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St. Louis Man Admits Federal Murder-for-Hire Plot

August 08, 2022
ST. LOUIS - A man from St. Louis pleaded guilty Monday to a murder-for-hire charge and a drug conspiracy charge and admitted trying to have a man who owed him more then $100,000 killed. Kevin Cunningham, 36, pleaded guilty Monday in front of U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig to...
August 08, 2022
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Four Individuals Charged in Conspiracy to Traffic Cocaine and Fentanyl

August 08, 2022
TAMPA , Fla . – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Arnulfo Rodriguez-Munoz, (41, Fort Worth, TX), Enrique Velasquez (43, Dallas, TX), Heriberto Castillo, (44, Denton, TX), and David Ceballos (27, Alvarado, TX) with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to...
August 08, 2022
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Kirkland Man Charged with Drug Trafficking Offense Related to Recent Motel Robbery

August 05, 2022
SPOKANE, Wash – On Thursday, Scott Banchero, age 58, of Kirkland, Washington, was charged by federal criminal complaint with Possession with Intent to Distribute 500 Grams or More of a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(viii), according to Vanessa R...
August 05, 2022
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Albuquerque Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 17 years in Prison

August 05, 2022
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that John Seibel was sentenced on Aug. 2 to 17 years and six months in prison. Seibel, 26, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty on March 15 to two counts of distribution of 50 grams and...
August 05, 2022
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Portsmouth Man Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Possession With The Intent To Distribute Large Quantities Of “Ice” Methamphetamine And Fentanyl

August 04, 2022
CONCORD, N.H. - Robert Corson, 33, formerly of Portsmouth, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of unlawful possession with intent to distribute 40 grams and more of fentanyl and 5 grams and more of “ice” methamphetamine, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today. According to court documents...
August 04, 2022
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Connecticut Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison

August 04, 2022
BLOOMFIELD, Conn. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Markus Saez, 28, of Bloomfield, Connecticut, was sentenced today to serve 54 months in prison after his conviction for possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine. United States District...
August 04, 2022
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Connecticut Man Sentenced To 70 Months For Participating In A Conspiracy To Distribute Fentanyl

August 04, 2022
CONCORD, N.H. – Victor Tejada-Gonzalez, 31, of Waterbury, Connecticut was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today. According to court documents and statements made in court, Tejada-Gonzalez operated as part of drug-distribution conspiracy out of Lawrence, Massachusetts...
August 04, 2022
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New Britain Man Charged With Fentanyl Distribution And Firearm Possession Offenses

August 04, 2022
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging...
August 04, 2022
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Over 13 Pounds of Heroin/Fentanyl Seized at Packaging Mill in the Bronx: Two Arrested

August 04, 2022
NEW YORK CITY – Two men were arrested in the Fordham Manor neighborhood of the Bronx in connection with a large-scale heroin/fentanyl packaging and distribution operation. Approximately six kilograms of narcotics (over 13 pounds) with a street value of at least $1.8 million were intercepted during a short-term investigation. The...
August 04, 2022
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Idaho Man Sentenced to more than 10 years for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Heroin, Cocaine, and Fentanyl

August 03, 2022
BOISE, Idaho - A Wilder, Idaho man was sentenced to 124 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. According to court records, James Donavan Conour, 44, of Wilder, sold another person one pound of methamphetamine in exchange for $3,000 on January 21...
August 03, 2022
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