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Three Defendants Sentenced for $2.1 Million Meth Conspiracy

September 09, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two Mexican nationals and a St. Joseph, Mo., man were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a $2.1 million conspiracy that distributed more than 100 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Kansas City metropolitan area and in northwest Missouri. Juan Guzman, also known as...
September 09, 2022
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Cuban national sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug trafficking, firearms offenses

September 08, 2022
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Ali Godoy, 51, a national of Cuba, was sentenced on Sept. 7 to 10 years in prison. Godoy pleaded guilty on May 24 to one count each of possession with intent to distribute...
September 08, 2022
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Gang Member Sentenced to Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking

September 07, 2022
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A member of a violent white supremacist street gang has been sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison after pleading guilty to trafficking methamphetamine. Donnie Lee Curtis Jr., 37, of Tunnel Hill, Ga., was sentenced to 144 months in prison after previously pleading guilty to...
September 07, 2022
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Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Trafficking Meth While on Probation

August 25, 2022
INDIANAPOLIS – Michael J. Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Shane Theisz, 44, of Terre Haute, Indiana, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with...
August 25, 2022
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to Over 12 Years for Meth Trafficking

August 19, 2022
MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Adam Beliveau, 42, Downing, Wisconsin, was sentence by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 12 ½ years in prison...
August 19, 2022
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Toppenish Woman Charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

August 12, 2022
YAKIMA, Wash. – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Susen Ann Gorst, age 34, of Toppenish, Washington. The federal indictment charges Gorst with Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine...
August 12, 2022
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Former Somerville Man Sentenced for Distributing Methamphetamine and Illegally Possessing a Firearm

August 11, 2022
BOSTON – A former Somerville man was sentenced on Aug. 4, 2022 in federal court in Boston for his role in a cross-country methamphetamine conspiracy and illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition. Antonio Gribaudo, a/k/a “Tony,” 41, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge George A. O’Toole, Jr. to...
August 11, 2022
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Two Defendants Charged with Firearms and Narcotics Trafficking

August 11, 2022
NEW YORK CITY – Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), and Kevin...
August 11, 2022
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 300 Months for Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth

August 08, 2022
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Eddie M. Knox, 56, Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady on...
August 08, 2022
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18 Defendants Indicted for Meth Conspiracy

July 19, 2022
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Eighteen defendants have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri after law enforcement officers seized approximately 29 pounds of methamphetamine, approximately $57,000, and firearms. Brian E. Hall, 45, of Aurora, Mo., Jacqueline...
July 19, 2022
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