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East Hartford man sentenced to 87 months for trafficking heroin cut with horse tranquilizer

March 10, 2020
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Alexander Pena, 28, of East Hartford, Connecticut was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 87 months of...
March 10, 2020
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Springfield man sentenced to 15 years for conspiring to distribute heroin

March 10, 2020
BOSTON – A Springfield man was sentenced in federal court in Springfield in connection with his role in a large-scale drug conspiracy that trafficked dozens of kilos of heroin into Springfield, Massachusetts from Bronx, N.Y. and the Dominican Republic. Alberto Marte, 35, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after...
March 10, 2020
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Lawrence man sentenced to 40 months for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

March 06, 2020
CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Jared Gil, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court to 40 months for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and...
March 06, 2020
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New York resident supplied by Waterbury drug trafficker sentenced to federal prison

March 06, 2020
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that James Tyrone Hayes, also known as “Ty,” 50, of Newburgh, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet C...
March 06, 2020
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Dominican National sentenced to five years for fentanyl and heroin conspiracy and distribution

March 06, 2020
BOSTON – A Dominican National was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester, Massachusetts for distributing fentanyl and heroin. Erotides Mendez, 50, a Dominican National previously residing in New York City, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Hillman to five years in prison to be followed by...
March 06, 2020
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New Haven man sentenced to 6 years in prison for distributing drugs, including fentanyl pills

March 05, 2020
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Musa Hill, 47, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford, Connecticut to...
March 05, 2020
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Lowell man sentenced to 70 months for fentanyl and heroin trafficking

February 25, 2020
BOSTON – Anderson Daniel Jorge Cruz, 21, of Lowell, Mass., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In October 2019, Cruz pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute one kilogram or...
February 25, 2020
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Member of New Haven drug ring sentenced to five years in prison

February 25, 2020
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that William Claudio-Suarez, also known as “Willy,” 34, formerly of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in...
February 25, 2020
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New York man sentenced to 98 months for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base

February 21, 2020
BURLINGTON, Vt. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Kieta Armstead was sentenced in federal court on one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 28 grams of...
February 21, 2020
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Dorchester man sentenced for federal narcotics and firearms charges

February 20, 2020
BOSTON – A Dorchester, Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging operation that distributed heroin and fentanyl throughout Cape Cod. James Ramirez, 57, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to 66 months in prison and five years of...
February 20, 2020
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