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Methamphetamine Courier Pleads Guilty In Federal Court

August 19, 2013
FRESNO, Calif. - Luis Miguel Villalobos, of Fresno pleaded guilty today to possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, on September 12, 2012, Villalobos was stopped by a California...
August 19, 2013
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Repeat Large-Scale Marijuana Grower Sent To Federal Prison

August 19, 2013
FRESNO, Calif. - Ramany Puthavongsa, 48, of Fresno, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to three years and 10 months in prison for growing marijuana in Merced County, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According...
August 19, 2013
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Strawberry Marijuana Farmers Plead Guilty

August 19, 2013
FRESNO, Calif. - Saelee Fahn Meng, aka Kathy Ming Lee, 54, and her husband, John Yaohinh Lee, 54, of Waterford, Calif., entered guilty pleas today for their involvement in growing 491 marijuana plants on their strawberry farm near Waterford High School, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and...
August 19, 2013
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Former Employee Of Exeter Hospital Pleads Guilty To Charges Related To Multi-State Hepatitis C Outbreak

August 14, 2013
CONCORD, N.H. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, John P. Kacavas announced that David M. Kwiatkowski, 34, a former employee of Exeter Hospital, pleaded guilty today to eight counts of...
August 14, 2013
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Former Watertown Police Officer Convicted Of Passing False Prescriptions Using Another’s Identity

August 13, 2013
BOSTON - John Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today that a Framingham man pleaded guilty today in federal court in connection to crimes committed while in his official capacity as a Watertown police...
August 13, 2013
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Federal Jury Convicts James “Whitey” Bulger

August 12, 2013
BOSTON - Following a two-month long trial in U.S. District Court a federal jury today convicted James J. Bulger, for the murder of 11 people, as well as numerous counts of extortion, money laundering, drug dealing, and firearms possession. After deliberating for over 32 hours, over five days, the jury...
August 12, 2013
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Nevada County Man Indicted For Possession With Intent To Distribute Meth

August 09, 2013
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment yesterday, charging Mark Bowden, 33, of Penn Valley, with another count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today. This case is...
August 09, 2013
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Ventura County Men Charged With Trafficking Meth In Kern County

August 08, 2013
FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today charging Fillmore residents Ruben Avila-Angulo, 40, and Antonio Barocio-Valencia, 60, with conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced...
August 08, 2013
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Fourteen Charged In Bangor Area Bath Salt Distribution Conspiracy

August 06, 2013
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 Ryan Ellis, a/k/a” Dude”, “Calvin”, “Piles”, 34, formerly of Greenbush, Maine; Alan J. Ketchen, a/k/a “AJ”, “Hobbes”, 40, formerly of Bangor; Jamie...
August 06, 2013
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Peabody Man Arrested And Charged With Drug Offenses

August 01, 2013
BOSTON - A Peabody man was arrested today for attempting to manufacture methamphetamine in a hotel room. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; and Colonel Timothy P. Alben, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced...
August 01, 2013
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