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Hartford Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Gang-Related Narcotics Trafficking

January 15, 2016
HARTFORD, 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 Kyrin-Robert Jackson, also known as “Ky,” 25, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker...
January 15, 2016
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Camouflaged Canadian Charged With Smuggling 182 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs Across Northern Border

January 14, 2016
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Cedrick Bourgault-Morin, 21, of Quebec, Canada has been charged by a criminal complaint with possessing with intent to distribute, 182 pounds of Aprazolam, commonly known as Xanax, a schedule IV controlled substance. Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England...
January 14, 2016
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Sentencing And Guilty Plea In Conspiracy Involving Steroids

January 11, 2016
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JASON CHICKOS, 46, of Bridgeport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to two...
January 11, 2016
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East Hartford Man Sentenced For Trafficking Heroin

January 07, 2016
HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) New England Field Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRAYAN GOMEZ, 26, of East Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall...
January 07, 2016
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Former Norwalk Man Sentenced For Trafficking Heroin

January 07, 2016
NORWALK Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for the New England Field Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that OMAR ANDRADE, 29, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, was sentenced yesterday by...
January 07, 2016
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Hartford, Conn. Man Sentenced To More Than 17 Years In Federal Prison For Drug And Gun Offenses

January 05, 2016
HARTFORD, 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 Rashaud “Buck” Jones, 33, of Hartford and Windsor, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in...
January 05, 2016
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New York Man Pleads Guilty To Drug And Gun Charges

December 22, 2015
PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Wayman Sparrow, a/k/a “Blaze,” 25, of New York, New York, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine...
December 22, 2015
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Loudoun County To Host DEA Exhibit

December 22, 2015
LEESBURG, Va. - The national touring exhibit developed by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the DEA Educational Foundation, Drugs: Costs and Consequences, formerly known as Target America, opens on January 12, 2016 at 750 Miller Drive, SE, Suite F-1 in Leesburg, Virginia, and will be open Tuesday through Saturday, 10...
December 22, 2015
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Connecticut Man Sentenced To 13 Years For Crack Conspiracy And Distribution

December 18, 2015
PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced thatRussell Gordon, 32, of Ansonia, Connecticut, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 13 years in prison and...
December 18, 2015
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Firearms Traffickers Sentenced To Federal Prison

December 18, 2015
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - - Kinmonte Markell Brown, 28, and Dennis Wells, 24, of Greenville, North Carolina, were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence today for trafficking more than a dozen firearms from North Carolina into Providence between November 2014 and January 2015. Kinmonte Brown was sentenced to 84 months...
December 18, 2015
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