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PRESS RELEASE

Three Worcester Men Convicted In Crack Cocaine Conspiracy Trial

March 03, 2015
(BOSTON - Following a seven-day trial, three Worcester men were convicted yesterday of distributing crack cocaine in the City of Worcester and surrounding areas. Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Shelly Binkowski, Inspector in...
March 03, 2015
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Palo Alto Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Trafficking

March 03, 2015
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Omar Gonzalez was sentenced today to 174 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce Balzano. Gonzalez previously pleaded guilty pursuant to a...
March 03, 2015
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Gorham Man Sentenced To Almost Six Years On Drug Trafficking And Firearms Charges

March 02, 2015
(PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Richard Magee - , 58, of Gorham, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 70...
March 02, 2015
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Milford Man Sentenced To 65 Months In Prison For Distributing Heroin Connected To Overdose Death

March 02, 2015
(NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Ryan Russow, 29, of Milford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New...
March 02, 2015
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Ansonia Man Admits Trafficking Prescription Narcotics

February 27, 2015
(NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 James Costanzo, 37, of Ansonia, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to trafficking prescription narcotics...
February 27, 2015
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Norwalk Cocaine Distributor Sentenced To 32 Months In Federal Prison

February 27, 2015
(BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 John Yerinides, 51, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in...
February 27, 2015
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Three Bakersfield Men Indicted For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine

February 27, 2015
FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment Thursday against Bakersfield residents Guillermo Magallanes, 36; Pasqual Gonzales Magallanes, 44; and Juan Lascano Jr, 32, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, the three men conspired to distribute methamphetamine in the Bakersfield area. In...
February 27, 2015
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New Haven Narcotics Dealer Sentenced To More Than 11 Years In Federal Prison

February 26, 2015
(NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Philip Bryant, also known as “Phat Phil” and “Fizzy,” 28, of New Haven, was sentenced by...
February 26, 2015
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Former Fresno Police Department Detective And Fresno Marijuana Trafficker Plead Guilty To Bribery Conspiracy

February 25, 2015
FRESNO, Calif. - Derik Carson Kumagai, 41, and Saykham Somphoune a/k/a, “Oat,” 41, both residents of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit bribery, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to the defendants’ plea agreements and other court documents, beginning in April of 2012, federal law enforcement...
February 25, 2015
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Two Hartford Men Charged With Murder

February 19, 2015
(HARTFORD, Conn. - United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly, Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and...
February 19, 2015
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