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Dubuque Man Gets Over 20 Years In Prison For Fentanyl Trafficking Resulting In Death And Serious Injuries

OMAHA - Darrin Thimmesch, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Omaha District Office, today announced that Antrell Desharron Lewis, 24, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to over 20 years in prison for his part in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and furanylfentanyl. In April of 2017, the US District...
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Jefferson City Man Pleads Guilty To Charge Of Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Kansas City District Office, today announced that a Jefferson City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine in Columbia, Missouri. “This individual conspired to sell poison...
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Houston Man Sentenced To 15 Years For His Part In For One Of The Largest Meth Distribution Rings In Southwest Missouri

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - - Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Kansas City District Office, today announced that Robert Canales, 34, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his part in a 28 person conspiracy involved in distributing meth in southwest Missouri. “This was one...
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Four Charged In Large Scale Heroin/Fentanyl Trafficking Ring

BOSTON - Two Yarmouthport brothers, a Dominican national, and a Boston man were charged with running a large-scale heroin and fentanyl trafficking operation in Boston and on Cape Cod. Hundreds of fentanyl pills designed to look like oxycodone pills were allegedly trafficked by the defendants. Alex Fraga, 25, the proprietor...
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DEA-led Investigation Results In Ten Defendants Pleading Guilty In Million Dollar Meth Conspiracy

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division Office, today announced two additional individuals indicted and charged in DEA’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) “Alice in Wonderland” were sentenced to federal prison for distributing cocaine in southern Illinois. Nahum Shibeshi, 29...
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Houston Residents Sentenced To Prison For Their Roles In A $1.2 Million Dollar Cocaine Conspiracy

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division Office, today announced two additional individuals indicted and charged in DEA’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) “Alice in Wonderland” were sentenced to federal prison for distributing cocaine in southern Illinois. Nahum Shibeshi, 29...
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DEA-led Investigation Results In 10 Defendants Pleading Guilty In Million Dollar Meth Conspiracy

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Kansas City District Office Troy Derby today announced that ten individuals pled guilty to a million dollar meth conspiracy responsible for distributing a minimum of 30 kilograms of methamphetamine in and around the Kansas City metropolitan area. “These individuals represent some...
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Dominican National Sentenced For Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking

BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb announced that Eric Matos, 37, a Dominican national residing in Lawrence, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. to 121 months in prison and three...
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Heroin Trafficker Active In Norwalk Sentenced After DEA-led Investigation

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Wilmer Antonio Gomez-Rodriguez, 30, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in New York City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge...
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DEA-Led Investigation Results In Sentencing Of Three Iowa Heroin And Fentanyl Dealers Causing An Overdose Death

OMAHA, Neb. - -Three Dubuque, Iowa, men have been sentenced for their part in distributing heroin and fentanyl that killed a Dubuque, Iowa, man in 2016. Darin Thimmesch, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Omaha District Office, announced the sentencing today. Derrick Jermain Brown, 26, was sentenced to 20...

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