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Manchester Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine through the U.S. Postal Service

CONCORD, N.H. – A Manchester man has been sentenced in federal court for trafficking cocaine through the United States Postal Service (USPS), U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Bryam Toribio Frias, age 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Samantha Elliott to 30 months in prison and three years...
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Dante Flowers Jr. Sentenced to 200-Month Prison Term for Drug Conspiracy and Firearm Crime

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Dante Flowers Jr., 30, formerly of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court in Burlington to 200 months of imprisonment. United States District Judge Christina Reiss also ordered that...
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New Jersey Real Estate Investor and Online Influencer Charged with Multimillion-Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme

NEWARK, NJ. – A New Jersey real estate investor and influencer was arrested today for committing a multimillion-dollar Ponzi-like investment fraud scheme, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) New Jersey Field Division Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Cesar Humberto Pina, 45, of...
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Meriden Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

MERIDEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GERARDO NUNEZ-IRIZARRY, also known as “Indio,” 45, of Meriden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release...
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Former Wethersfield Resident Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Narcotics

FARMINGTON, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHANE J. SAWICKI, 29, of Farmington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 21 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing legitimate and...
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Dominican Man Pleads Guilty To Illegally Reentering The United States And Distributing Fentanyl

BOSTON – A Dominican man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to reentering the United States and distributing fentanyl after previously being deported. Juan Carlos Santos-Ocasio, a/k/a “Cristhian Aybar-Done,” 40, was indicted on one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of...
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New York Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Firearms and Methamphetamine

BOSTON – A New York man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to trafficking drugs and firearms. Jason Lebberes, 31, of Tuckahoe, N.Y., pleaded guilty to one count of distributing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine; one count of transferring a firearm to an out-of-state resident; and one...
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Convicted Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Fentanyl, Firearms and Ammunition

CONCORD, N.H. – A Weare man was sentenced today to ten years in federal prison for possessing firearms and ammunition as a prohibited person, and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Brian Elliott, age 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court...
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Six Charged in Cocaine and Fentanyl Conspiracy

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office stated that six defendants have been indicted in Burlington on charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine and fentanyl. Specifically, those charged in the superseding indictment are Tyler Orvis, 40, of Milton Vermont, Christopher Purvis, 27 of Hartford, Connecticut, Alexis Sutton, 23 of...
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Los Angeles Man Convicted of Mailing Over a Kilo of Meth to Massachusetts

BOSTON – A California man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to sending more than one kilogram of methamphetamine to an undercover federal agent in Massachusetts. Hagen Dunphy, a/k/a “Molly Ruin” and “~Haley,” 36, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to two counts of distribution of and possession with...

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