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DEA New Orleans Delivers Major Blows to Drug Cartels, Advancing a Fentanyl Free America in 2026

NEW ORLEANS – Marking a powerful start to 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New Orleans Field Division (NOFD) dealt a significant blow to drug trafficking networks during Phase II of Operation Fentanyl Free America. Between January 12 and February 10, 2026, DEA NOFD seized more than 76 thousand fentanyl...
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Chickasaw County, Mississippi Meth and Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced

OXFORD – Anthony Russell, 34, of Woodland was sentenced today to ten years in prison after pleading guilty on a previous date for distributing methamphetamine. According to court documents, the defendant was apprehended on May 13, 2024, with an amount of excess of fifty grams of actual methamphetamine, along with...
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Little Rock Man Who Led Police on High-Speed Chase with Kilograms of Fentanyl in Car Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison

LITTLE ROCK—A drug dealer who led police on a chase reaching speeds of 114 miles per hour with multiple kilograms of fentanyl and a firearm in his car will spend 140 months in federal prison. Clifford Siglar, 38, of Little Rock, was sentenced today by United States District Judge James...
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Two Defendants Involved in Pharmacy Burglary Ring Across Multiple States Are Sentenced to Serve a Combined Time of More Than 25 Years in Federal Prison

LITTLE ROCK—Antoinen Dion Hampton and Reginald Tremayne Jackson, both of Houston, Texas, will spend a combined time of 308 months in federal prison for their role in a criminal organization that was responsible for dozens of pharmacy burglaries and stolen controlled substances worth millions of dollars. Jonathan D. Ross, United...
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Dominican National Sentenced to More Than Ten Years for Unlawful Reentry into the US and for Trafficking Fentanyl and Meth

CONCORD, N.H. – A Dominican man was sentenced today in federal court for illegally reentering the United States and drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Robely Eladio De Jesus Guerrero, 38, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Landya B. McCafferty to 125...
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced in Federal Court in Rhode Island for Trafficking More Than Three Pounds of Crystal Meth

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Lawrence, Massachusetts man who trafficked more than three pounds of crystal methamphetamine was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence, announced United States Attorney Charles C. Calenda. Hector Gonzalez Michel, 35, was sentenced on March 5, 2026 by U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell...
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Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER PURVIS, 29, was sentenced today to 60 months of imprisonment, consecutive to federal and state sentences that he is currently serving, for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime...
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Lieutenant in Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Operation Sentenced to Over Four Years in Federal Prison

CONCORD, N.H. – A Boston man has been sentenced in federal court in Concord for his key role in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Flemin Soto Baez, 48, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Samantha Elliott...
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New Britain Man Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotics from Car Dealership

BRISTOL, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILFREDO ORTIZ, also known as “Will” and “P,” 45, of Bristol, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 135 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release...
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Illegal Immigrant from the Dominican Republic Sentenced to More than Five Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark.—Angel Lazala-Soto, who has a previous federal conviction for attempted re-entry by a previously deported alien, will spend the next 70 months in federal prison after being convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced...

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