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Overdose Investigations Lead To Heroin And Cocaine Distribution Charges Against Bethel Man

December 29, 2016
DEC 29 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Paul Mignani, 51, of Bethel, was arrested on cocaine and heroin distribution offenses. The...
December 29, 2016
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Fentanyl And Heroin Distributor Pleads Guilty

December 28, 2016
DEC 28 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Emily Gray Rice, United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, announced that Luis Martin Carvajal Gonzalez, also known as Wilfredo Laboy, pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl...
December 28, 2016
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Eight Years For New Haven Heroin Trafficker

December 22, 2016
DEC 22 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Elio Delima, also known as “Victor Cuevas” and “Ely,” 39, of New Haven, was sentenced by...
December 22, 2016
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Former Law Enforcement Official Sentenced To 25 Years For Drug Trafficking

December 21, 2016
McALLEN, Texas - A former Drug Enforcement (DEA) task force officer/Mission Police Department investigator has been sentenced for his convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S...
December 21, 2016
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Investigation Leads To Sentencing Of Significant Connecticut Cocaine Trafficker

December 21, 2016
DEC 21 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that Tyshawn Welborn, also known as “Black,” 38, of Bloomfield, Connecticut was sentenced by U.S. District...
December 21, 2016
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UH Professor Convicted In Relation To Massive Synthetic Narcotics Case

December 20, 2016
HOUSTON - A 37-year-old resident of Sugar Land has entered a guilty plea to aiding and abetting an unlicensed money transmitting business, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Law enforcement identified Omar Al Nasser during a multi-year, multi-agency...
December 20, 2016
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Mexican Man Sentenced For Roles In Drug Trafficking/Money Laundering Conspiracies Dating Back To 2002

December 20, 2016
HOUSTON - Richard Garcia-Sanchez, 42, a member of a drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating out of Mexico from 2002-2008 has been ordered to federal prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Garcia-Sanchez, of Mexico City, Mexico...
December 20, 2016
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Ledyard Man Who Distributed Heroin Involved In Overdose Death Pleads Guilty

December 20, 2016
DEC 20 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Timothy Paprocki, 33, of Ledyard, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to...
December 20, 2016
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New Haven Man Sentenced To Nearly Seven Years In Federal Prison For Role In Heroin Distribution Ring

December 20, 2016
DEC 20 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Victor Rivera, 44, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Victor A...
December 20, 2016
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Several Charged With Trafficking Marijuana For Cartel Members In Mexico

December 16, 2016
McALLEN, Texas - A total of nine people are in custody following law enforcement actions in multiple cities that began on Thursday involving a drug trafficking organization operating throughout South Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Those...
December 16, 2016
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