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Joint Investigation Leads To Arrest Of Doctor For Selling Assault Weapons & Drugs During Course Of Murder-for-Hire Plot

April 15, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, Nassau County Police (NCPD) Acting Commissioner Thomas Krumpter announced that a joint investigation has led to the arrest of several individuals including a Great Neck cardiologist...
April 15, 2015
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Husband And Wife “Pill Mill” Operators Sentenced To Prison

April 13, 2015
TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. today sentenced Warren and Aigoul Gold to 12 months and one day, and six months in federal prison, respectively, for drug trafficking and money laundering charges. The Court also ordered a money judgment in the amount of $713,570 and forfeiture...
April 13, 2015
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Ocala Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years For Distributing Cocaine And Money Laundering

April 02, 2015
ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges has sentenced James Bryan Swoll, a/k/a “Squid,” (37, Ocala) to 10 years in federal prison for distributing five kilograms or more of cocaine and money laundering. He was also ordered to forfeit $350,000 worth of real property that was traceable...
April 02, 2015
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Nine Members Of Major Narcotics Ring Extending Throughout Manhattan, The Bronx, And New Jersey Indicted On Conspiracy And Drug-Related Charges

April 01, 2015
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. and Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson today announced the indictment of Angel Alvarez, 28, Ralph Ben Cotto, 36, and seven co-defendants for their roles in...
April 01, 2015
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Former Titusville Police Officer Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For Participating In A Drug Deal

March 31, 2015
ORLANDO, Fla. - United States District Judge Paul G. Byron today sentenced Richard (46, Viera) to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for attempting to aid and abet the distribution of cocaine. A federal jury found him guilty on January 9, 2015. According to...
March 31, 2015
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Texas Drug Source Pleads Guilty In Multi-State Cocaine Conspiracy

March 30, 2015
PENSACOLA, Fla. - Rodney D. Butler, a/k/a “Rodney Davenport,” 48, of the Houston, Texas, area, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute more than 50 kilograms of cocaine and conspiring to launder tens of thousands of dollars in cocaine-derived currency. The plea was announced today by A.D. Wright, Acting Special...
March 30, 2015
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Seventeen Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Massive Oxycodone And Heroin Conspiracies In And Around Rockland County

March 25, 2015
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James Hunt, Special Agent in (SAC) of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas Zugibe, Rockland County District Attorney, and Ed Day, Rockland County Executive, announced the unsealing of an Indictment...
March 25, 2015
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Former Hip-Hop Manager James Rosemond Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Life Plus 20 Years In Prison For Ordering The Murder Of Rap Group Associate Lowell Fletcher

March 24, 2015
NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that James Rosemond, a/k/a “Jimmy the Henchman,” was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to life plus 20 years in prison for offenses arising from his role in ordering a crew of men...
March 24, 2015
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13 Indicted In Wellsville Meth Roundup

March 17, 2015
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned three separate indictments charging 13 defendants with conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute and to distribute...
March 17, 2015
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Clay County Doctor Indicted For Distributing Controlled Substances Resulting In The Death Of A Patient

March 13, 2015
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, and James D . Robnett‎, Special Agent in Charge, Tampa Field Office, Internal Revenue (IRS), announces the unsealing of an indictment...
March 13, 2015
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