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Southern Oregon man sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for marijuana trafficking

May 30, 2019
PORTLAND, Ore.—Daniel Stewart Gregg, 67, of Ashland, Oregon, was sentenced on May 23, 2019, to 46 months in federal prison and two years’ supervised release for engaging in a conspiracy to traffic Oregon-grown marijuana across state lines. According to court documents, in 2015, Illinois law enforcement seized a 354 pound...
May 30, 2019
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Two indicted in connection with multimillion-dollar marijuana enterprise

May 21, 2019
BOSTON – Two women were indicted by a federal grand jury in Worcester in connection with their management of Northern Herb, a marijuana delivery service that operated in Massachusetts from 2015 to 2018. Deana Martin, 51, of Milton, was charged with one count of conspiring to distribute more than 100...
May 21, 2019
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Two more plead guilty for roles in interstate marijuana trafficking conspiracy

May 01, 2019
PORTLAND, Ore.—In related criminal cases, Cole Williams Griffiths and Raleigh Dragon Lau pleaded guilty on April 22, 2019, for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic marijuana grown in Hood River, Oregon and Portland to Virginia, Texas, and Florida. Drug proceeds, in the form of bulk U.S. currency, were returned...
May 01, 2019
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Law enforcement dismantles drug ring operating in Asheville

April 12, 2019
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – United States Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that law enforcement have dismantled a drug ring operating in Asheville, charging eight of its members with drug conspiracy and drug and firearm-related offenses. The 35-count criminal indictment was returned by the federal grand jury on April 2, 2019, and...
April 12, 2019
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Milton woman arrested for running multimillion-dollar black market marijuana enterprise

April 02, 2019
BOSTON – A Milton woman was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with her ownership and management of Northern Herb, a black-market marijuana delivery service that operated in Massachusetts from 2015 to 2018. Deana Martin, 51, was charged with one count of conspiring to distribute...
April 02, 2019
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DEA Task Force investigation dismantles Waterbury drug ring; 29 charged

March 21, 2019
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Brian D. Boyle, special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Division; John H. Durham, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut; Waterbury Police Chief Fernando C. Spagnolo and Naugatuck Police Chief Sean Hunt today announced that 29 individuals have been...
March 21, 2019
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Niagara Falls man pleads guilty to drug and gun charges

March 21, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. of the Western District of New York announced that Milton Williams, Jr., 35, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., pleaded guilty , before U.S. District Judge...
March 21, 2019
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Buffalo man sentenced for selling synthetic marijuana as a result of a DEA New York and DEA Los Angeles investigation

February 19, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Fawzi Al-Arashi, 41, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, was sentenced to serve...
February 19, 2019
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Sedalia man indicted for providing middle school students with marijuana laced with methamphetamine

February 14, 2019
DENVER – John Bruce Fifield, age 47, of Sedalia, Colorado, was indicted by a federal grand jury last week on charges of distributing methamphetamine and marijuana to students at Woodland Park Middle School, U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn and DEA Denver Division Special Agent in Charge William McDermott announced. Fifield made...
February 14, 2019
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Defendants in major Statesboro drug trafficking investigation enter guilty pleas

February 04, 2019
STATESBORO, Ga. - A Mexican national and 17 other Statesboro-area residents indicted in a sweeping two-year, multi-agency investigation have pled guilty to a multitude of charges, and now face sentences of up to life in prison. The joint federal, state and local investigation began in 2015 after citizens complained about...
February 04, 2019
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