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Man Sentenced to Prison after Fentanyl Found in BBQ Grill

December 05, 2024
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Cameron L. Robinson, 31, of Sikeston, Missouri, has been sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison for the offense of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Robinson appeared for his sentencing hearing today at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Court documents reflect that...
December 05, 2024
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Missouri Man Pleads Guilty for Distributing Thousands of Fentanyl Pills

December 03, 2024
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Columbia, Mo., man who distributed thousands of fentanyl pills pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing fentanyl and several firearms. Keaveon Zaniyah T. Harris, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute and one count of being...
December 03, 2024
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Repeat Drug Offender Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Conspiracy

December 02, 2024
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Lebanon, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Evelyn J. Dame, 50, was sentenced to 15 years and eight months in federal prison without parole. On April 15, 2024, Dame pleaded guilty to participating in a...
December 02, 2024
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Stockton Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Pill Manufacturing and Distribution

November 29, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jamar Deontae Barnes, 42, of Stockton, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute pills laced with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other drugs, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine-laced pills, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris...
November 29, 2024
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Madera Pharmacist Sentenced to over 7 Years in Prison for Illegally Trafficking Hundreds of Thousands of Opiate Pills

November 25, 2024
FRESNO, Calif. — Ifeanyi Vincent Ntukogu, 49, of Fresno, was sentenced today to seven years and three months in prison for illegally distributing oxycodone and hydrocodone. Ntukogu was a pharmacist in Madera who dispensed more than 450,000 oxycodone and hydrocodone pills based on fraudulent prescriptions, all in exchange for cash...
November 25, 2024
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Eleven Charged for Drug Trafficking in Southern Illinois

November 25, 2024
BENTON, Ill. – Following an investigation into the drug trafficking network in southern Illinois, eleven individuals are facing federal charges for distributing meth in Jackson, Massac, Perry, Saline and Williamson counties in Illinois. Nigelle J. Bird, 32, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was charged with one federal count of distribution of...
November 25, 2024
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Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Death Resulting from Gun Crimes

November 19, 2024
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Tuesday sentenced a St. Louis County man to 15 years in prison after finding by a preponderance of the evidence that he used an illegally-acquired pistol to kill his pregnant girlfriend in 2017. Darius Carter, 30, was found guilty after...
November 19, 2024
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Stockton Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Meth Pills and Illegal Firearms Possession

November 14, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kavieo Daeshaun Lee Wiley, 28, of Stockton, was sentenced Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 15 years in prison for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, and U-47700 (a synthetic opioid), and possession of a firearm in furtherance of...
November 14, 2024
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Alleged Bay Area Fentanyl Distributor Extradited from Honduras

October 25, 2024
OAKLAND, Calif. – The government of Honduras extradited Javier Marin-Gonzales, a Honduran national, to the United States this week to appear on charges stemming from his alleged involvement in the distribution of fentanyl in the San Francisco Bay Area. The extradition marks the fifth extradition of an alleged drug distributor...
October 25, 2024
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Jury Convicts Mexican National of $4.7 Million Meth, Heroin Conspiracy

October 23, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Mexican national who worked with a drug-trafficking organization tied to the Cárteles Unidos cartel in Michoacán, Mexico, was convicted by a federal trial jury today of his role in a $4.7 million conspiracy to distribute more than 335 kilograms of methamphetamine and 22 kilograms of...
October 23, 2024
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