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Man And Woman Admit To Their Roles In Synthetic Drug Distribution That Lead To An Overdose Death

March 28, 2018
NEWARK, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a New York man and a New Jersey woman today pleaded guilty to their roles in a cross-country conspiracy to...
March 28, 2018
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Man Sentenced Federal Prison For Role In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

March 05, 2018
TRENTON, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Norcross, Georgia, man was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for his role in an international drug trafficking...
March 05, 2018
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Man Pleads To Conspiracy To Distribute More Than 141 Kilograms Of Heroin And Cocaine

February 26, 2018
TRENTON, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a National City, California, man today pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to transport 141 kilograms of narcotics...
February 26, 2018
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Kentucky Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Methamphetamine

February 23, 2018
LEXINGTON, Ky. - James Allen Eapmon, 31, of Florence, Kentucky was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole by United States District Court Judge David Bunning for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Eapmon led a conspiracy responsible for distributing between 1.5 and 4.4 kilograms of actual methamphetamine...
February 23, 2018
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Three Charged With Capital Murder Of Ex-NFL Player: Also Charged With Heroin And Cocaine Conspiracy

February 22, 2018
DETROIT - Three individuals were charged in a six-count indictment, unsealed today, which alleges capital murder, heroin and cocaine distribution, and related firearm offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider. Joining Schneider in the announcement were Timothy Plancon, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Detroit Field Office of DEA; Jeffrey E. Peterson, Acting...
February 22, 2018
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Two Sentenced For Roles In Trenton Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

February 21, 2018
TRENTON, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced two Trenton men were both sentenced to over seven years in prison for conspiring to distribute over a kilogram of cocaine and 100 grams...
February 21, 2018
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Members Of Camden Drug Trafficking Ring Charged With Racketeering

February 14, 2018
TRENTON, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General for the State of New Jersey, announced that seven members of a major gun trafficking ring in Camden have been indicted on first-degree racketeering charges. The...
February 14, 2018
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Essex County Man Charged With Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy In Newark, New Jersey

February 09, 2018
NEWARK, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that federal law enforcement authorities today took custody of the last of seven members of a drug trafficking organization that...
February 09, 2018
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Pennsylvania Couple Charged With Distributing Fake Oxycodone Pills Containing Heroin

February 08, 2018
NEWARK, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced s man and woman from Hazleton, Pennsylvania, were charged today with conspiring to distribute heroin pills that were made to...
February 08, 2018
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Doctor Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Prescription Pills

February 08, 2018
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Jennifer Franklin was sentenced today to 33 months’ in federal prison for writing illegal prescriptions for pain killers, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced. Schneider was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Timothy Plancon, Drug Enforcement Administration and Special Agent in Charge Manny Muriel...
February 08, 2018
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