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Fentanyl Distributor Connected to 2 Overdose Deaths Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Federal Prison

November 20, 2025
ANSONIA, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAQWON GRAHAM, also known as “Seagull” and “Energy,” 31, of Ansonia, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 130 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised...
November 20, 2025
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Cranston Man Sentenced for Producing and Trafficking an “Astronomical” Quantity of Methamphetamine-Laced Pills

November 20, 2025
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Cranston man described in court documents as the overseer of a “serious, voluminous production operation” that produced “astronomical” quantities of pills containing methamphetamine, caffeine, and other mixtures disguised and marketed as Adderall was sentenced to federal prison on November 13, 2025, announced Acting United States Attorney...
November 20, 2025
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Sinaloa Cartel Senior Lieutenant Pleads Guilty

November 19, 2025
Phoenix, Ariz. – Jose Guadalupe Tapia-Quintero, 54, of San Francisco de Tacuichamona, Sinaloa, Mexico pleaded guilty on November 17, 2025 for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine with Intent to Import into the United States and Conspiracy to Commit Concealment Money Laundering. Sentencing is scheduled for February 2, 2026, before United States...
November 19, 2025
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Dominican Authorities Extradite to the United States an International Drug Supplier Who Coordinated Local Distribution Through Encrypted Messaging Apps

November 14, 2025
CONCORD, N.H. – A Dominican man has been extradited from the Dominican Republic and arrested in connection with his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl to New Hampshire residents, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Starlin Alexander Valdez De Los Santos, 35, was charged in a superseding indictment with one...
November 14, 2025
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Manchester Man Sentenced to 80 Months in Federal Prison for Operating Counterfeit Pill Lab

November 14, 2025
CONCORD,N.H. – A Manchester man was sentenced on October 21, 2025 in federal court for operating a counterfeit pill laboratory, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Jerry Summers, age 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Paul J. Barbadoro to 80 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised...
November 14, 2025
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Twelve Defendants Convicted in Cross-State Social Media Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

November 14, 2025
CONCORD, N.H. – Twelve individuals have pleaded guilty over the last eight months in federal court for their participation in a social media-facilitated drug trafficking ring that distributed deadly fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine across New Hampshire and Maine, United States Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Jacob D. King, 41, of Milton...
November 14, 2025
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Somersworth Man Arrested on State Assault Offense Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution Charge

November 14, 2025
CONCORD, N.H. –Antoine Valentin, 43, of Somersworth, pleaded guilty October 2, 2025, in federal court for possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. According to the plea agreement, on November 1, 2022, law enforcement authorities arrested Valentin at his Somersworth residence on a state assault...
November 14, 2025
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Waterbury Drug Distributor Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison

November 14, 2025
WATREBURY, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS MUNOZ, also known as “P.R.” and “Puerto Rico,” 41, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 40 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of...
November 14, 2025
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Two Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotics in Southwestern Connecticut

November 14, 2025
HARTFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that two men involved in a southwestern Connecticut narcotics trafficking ring were sentenced last month by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford. On October 17, RONALD VINCENT, 30, of Stratford, was sentenced...
November 14, 2025
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Communities Nationwide Join DEA and its Partners to Safely Dispose of 571,000 pounds of Unwanted Medication

November 04, 2025
ARIZONA – On October 25, 2025, DEA joined 4,263 law enforcement agencies across the country who came together for the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. At 4,317 collection sites nationwide, Take Back events removed 571,054 pounds of unneeded and expired medications from home medicine cabinets to prevent drug...
November 04, 2025
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