columbia, has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a federal drug trafficking offense involving methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana. According to the facts presented in court, the Columbia Police Department and long with...
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Convicted Felons Sentenced to Federal Prison on Drug Trafficking and Firearm Charges Following Deadly Crash

ATLANTA - Daryl Hubbard and Carl Todd, who were previously convicted of felony drug distribution, were sentenced to federal prison after their drug dealing resulted in a high-speed chase ending in death and serious injury. “These sentences reflect the tragic consequences of illegal drug distribution,” said Jae W. Chung, Special...
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Florida Man Sentenced to Over 12 Years for Multi-State Drug Operation

NEW BERN, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Kerby Pata, 40, of Miramar Florida, to over 12 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute more than 11 pounds of cocaine and conspiracy to possess with the intent to sell more than 50 grams of meth. In August 2022, Homeland...
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Mexican Drug Supplier Pleads Guilty to Trafficking More than 170 Pounds of Cocaine in Metro Atlanta

ATLANTA – Orfael Macedo Bustos, a high-level drug trafficker who was extradited to the United States from Mexico late last year, has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in connection with the importation of large quantities of cocaine from Mexico to metro Atlanta. “International drug traffickers often believe they can...
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Cape May County Psychiatrist Admits to 17 Felonies in Illegal Prescription Case Linked to Sexual Conduct, Death, and Serious Bodily Injury

CAMDEN, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s New Jersey Field Division Towanda R. Thorne-James and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Robert Frazer announced a South Jersey psychiatrist admitted to issuing invalid prescriptions for Adderall, Vyvanse, and Xanax, and other drugs, often to his sexual partners...
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Chinese Nationals Sentenced After Pleading Guilty in Georgia Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

WAYCROSS, Georgia: Six defendants in a southern Georgia drug trafficking operation have been sentenced to prison in federal court. The sentences were imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood and announced by Margaret E. “Meg” Heap, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. They include: Chen Hui...
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Career Offender Sentenced to 151 Months for Meth Distribution

TRENTON, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of DEA's New Jersey Field Division Towanda R. Thorne-James and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Robert Frazer announced an Ocean County woman was sentenced for distributing over 1,500 pills containing methamphetamine. Denise Manco, 49, of Little Egg Harbor Township, New...
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DEA and United Against Fentanyl Announce National Partnership for Walk for Lives 2026

NEWARK, N.J. –The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and United Against Fentanyl (UAF) announced a national partnership in support of DEA’s Fentanyl Free America initiative. Walk for Lives 2026 is a coordinated series of more than 100 family-led community events across the United States on July 11, 2026. These events aim...
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Camden County Pharmacist Charged with Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

CAMDEN, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Field Division Towanda R. Thorne-James and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Robert Frazer announced a Camden County pharmacist was charged in an indictment with unlawfully distributing oxycodone, and his wife was separately charged...

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