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Waterbury Man Involved In Connecticut-To-Maine Drug And Gun Trafficking Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

May 04, 2022
WATERBURY, Conn. - Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LONNIE JOYNER, also known as “Flo,” 37, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release...
May 04, 2022
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Providence Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Fentanyl And Heroin Trafficking

May 04, 2022
BOSTON – A Providence man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester in connection with drug trafficking activities involving fentanyl and heroin. Darwin J. Gonzalez Reyes a/k/a “España,” 36, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 10 years in prison and five years of...
May 04, 2022
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Waterbury Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Firearm Possession Offenses

May 04, 2022
WATERBURY, Conn. - Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LENWOOD GATLING, 38, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, between...
May 04, 2022
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Newark Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization

May 03, 2022
NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced a Newark man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy...
May 03, 2022
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Career Offender Sentenced to 235 Months in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Heroin

April 29, 2022
BOISE, Idaho – A Boise man was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin. According to court records, an investigation into Dennis Radford Colby, a/k/a “Dragon” and his drug trafficking organization began in 2020. On February 4, 2021, Colby was observed...
April 29, 2022
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Federal Jury Finds Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Guilty

April 29, 2022
OCALA, Fla. – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that a federal jury has found Jonathan Jermaine Thomas (32, Ocala) guilty of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, more than 5 kilograms of cocaine, and more than 1 kilogram of heroin...
April 29, 2022
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Fentanyl Dealer Pleads Guilty to Distributing Narcotics

April 29, 2022
TAMPA , Fla . – Marvin “MJ” Mitchell (36, St. Peterburg) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin, crack cocaine, and fentanyl, and possession with the intent to distribute heroin, crack cocaine, and fentanyl. Mitchell faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison...
April 29, 2022
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Boston Area Fentanyl And Cocaine Supplier Sentenced

April 27, 2022
BOSTON – A Boston-based fentanyl and cocaine supplier was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Jose Perez Felix, a/k/a “Eugenio Piedraita-Rivera,” “Roberto Patricio Ramirez,” “Grande,” 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 87 months in prison...
April 27, 2022
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Six Arrested for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Heroin in Bakersfield

April 27, 2022
FRESNO, Calif. — Six people were arrested in Kern County today following a year-long investigation of a Bakersfield-based drug trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine and heroin. The defendants are scheduled to make an initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on Wednesday, April 27, at 2:00 p.m. Those...
April 27, 2022
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New Haven Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Distribution and Gun Possession Offenses

April 26, 2022
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Leonard C. Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Joel Martinez, Jr., 23, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today in Hartford, Connecticut, federal court to narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, on September...
April 26, 2022
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