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Amite Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison On Federal Drug Charges

September 18, 2014
NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite announced that Torrie Brumfield, a resident of Amite, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to serve 16 years in prison for his role in a large-scale drug conspiracy...
September 18, 2014
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Los Zetas Cartel Member Sentenced To Over 33 Years In Prison On Federal Drug Charges

September 02, 2014
NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite announced that Efrain Grimaldo, a resident of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Chief Judge Sarah S. Vance to serve 405 months in prison for his role in a large-scale drug conspiracy...
September 02, 2014
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A Federal Jury Finds Criminal Defense Attorney Guilty Of Drug Conspiracy And Money Laundering Charges

August 29, 2014
Lafayette, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a federal jury found Lafayette attorney Daniel James Stanford, 56, guilty of conspiring to distribute synthetic drugs, conspiring to introduce misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, and money...
August 29, 2014
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Three Men Sentenced To A Total Of Over 31 Years For Distributing Methamphetamine

August 22, 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 three men were sentenced today in Northwest Arkansas to a total of 31 ½ years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine. United...
August 22, 2014
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26 People Convicted In The Crenshaw Village Clean-Up

August 11, 2014
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - 26 violent criminals have been taken off the streets making Crenshaw Village a safer place to live, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris; George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama; Robert F. Lasky, FBI Special Agent in Charge, Mobile...
August 11, 2014
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Investigation Results In 7 Indicted In North Louisiana Conspiracy

July 24, 2014
SHREVEPORT, La. - A two-year-long undercover investigation has resulted in the seizure of over $517,000 in cash and seven people being charged for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, firearm violations, and other related drug charges in parishes across north Louisiana, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and U.S. Attorney...
July 24, 2014
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Wilkes-Barre Man Sentenced To Prison On Drug Charges

July 08, 2014
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Wilkes-Barre man was sentenced today, in federal court in Wilkes-Barre, by United States District Judge A. Richard Caputo, to serve 18 months in prison on a charge of using a communication device to...
July 08, 2014
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Guilty Verdict In Cocaine Conspiracy And A Conspiracy To Launder Drug Money

June 30, 2014
PITTSBURGH - After a trial that began on June 9, 2014, a federal jury deliberated for just the afternoon on June 26, 2014 before finding Robert Russell Spence, a previous resident of Duquesne, Pennsylvania who is also known as “Slick” or “Little Russ”, guilty of taking part in both a...
June 30, 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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Wilkes-Barre Man Sentenced To Prison On Drug Charges

June 26, 2014
SCRANTON, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Wilkes-Barre man was sentenced yesterday, in federal court in Scranton, by United States District Judge Malachy Mannion, to serve 151 months in prison on a charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin. - According...
June 26, 2014
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