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13 Correctional Officers Among 25 Alleged BGF Gang Members And Associates Indicted On Federal Racketeering Charges

April 25, 2013
BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury returned a racketeering indictment charging 25 individuals, including 13 correctional officers with the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, for conspiring to run operations of the Black Guerilla (BGF) gang inside correctional facilities. All 25 defendants also are charged with conspiracy to...
April 25, 2013
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Former Alexandria Doctor Receives 70 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Oxycodone

April 25, 2013
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Larren Wade, 55, of Venice, Fl., a former doctor who had a medical practice in Alexandria, Va., was sentenced to 70 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute oxycodone. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of...
April 25, 2013
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Temple Hills Drug Dealer Sentenced To 27 Years In Prison

April 01, 2013
Distributed at least 3 kilograms of PCP over the course of the drug conspiracy GREENBELT - , Md. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Samuel Braxton, age 44, of Temple Hills, Maryland, today to 27 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to...
April 01, 2013
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Upper Marlboro Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Distribution Of Crack Cocaine

March 29, 2013
GREENBELT - , Md. - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Weldon Emanuwell Gordon, age 35, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney...
March 29, 2013
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PCP Dealer Sentenced To Over 19 Years In Prison

March 12, 2013
GREENBELT - , Md. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus, Jr. sentenced Rashard Wilson, age 22, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, today to 235 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute (PCP), crack cocaine and heroin. Judge...
March 12, 2013
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Former Alexandria Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Distribute Oxycodone

February 12, 2013
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Larren Wade, 55, of Venice, Fla., a former doctor who had a medical practice in Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute oxycodone. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington...
February 12, 2013
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Former Law School Student Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Methamphetamine

February 08, 2013
WASHINGTON - Marc A. Gersen, 31, a former law school student, was sentenced today to a four-year prison term for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in the Washington, D.C. area, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police (MPD). Gersen, of Washington, D.C...
February 08, 2013
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Eighteen Defendants Charged With Operating A Large Scale Drug Organization In Anne Arundel And Howard Counties

January 16, 2013
BALTIMORE - Eighteen defendants alleged to be part of a large drug trafficking organization operating in Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland; New Jersey; and California, have been charged in connection with distributing large amounts of marijuana, diverted pharmaceuticals, steroids, cocaine and other controlled substances. Approximately 250 law enforcement agents...
January 16, 2013
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Hyattsville Man Sentenced For Selling Misbranded Prescription And Non-Prescription Drugs

January 08, 2013
GREENBELT - , Md. - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams Jr. sentenced Luis Alberto Jimenez, 33, formerly of Hyattsville, Maryland, today to 10 months incarceration, with five months of that being home detention with electronic monitoring, followed by two years of supervised release, for selling misbranded, non-FDA approved prescription and...
January 08, 2013
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Retired Colombian Police General Sentenced To 13 Years For Conspiring To Provide Material Support To Terrorists

December 14, 2012
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mauricio Santoyo Velasco, 53, ofColombia, was sentenced today to 13 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to provide material support and resources to the United Self-Defense Forces of (AUC), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for...
December 14, 2012
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