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Member Of Violent Home Invasion Robbery Crew Sentenced To 264 Months For Conspiring To Commit Drug Robberies, Conspiring To Distribute Cocaine And Heroin, And Illegally Using A Firearm

July 10, 2014
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - Randall Martinez was sentenced late yesterday to 264 months in prison by United States District Judge Sandra L. Townes at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn. Previously, Martinez pleaded guilty to robbery conspiracy, cocaine trafficking conspiracy, and firearm charges. The sentence was announced by Loretta E. Lynch...
July 10, 2014
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International Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 54 Years In Prison For The Manufacture, Shipment, And Importation Of Tons Of Cocaine Into The United States And Other Countries

June 27, 2014
NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced that Yesid Rios Suarez was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 54 years in...
June 27, 2014
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Operation Road Block Members Of Drug Organization Indicted

June 26, 2014
BATON ROUGE, La. - Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Walt Green announced today the unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment in Operation Road Block, an extensive investigation into a drug trafficking network operating in the Baton Rouge region. The investigation...
June 26, 2014
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Rochester Doctor Sentenced For Illegal Drug Trafficking

June 26, 2014
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul announced today that John E. Maye, 59, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted following a federal jury trial of unlawful distribution and dispensing of a controlled substance, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny...
June 26, 2014
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Two Dutchess County Men Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Distribution Of ‘Breaking Bad’ Heroin Causing The Deaths Of Three Individuals

June 19, 2014
NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, William V. Grady, the Dutchess County District Attorney and Adrian H. Anderson, the Dutchess County...
June 19, 2014
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Former New York City Police Officer Convicted Of Armed Robbery And Drug Trafficking Charges

June 19, 2014
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, returned a guilty verdict against former New York City Police Officer Jose Tejada on charges of armed robbery conspiracy and narcotics distribution conspiracy. Tejada was a 17-year veteran of the New York City Police...
June 19, 2014
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$5 Million In Street-Ready Heroin Seized In The Bronx: Nearly Half A Million Packages And Raw Heroin Recovered

June 19, 2014
NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Joseph A. D’amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced the...
June 19, 2014
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Operation Shaw-Crank Redemption Update: Final 3 Defendants Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 17 Years In Prison For Drug-Trafficking Organization

June 18, 2014
FORT SMITH, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mike Davis and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that three individuals have been sentenced to a combined total of 207 months for drug-trafficking offenses stemming from an investigation known as...
June 18, 2014
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Six Defendants Sentenced To A Total Of Over 79 Years For Drug-Trafficking In Northwest Arkansas

June 12, 2014
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mike Davis and United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas Conner Eldridge, announced that six defendants were sentenced this week as a result of drug- trafficking charges. The six individuals sentenced were originally charged in a...
June 12, 2014
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Four Adult Entertainers And Club Manager Arrested In $200,000 Fraud: Victims Drugged And Transported To New York City Clubs

June 11, 2014
MANHATTAN - James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in (Acting SAC) of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, announced the indictment and arrest of five defendants for their roles in...
June 11, 2014
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