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Cooperative Investigation Nets Record Methamphetamine Seizure In Pennsville

SALEM, N.J. - Salem County Prosecutor John T. Lenahan and Pennsville Police Chief Allen Cummings announce the arrest of an Oregon man and one of Salem County’s largest seizures of methamphetamine. On September 2, 2014, Juan Martinez-(AKA: Rudy A. Figueroa-Alvarado), 33 of Madras, Oregon was arrested and charged with possession...
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Essex County, N.J., Pharmacist, 15 Others, Charged With Illegal Drug Distribution

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Belleville, New Jersey, pharmacist and 15 others were charged today for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently...
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El Paso Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Participating In Las Cruces-Based Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Melchor Arroyos, 53, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 120 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special...
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Former Stockton College Police Officer Admits Distributing Oxycodone

CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a former Richard Stockton College of New Jersey police officer today admitted selling oxycodone-based pills to an undercover officer...
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Federal Jury Convicts Mexican National On Heroin Trafficking Charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal jury returned a verdict earlier today finding Miguel Bustamante-Conchas, 39, a Mexican national with legal permanent resident status in the United States, guilty on heroin trafficking charges after a six-day trial, announced U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy...
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Carlsbad Man Pleads Guilty To Federal “Spice” Trafficking Charge

ALBUQUERQUE - Phillip Larez, 33, of Carlsbad, N.M., entered a guilty plea this afternoon in Las Cruces federal court to a distribution of a controlled substance analogue charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Larez will be sentenced to a year of probation. Larez and his co-defendants, Garlan R...
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Pair Of Brothers Among Five Charged In Conspiracy To Traffic Guns To New Jersey From South Carolina

CAMDEN, N.J. - Five Camden County, N.J. men and a woman from South Carolina are charged with federal firearms violations following an investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF) that resulted in multiple arrests last night and this morning, and the confiscation of numerous guns bound...
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Staten Island Woman Admits Role In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Staten Island, New York, woman today admitted her role in one of the nation’s largest and longest...
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Santa Fe Man Sentenced To Seventy-Eight Months For Participating In Crack Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Jaramillo, 24, of Santa Fe, N.M., was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for his role in a cocaine base trafficking conspiracy. Jaramillo was one of five men who were indicted in April 2013, on federal narcotics and...
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Pennsylvania Man Sentenced To 33 Months In Prison For Role In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced today a Moscow, Pennsylvania, man was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for his role in one of...

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