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PRESS RELEASE

Major Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering

December 31, 2014
GREENBELT, Md. - Anthony Torrell Tatum, age 36, of Arlington, Virginia, pleaded guilty late yesterday to drug and money laundering conspiracies, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. As part of his guilty plea, Tatum consented to the entry of a $108 million forfeiture order, including luxury...
December 31, 2014
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Curious Goods LLC Coconspirators Sentenced For Synthetic Marijuana Sales Scheme

December 16, 2014
LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Curious Goods LLC and six individuals charged in a synthetic marijuana sales and money laundering scheme operated through the company’s retail stores were sentenced today. United...
December 16, 2014
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Waldorf Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Over 20 Years In Prison

December 15, 2014
GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced John David White, age 42, of Waldorf, Maryland today to 248 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin, possession and attempt to possess with intent to...
December 15, 2014
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Mitchellville Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

December 02, 2014
GREENBELT, Md. - Ishmael Ford-Bey, age 40, of Mitchellville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to nine counts of a superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, using a phone to facilitate drug distribution, and money laundering. As part of his guilty plea, Ford-Bey consented to the...
December 02, 2014
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Four South Arkansas Men Sentenced To A Total Of Over 31 Years For Unrelated Drug Trafficking Offenses

November 21, 2014
EL DORADO, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Ronald Brown, age 43, of Harrell, was sentenced to 130 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine; Marcus Wayne, aka “Caine”, age...
November 21, 2014
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Six Sentenced To Combined Twenty-Six Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking Offenses

November 21, 2014
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Suzanne Hathorn, age 54, of Siloam Springs, was sentenced to 51 months in prison and three years of supervised release for Possession of...
November 21, 2014
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Fourteen Aryan Brotherhood Members And Associates Indicted On Federal Racketeering Charges In Mississippi

November 20, 2014
OXFORD, Miss. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and Felicia C. Adams, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi announced today that fourteen alleged members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi, including four of its most senior leaders, have been indicted by a federal grand...
November 20, 2014
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U.S. Attorney’s Office Indicts 14 For Acadiana Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

November 19, 2014
LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal grand jury indicted 14 people in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy in Lafayette, New Iberia and the surrounding areas. “Today we have dismantled a drug...
November 19, 2014
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Three Men Sentenced For Federal Drug Violations

November 19, 2014
NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Clemmon Bridges, age 56, of Houston, Texas, and Darin Fields, age 32, of Bogalusa, Louisiana, were sentenced today after having previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and conspiracy to...
November 19, 2014
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DC Heroin Dealer Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison

November 14, 2014
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Antowan Thorne, also known as “Smooth,” 37, of Washington, DC, was sentenced today to 300 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. Karl C. Colder, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA)...
November 14, 2014
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