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DEA Seeking Art Submissions For 2nd Heroin/Opioid Art Exhibit

June 23, 2017
NEWARK, N.J. - The Drug Enforcement Administration-New Jersey (DEA) and the New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking (HIDTA) in conjunction with the Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey and the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse are seeking art submissions from the public for their 2nd Heroin/Opioid...
June 23, 2017
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Federal And State Authorities In El Paso Arrest 14 Defendants On Federal Drug Trafficking/Money Laundering Charges

June 22, 2017
EL PASO, Texas - This week, federal and state authorities arrested 14 members of the Orrantia Drug Trafficking Organization, including ringleader Mario Armando Orrantia, on federal drug trafficking charges announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Those arrested include...
June 22, 2017
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Grape Street Crips Gang Members Get 18 Years In Prison For Racketeering And Drug Trafficking Charges

June 21, 2017
NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New Jersey Division and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced two crack-cocaine wholesalers for the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips were each sentenced today to...
June 21, 2017
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Essex County, New Jersey, Man Gets 108 Months In Prison For Crack-Cocaine Distribution

June 21, 2017
NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced an Irvington, New Jersey, man who distributed multiple kilograms of crack-cocaine and powder cocaine was sentenced today to...
June 21, 2017
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Hospice Nurse Pleads Guilty To Prescription Opioid Conspiracy Charges

June 15, 2017
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Desiree Ulibarri, 31, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty today in federal court to federal prescription opioid conspiracy charges. The plea agreement recommends that she be sentenced to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 57 months followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the...
June 15, 2017
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6 “Cruces Boys” Gang Members Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking

June 08, 2017
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Federal and state authorities arrested six members and associates of the “Cruces Boys” gang this morning on federal drug trafficking charges and seized 25 firearms announced Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s El Paso Division Will Glaspy; United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Special Agent in Charge...
June 08, 2017
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Member Of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

June 08, 2017
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Yolanda Rodriguez, 50, a U.S. citizen who formerly resided in Mexico, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. Rodriguez was convicted on...
June 08, 2017
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South Jersey Man Admits To Distributing Heroin

June 08, 2017
CAMDEN, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced today a Camden man admitted distributing heroin in Camden. Jose Correa, aka “Ciego,” 45, pleaded guilty before U.S...
June 08, 2017
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El Paso Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 293 Months In Federal Prison

June 02, 2017
EL PASO - An El Paso man was sentenced to 293 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute thousands of kilograms of marijuana announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, El Paso Division. In addition to the...
June 02, 2017
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Grape Street Crips Gang Member Goes To Prison For Crack Distribution

May 24, 2017
NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced today a gang member, Ernest Valentine, aka “Bop,” who sold crack-cocaine for the New Jersey Grape Street Crips gang...
May 24, 2017
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