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PRESS RELEASE

Large-Scale Distributor Of Unapproved Foreign Prescription Drugs Indicted

August 08, 2014
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - James Quinn, 73, of Surrey, United Kingdom, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for his alleged involvement in the illegal shipments of non-FDA approved prescription drugs to co-conspirators in the United States. Quinn, along with two companies in the United Kingdom and Switzerland that he...
August 08, 2014
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North Carolina Drug Supplier To Henrico Drug Dealers Sentenced To 24 Years In Prison

August 08, 2014
RICHMOND, Va. - Carlos A. Cooke, age 38, of High Point, North Carolina, Virginia, was sentenced to 24 years in prison on his guilty plea to conspiring to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Special Agent in Charge Karl C. Colder of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington Field Division...
August 08, 2014
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Hamden Man Sentenced To 63 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

August 07, 2014
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Daniel L. Mills, also known as “Boone,” 35, of Hamden, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge...
August 07, 2014
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Hartford Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Role In Armed Robbery

August 07, 2014
HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Ellis Thomas, also known as “L” and “Big Homey,” 30, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S...
August 07, 2014
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Cocaine Dealer In St. Mary’s County Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison

July 28, 2014
GREENBELT, Md. - Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Alrahman Sharif Allen, a/k/a “Rock” and “Rahman Allen;” age 38, of Reisterstown, Maryland today to 14 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or...
July 28, 2014
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Two Sentenced To 6 Years In Federal Prison For Conspiring To Traffic Crystal Methamphetamine

July 24, 2014
The delivery of 9 kilos of crystal meth was orchestrated from inside a Massachusetts jail PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New England Field Division and United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced Doneri Aguilar Sandoval, 53, of Attleboro, Mass., was...
July 24, 2014
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Pawtucket Man Pleads Guilty To Manufacture And Distribution Of Meth; Faces Up To 100 Years In Federal Prison

July 23, 2014
Investigation resulted in the discovery and dismantling of a meth lab in a Newport motel room NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Field Division, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Warwick Police Chief Colonel Stephen M. McCartney and Newport...
July 23, 2014
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St. Mary’s County Drug Dealer Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

July 21, 2014
GREENBELT, Md. - Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Jeffrey Kirk Berry, a/k/a “Kojack,” age 55, of Lexington Park, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute powder and crack cocaine; and...
July 21, 2014
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Owner Of McLean MedSpa Sentenced For Illegally Importing Non-FDA-Approved Drugs And Using On Patients

July 18, 2014
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Anoushirvan Sarraf, 48, of Rockville, Maryland, the owner and operator of Aphrodite Advanced Esthetic & Skin Care (Aphrodite) in McLean, Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison and two years of supervised release. Karl C. Colder, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA)...
July 18, 2014
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Narcotics

July 17, 2014
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Michael Smith, also known as “Smitty” and “Fingers,” 44, of New Haven, was sentenced today by...
July 17, 2014
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