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Manchester Man Sentenced to 80 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Violations

CONCORD, N.H. – Craig Pearson, 43, of Manchester, has been sentenced in federal court for methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking and firearm offenses, United States Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Pearson was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Court Judge Samantha D. Elliott to 80 months in federal prison and 3 years of...
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Previously Convicted Felon Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

BOSTON – A Methuen man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for trafficking counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine, unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition and using a firearm in relation of a drug trafficking offense. Shawn Hart, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G...
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More than 25 Defendants Charged in Nationwide Tren de Aragua Crackdown Resulting in the Seizure of Over 80 Firearms and Narcotics in Homeland Security Task Force Investigations

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced charges against more than 25 individuals as part of a nationwide crackdown targeting the foreign terrorist organization (FTO), Tren de Aragua (TdA). Many of the defendants charged in this Homeland Security Task Force operation are illegal aliens from Venezuela, Colombia, and Honduras. TdA...
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Ten Indicted in Drug Trafficking Conspiracies in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation

HONOLULU – United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii Ken Sorenson announced that ten people were charged in an indictment that was unsealed on May 6, 2026, on charges including conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana, and possession of a firearm. The...
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Takedown Targets Open-Air Drug Market at L.A.’s MacArthur Park, Long an Area Run by Gang Members and Homeless Drug Users

LOS ANGELES – Eighteen defendants, including two people law enforcement believes are the main sources of fentanyl and methamphetamine in Los Angeles’s gang- and drug-infested MacArthur Park, have been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging them with a federal drug trafficking offense, the Justice Department announced today. The complaint...
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Federal Law Enforcement Seizes 22 Firearms and Multiple Kilograms of Narcotics from Chicago Storage Unit; Alleged Drug Trafficker Arrested

CHICAGO — Federal law enforcement this month arrested an alleged drug trafficker and seized 22 firearms and multiple kilograms of narcotics from his Chicago storage unit. Mario Neustadter sold fentanyl and methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement officer in Chicago on three occasions in January of February of this year...
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Major Drug Trafficker Charged Following Historic Fentanyl and Meth Seizures in New Jersey History

NEW YORK – United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) New York Task Force Division Special Agent in Charge Chrsitopher Roberts, United States Attorney for the District if New Jersey Robert Frazer, New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch, and New York State Police (“NYSP”) Superintendent Stephen James...
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Tallahassee Man Indicted for Armed Drug Trafficking Crimes

Tallahassee, Florida – Forrest Alan Price, 31, of Tallahassee, Fla., has been indicted in federal court for possession with intent to distribute synthetic cathinone and five grams or more of methamphetamine, carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. John P. Heekin...
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Central Valley Men Indicted for Possession of Approximately One Million Pills Containing Suspected Methamphetamine

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment today against Jose Mendoza, 35, of Merced; Jessy Johnson, 34, of Turlock; and Alejandro Perez, 43, of Crows Landing, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and Drug Enforcement Administration...
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Motorcycle Gang Associate Sentenced To Over 12 Years In Prison For Role In Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring

BOSTON – A Byfield man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in a conspiracy to distribute crystal methamphetamine. James Adams, a/k/a “Jimmy,” 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV to 151 months in prison, to be followed by five years...

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