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PRESS RELEASE

Alaska Resident Pleads Guilty To Drug Dealing, Money Laundering

October 01, 2015
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - DuWayne LeDoux, 55, of Kodiak, Alaska, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to structure cash deposits. According to court documents, LeDoux enlisted Sacramento resident Jennifer MacDougal to obtain and ship methamphetamine and crack cocaine to LeDoux at various addresses in Kodiak...
October 01, 2015
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Leader Of Oxycodone Ring Sentenced To 15 Years’ Imprisonment For His Leadership In Long Island Oxycodone Distribution Ring

September 30, 2015
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, Cedric Moss, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert. Moss pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain killer, on October 9, 2014. The...
September 30, 2015
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Public Response To DEA’s 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Remains Robust

September 30, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO - Results from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday demonstrate the public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs. On September 26, 2015, Northern California and Central Valley residents turned in approximately 24,832...
September 30, 2015
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Long Beach Man Sentenced To 6 Years & 4 Months In Prison For Trafficking Oxycodone And Hydrocodone

September 29, 2015
FRESNO, Calif. - Sarith Chim, 34, of Long Beach, was sentenced today to six years and four months in prison by U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone pills. According to court documents, in April 11, 2013, Chim and his co-defendants were indicted for...
September 29, 2015
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Drug Enforcement Task Force Uncovers Heroin Stash In The Bronx, NY: $30 Million Worth Of Heroin Seized

September 28, 2015
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in (SAC) of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced the seizure...
September 28, 2015
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10 Defendants Indicted On Steroid Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges

September 24, 2015
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Ten men were arrested Wednesday on federal charges of conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids and engage in international money laundering, announced Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A...
September 24, 2015
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Bakersfield Methamphetamine Trafficking Defendant Sentenced To Over 10 Years In Prison

September 24, 2015
FRESNO, Calif. - Manuel Riviera-Felix, aka Felipe Garcia, 27, of Mexico, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to 10 years and 11 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Rivera-Felix was a leader of a large scale drug organization in Bakersfield...
September 24, 2015
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6s Are Wild – And Under Arrest

September 17, 2015
NEW YORK - Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson announces the unsealing of a 97-count indictment against 27 alleged members of “6 Wild,” a subset of the Bloods gang, who are accused of committing murders, attempted murders, drug sales, and other crimes during a five year period ending August 20, 2015...
September 17, 2015
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Spice In The City: New York DEA Leads Huge Attack Against Synthetic Drug Traffickers

September 16, 2015
NEW YORK - DEA, NYPD and a host of other state, local and federal agencies today announced a massive takedown that targeted the local sale of dangerous designer synthetic drugs manufactured in China. The scheme, which operated in all five boroughs of New York City, allegedly involved the unlawful importation...
September 16, 2015
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Three Members Of International Organization Of Money Launderers For The Largest Drug Cartels Arrested

September 10, 2015
BUFFALO, N.Y. - James Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York (DEA), Kelly T. Currie, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Thomas E. Bishop, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, New York Field (IRS), announced today the unsealing...
September 10, 2015
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