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Waterbury Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

October 20, 2015
HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson 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 Jose Alejandro, 30, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 60...
October 20, 2015
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Bridgeport Man Admits Participating In Steroid Manufacturing And Distribution Conspiracy

October 19, 2015
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson 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 Jason Chickos, 46, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute...
October 19, 2015
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Three Men Sentenced Today For Drug Trafficking In Kern County

October 19, 2015
FRESNO, Calif. - Today, United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill sentenced three defendants in two cases for trafficking methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. In the first case, Jose Mojarro Cruz, aka Shyboy, 28, of Bakersfield...
October 19, 2015
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Shelton Man Admits Role In Steroid Manufacturing And Distribution Conspiracy

October 16, 2015
HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deidre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Mark Bertanza, 34, of Shelton, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute...
October 16, 2015
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Hartford Resident Pleads Guilty To Federal Marijuana Distribution And Firearm Offenses

October 16, 2015
HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deidre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Gauntlett Smith, also known as “Clansman,” 40, a citizen of Jamaica last residing in Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday...
October 16, 2015
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U.S. Attorney Announces Takedown Of Major Synthetic Drug Distribution Ring As Part Of Nationally Coordinated Action

October 16, 2015
FRESNO, Calif. - A seven-count indictment has been unsealed, following the arrests of Haitham Eid Habash, aka Eddie Habash, 52, of Hawthorne; Zaid Elodat, 28, of Gardena; and Bakersfield residents Ramsey Jeries Farraj, 48, and Majed Bashir Akroush, aka Mike Akroush, 48, charging them with conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and...
October 16, 2015
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Detroit Man Sentenced To Three Years For Crack Distribution And Conspiracy

October 14, 2015
PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Robert Joiner, Jr. - , 30, of Detroit, Michigan was sentenced today to three years in prison and five years of supervised...
October 14, 2015
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Worcester Man Sentenced To Prison For Marijuana Trafficking And Money Laundering

October 14, 2015
BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester for participating in a four-year narcotics trafficking and money laundering scheme. Huy Anh “Henry” Lam, 38, of Worcester, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to seven years in prison and four years...
October 14, 2015
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Leader Of Butte County Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 17 Years In Federal Prison

October 14, 2015
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Federico Sandoval Aguilar, 43, of Biggs, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 17 ½ years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Aguilar was the head of a drug trafficking organization that was responsible for distributing pound-quantities...
October 14, 2015
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Two Rutland Residents Charged Federally With Crack Cocaine Distribution

October 09, 2015
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Young (a.k.a. “Johnny”), 34, and Andi Majka, 27, both of Rutland, were charged with felony distribution of...
October 09, 2015
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