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North Pole Habitual Offender Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison For Fairbanks Meth, Heroin, And Firearm Offenses

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Ray Don Groskreutz, 39, of North Pole, Alaska was sentenced to 13 years in prison on January 29, 2016, for one count of trafficking methamphetamine and heroin, and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. His prison sentence will be followed...
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Previously Convicted Felon Sentenced On Drug Charges And Firearm Possession

GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Charles Brian Curtin, 46, of Mechanicsville, Maryland today to 200 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and for being a felon in possession of a...
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Spokane Woman Sentenced To 15 Years For Role In Violent Drug Trafficking Group

SPOKANE, Wash. - - Aarayana Leigh Malcolm, age 46, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced on January 26, 2016, to a 15 year term of imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of pure methamphetamine. Following her release from custody, the court ordered a 10 year term...
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Alaska Judge Sentences Texas Man To 84 Months In Prison In Heroin And Methamphetamine Drug Conspiracy

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - - Omar Alejandro Alfaro, 37, of Texas, was sentenced yesterday to 84 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to sell large quantities of heroin and methamphetamine to Alaska based drug dealers. The conspiracy began in January 2013 and continued until October 2014. During that...
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Owner Of Marijuana ‘Dispensaries’ Convicted Of Drug Trafficking

SEATTLE - -A south Puget Sound area resident who tried to hide his illegal drug dealing behind what he falsely claimed was a ‘medical marijuana’ dispensary consistent with state law, was convicted on January 15, 2016, in U.S. District Court in Tacoma of two federal charges related to drug distribution...
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California Man Sentenced To 75 Months In Prison For Role In Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - -Tomas Gutierrez Ayala of California was sentenced today to 75 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to sell large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine to Alaska-based drug dealers. Upon being released from prison, Ayala will be on supervised release for five years. Ayala previously...
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Loudoun County To Host DEA Exhibit

LEESBURG, Va. - The national touring exhibit developed by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the DEA Educational Foundation, Drugs: Costs and Consequences, formerly known as Target America, opens on January 12, 2016 at 750 Miller Drive, SE, Suite F-1 in Leesburg, Virginia, and will be open Tuesday through Saturday, 10...
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Twelve Arrested In Major Meth & Heroin Trafficking Organization

SEATTLE - - A two year investigation of a major drug trafficking ring in King and Snohomish counties culminated in 12 arrests today following the unsealing of a grand jury indictment and filing of criminal complaints against two dozen defendants. Over the two years of the Drug Enforcement Administration led...
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Loudoun County To Host DEA Exhibit

LEESBURG, Va. - The national touring exhibit developed by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the DEA Educational Foundation, Drugs: Costs and Consequences, formerly known as Target America, opens on January 11, 2016 in Leesburg, Virginia. In this interactive exploration of the effects of drugs on both individuals and society, visitors...
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison

(GREENBELT, - Md. - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Cornelius Maurice Jackson, a/k/a “Buddy Love” and “Buddy,” age 43, of Washington, D.C., today to 11 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base. Judge...

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