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Pilot Charged For His Role In International Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

September 06, 2017
NEWARK, N.J. - A Ringwood, New Jersey, man appeared in federal court today to face cocaine distribution, money laundering, and other conspiracy charges associated with his role in a scheme to import large quantities of cocaine from Guyana to New Jersey and New York, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick...
September 06, 2017
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DEA Seizes Over 30 Kilos Of Heroin And Cocaine And $1Million In West Michigan Investigation

September 04, 2017
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that his office sought, and U.S. Magistrate Judge Phillip J. Green issued last Friday and earlier today, arrest warrants for 18 separate defendants charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine in the areas of Grand Rapids...
September 04, 2017
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Ohio Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Federal Prison For Leading Heroin Distribution Ring

August 31, 2017
COLUMBUS, Ohio - David McShan, 39, of Steubenville, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 74 months in prison and eight years of supervised release for his role in running a Steubenville-area heroin-trafficking ring. McShan and his brother, Frederick A. McShan, 37, were each convicted following a weeklong jury...
August 31, 2017
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$1 Million Worth Of Methamphetamine Secreted In Candles Seized And Five People Arrested

August 30, 2017
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of...
August 30, 2017
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Members And Associates Of Violent Bronx Street Gang Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Racketeering And Firearms Offenses

August 29, 2017
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Police Commissioner of the City of New (NYPD) announced the unsealing today of an...
August 29, 2017
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14 Members Of Bronx Drug Trafficking Organization Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

August 22, 2017
MANHATTAN, NY - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Police Commissioner of the City of New (NYPD), and George P. Beach II, the Superintendent...
August 22, 2017
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Anthony Vita Receives Fifteen-Year Prison Sentence In Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Death

August 22, 2017
SYRACUSE, NY - Anthony Vita, 37, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 15 years in prison for distributing a controlled substance, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant Jaquith and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA). The...
August 22, 2017
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Suburban Detroit Doctor Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Distribution Of Prescription Pills

August 18, 2017
DETROIT - Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced that a physician who practiced in Oak Park, Michigan, pled guilty on August 16th, 2017, to writing prescriptions for oxycodone without medical justification. Lemisch was joined in the announcement by Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S...
August 18, 2017
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DEA Announces “360 Strategy” In Dayton, Ohio To Address Opioid Epidemic

August 17, 2017
DAYTON, Ohio - The DEA announced today that Dayton will be the next “360 Strategy” city to take part in a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention effort that’s designed to assist communities dealing with the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic. Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s Detroit...
August 17, 2017
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Marc Henry Johnson Sentenced For Helping Drug Dealer Cover Up Role In Woman’s Cocaine Overdose

August 15, 2017
MANHATTAN, NY - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC HENRY JOHNSON was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for helping cover up a drug dealer’s narcotics offense by moving a woman’s body out of...
August 15, 2017
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