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Green Bay Woman Sentenced to 8 Years for Trafficking Fake Pharmaceutical Pills Laced with Fentanyl

August 23, 2023
MILWAUKEE - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Milwaukee, and U.S. Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Aug. 21, 2023, Senior U.S. District Court Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced Marianna KJ Zimmer, 20, of Green Bay, Wisconsin...
August 23, 2023
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10 Individuals Charged for Drug Trafficking in the South Side of Chicago

August 23, 2023
CHICAGO — Sheila G. Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual for the Northern District of Illinois announced charges against 10 individuals for allegedly trafficking fentanyl and other drugs on the South Side of Chicago. The multi-year investigation...
August 23, 2023
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Jamestown Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy for His Role in Narcotics Ring Operating in Jamestown and Buffalo

August 23, 2023
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Brian Cessna, 63, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of...
August 23, 2023
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California Men Stopped on I-55 Charged with Trafficking over 100 Kilos of Cocaine

August 22, 2023
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Todd Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that two California men, David Dowling-Chacon, 41, and Luis Dukes-Acosta, 38, have been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with...
August 22, 2023
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Dealer of Fentanyl-Laced Heroin That Resulted in the Overdose Death of Actor Michael K. Williams Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

August 18, 2023
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Irvin Cartagena, a/k/a “Green Eyes,” was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and fentanyl analogue. As part of the conspiracy, Cartagena distributed the fentanyl-laced...
August 18, 2023
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Indiana Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years for Trafficking Meth Imported from Mexico

August 17, 2023
INDIANAPOLIS - Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Robert Solomon, 38, of Anderson, Indiana, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent...
August 17, 2023
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North Carolina Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Meth Trafficking

August 17, 2023
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Keith Wigfall, 57, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty on...
August 17, 2023
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Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 10 Years for Meth Trafficking

August 17, 2023
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Bryon Fisher, 42, of Huntington, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading...
August 17, 2023
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Senior FARC Commander Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Massive Quantities of Cocaine for Importation into the United States

August 14, 2023
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Martin Leonel Perez Castro, also known as “Richard,” pleaded guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn to conspiracy to distribute cocaine internationally, intending and knowing that the cocaine would be illegally imported into the United States. The proceeding was held before United States District Judge Brian M...
August 14, 2023
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth

August 11, 2023
PEORIA, Ill. – Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that Juan Esquivel Bernal, 54, of Atlanta, Illinois, was sentenced Aug. 7 to 21 years imprisonment for conspiracy to...
August 11, 2023
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