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Two Bangor Residents Plead Guilty To Bath Salt Distribution Conspiracy

BANGOR, Maine - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Adam Hathorn, 36, of Bangor and Tina Keaton, a/k/a "Fumble 32, of Bangor pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in...
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Long Island Man Sentenced To 37 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Marijuana

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, 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 Oves St. Orbin Wright, 56, of Massapequa, N.Y., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W...
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Final Defendant Pleads Guilty In Scheme To Use Fresno Trucking Front To Smuggle Cocaine Into Canada

FRESNO, Calif. - Armitdeep Mann, 33, a Toronto resident and a Canadian citizen, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine. According to court documents, Mann helped set up a Fresno trucking company intending that cocaine would be...
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Case Update: Central Valley Marijuana Traffickers

FRESNO, Calif.) - Marijuana cultivators from Kern, Stanislaus, and Fresno Counties entered guilty pleas today in two cases and were sentenced in another for their involvement in separate large-scale marijuana cultivation operations. Kern County Marijuana Cultivation/Processing (1:13-cr-00028 AWI) - Bernabe Hernandez, 53, of Arvin, Calif., entered a guilty plea to...
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Hamden Man Sentenced To 57 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, 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 William Hines, also known as "Gunz," 30, of Hamden, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge...
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New Haven Crack Dealer Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison

NEW HAVEN Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, 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 Robert Lee, also known as "B.O.," 36, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge...
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Cranston Man Ordered Detained In Federal Custody After Federal And Local Law Enforcement Seize 93 Grams Of Fentanyl

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Victor Sena, aka "V," 35, of Cranston, R.I., was ordered detained in federal custody today by U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond, having been charged with possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute, announced John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug...
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Case Update: Central Valley Marijuana Traffickers

FRESNO, Calif.) - Marijuana cultivators from Fresno and Stanislaus Counties entered guilty pleas today in three cases and sentenced in two for their involvement in separate large-scale marijuana cultivation operations. Fresno Man Pleads Guilty in River Marijuana (1:12CR342 AWI) - Sam Kounhavong, 51, of Fresno, Calif., also entered a guilty...
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Woonsocket Resident For Allegedly Trafficking Fentanyl, Heroin, Morphine & Codeine

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal grand jury in Providence on Wednesday returned a five-count indictment charging Alfredo Balestier-Sanchez, aka Negro, 32, of Woonsocket, with trafficking heroin, fentanyl, morphine and codeine, announced John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England field division, United States Attorney...
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Fugitive Gets Forty-One Month Sentence For Transporting Drug Proceeds

SAN FRANCISCO - Ruben Rivera was sentenced on March 13, 2014, to 41 months in prison for attempting to transport monetary instruments for the purpose of laundering proceeds of heroin distribution. Rivera pleaded guilty on Oct. 4, 2013, to violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(2)(B). According to the plea agreement...

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