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Federal jury convicts Arizona man of drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy charges

SYRCAUSE, NY - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York Division, United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Joseph Cronin, and New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II announced that Alonzo Harris, 43, of Youngtown, Arizona, was...
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Peoria woman sentenced to 12 years for distributing fentanyl resulting in the death of a man

PHOENIX – The DEA announces the sentencing of Fany Madrigal-Lopez, 45, to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release, following a hearing in federal court yesterday. Madrigal-Lopez previously pleaded guilty in April 2018, to two federal drug charges, including the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. The...
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Rolling 30s Crips gang member sentenced to prison

ORLANDO, Fl a. - Jose Ramon Rivera (23, Orlando) was sentenced to 10 years and 11 months in federal prison for distributing heroin and methamphetamine, possessing firearms as a convicted felon, and carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime. Rivera pleaded guilty on July 12, 2018. According to court documents...
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Retired nurse sentenced to five years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Christine Miles, 59, of Windsor Locks, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven...
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Buffalo man charged with selling fentanyl that caused serious bodily injury

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Julian Beavers, a/k/a Ock, a/k/a Marcel Ceasar, a/k/a BJ, 32, of Buffalo, New York, with...
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Washington man sentenced to over 12 years in prison for meth offense

MISSOULA, Mont., - Salomon Mejia Preciado, a 36-year-old resident of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Preciado pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Preciado is a former federal felon and was prosecuted in the Eastern District...
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Kalamazzo, Michigan methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to over nineteen years

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - United States Attorney Andrew Byerly Birge announced today that Michael Donnell Neeley, age 39, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff to 235 months in prison for participating in a methamphetamine distribution ring that operated in Kalamazoo and Van Buren Counties...
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Former Bandidos National Vice President sentenced to life in federal prison

SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 59-year-old Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Organization National Vice President John Xavier Portillo to two consecutive life sentences, plus 20 years, in federal prison for racketeering and drug trafficking charges. That announcement was made today by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special...
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Mexican national residing in Modesto is sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Feliciano Ochoa Reyes, 34, of Mexico and Modesto was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. to 17-and-a-half years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced. According...
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DEA announces results of major state-wide enforcement operation

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Drug Enforcement Administration, in conjunction with federal and state prosecutors, announced today an unprecedented enforcement action spanning across the state of Arkansas in a combined effort to reverse the horrible effects on communities produced by violent drug traffickers. As part of this effort, dubbed Operation...

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