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Bridgeport Man Sentenced For Role In Narcotics Trafficking Ring

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, 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 Sean Thompson, 36, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to approximately...
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Two Men Charged With Trafficking Prescription Narcotics

NORTH HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that James Louis Costanzo - , 35, of Ansonia, and Brian Earl - , 39, of North...
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Scarborough Man Sentenced To Nine Years On Drug And Health Care Fraud Charges

PORTLAND, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Adam Goodwin, 39, of Scarborough, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Singal to nine years in prison...
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Jury Renders Guilty Verdicts In Township 37 Marijuana Grow Case

BANGOR, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Malcolm French, 52, of Enfield; Rodney Russell, 50, of South Thomaston; Kendall Chase, 57, of Bradford; and Haynes Timberland, Inc., a Maine...
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Pharmacist Admits Multiple Sales Of Oxycodone Without A Prescription, Agrees To Forfeit $1.5 Million

NEWARK, N.J. - The former pharmacist-in-charge of West Orange Pharmacy today admitted to illegally distributing hundreds of tablets of oxycontin in exchange for thousands of dollars in cash, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Leonard "Lenny" Stefanelli, 49, of East Hanover, N.J., pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael A...
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Leader Of "Pump And Dump" Stock Fraud Scheme Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Nine Years In Prison

NEW YORK - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division, and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that David Levy was sentenced today to nine years in prison after having been found guilty by...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Prison For Role In Heroin Trafficking Ring

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Nelson Rios, also known as “Pito,” 37, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S...
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Meth Lab Dismantled, Pawtucket Man Detained On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Sean Costigan, 51, of Pawtucket, was ordered detained in federal custody today by U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Sullivan on federal drug trafficking charges, following an investigation by the Warwick Police Narcotics Unit and the R.I. DEA Drug Task Force into the alleged manufacture and...
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Operation Bloodline Defendant Convicted, Another Sentenced

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found Michael Smith - , also known as “Smitty” and...
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Indictment Charges 15 With Conspiring In International Drug Ring That Used U.S. Mail To Ship Cocaine From California To New Jersey Jamaican Recording Artist Charged As Leader Of Drug Trafficking Network In "Operation Next Day Air"

TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division, and Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a Jamaican recording artist and his brother were charged as leaders and 13 others were charged as co-conspirators in a first-degree indictment returned...

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