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Stamford Resident Sentenced To Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

July 24, 2013
STAMFORD, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Dimitrios Karipidis, 54, a citizen of Greece last residing in Stamford, was sentenced today by Senior United...
July 24, 2013
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Seven Sentenced In Federal Court For Conspiracy To Traffic In Marijuana, Hashish And Ecstasy, Using The U.S. Mail To Facilitate Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

July 23, 2013
CONCORD, N.H. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced that seven defendants have been sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire following their guilty pleas to charges of...
July 23, 2013
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Two New Haven Drug Dealers Sentenced To Federal Prison

July 22, 2013
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two men involved in New Haven-area drug trafficking were sentenced today by Senior United States District...
July 22, 2013
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Cocaine, Firearms Seized; Two Arrested In South County Drug Trafficking Investigation

July 19, 2013
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, South Kingstown Police Chief Vincent Vespia and Narragansett Police Chief Dean Hoxsie announced an ongoing investigation into the alleged trafficking of crack cocaine in South...
July 19, 2013
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South Berwick Man Sentenced On Distribution Of Suboxone Resulting In Death Charge

July 17, 2013
PORTLAND, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Shawn Verrill, 23, was sentenced today in United States District Court before United States District Judge D. Brock Hornby to 71 months...
July 17, 2013
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Cocaine Courier Sentenced To Federal Prison

July 12, 2013
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Christopher Pappagallo, 40, of Vernon, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in...
July 12, 2013
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New Haven Resident Sentenced To 54 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack Cocaine

July 09, 2013
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Vincent Mescrea, also known as “Jose Jimenez,” 43, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing...
July 09, 2013
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New Fairfield Brothers Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distributing Oxycodone

July 08, 2013
BRIDGEPORT Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two New Fairfield men were sentenced today in Bridgeport federal court for trafficking oxycodone and other controlled...
July 08, 2013
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Man Sentenced To 63 Months For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

June 26, 2013
BURLINGTON,Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on June 24, 2013, Matthew Burt, 38, of South Burlington, Vermont was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment by...
June 26, 2013
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Former Hadley Man Sentenced For Drug Conspiracy

June 25, 2013
BOSTON - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division, United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz, and Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division, announced that a former Hadley man was sentenced today in...
June 25, 2013
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