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Double Homicide Suspect Charged With Drug Crime

An Austin man with alleged ties to a double homicide has been charged with a drug crime, announced Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez Fernando Molina, 38, was charged via criminal complaint on Feb. 16 and indicted this week, charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a...
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Pittsfield Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison in Multi-Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

BOSTON – A Pittsfield man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed multiple drugs in the Brockton area. Edward Chapman, 54, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 11 years in prison and eight years...
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Two Harford County Cocaine Dealers Convicted by Federal Jury

Baltimore, Md., – A federal jury convicted Che Jaron Durbin, age 43, of Aberdeen, Maryland and Terrell Darnell Walton, age 36, of Delaware, yesterday on federal charges related to their participation in a drug trafficking organization distributing cocaine and crack cocaine in Harford County, Maryland. Specifically, the jury convicted Durbin...
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Tallahassee Man Convicted of Drug Trafficking Charges

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A federal jury in Tallahassee convicted Lamar Anthony Dukes, 36, of Tallahassee, Florida of distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine. The guilty verdict, returned on March 8, 2022, at the conclusion of a two-day trial, was announced by Jason R...
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Law Enforcement Operation Results in 25 Arrests for Drug-trafficking Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An investigation into an armed and violent drug-trafficking organization led to the arrests of 25 Kansas City, Missouri, area residents this week in an operation that involved more than 200 law enforcement officers from multiple local and federal agencies. “This operation removed a large number of...
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East Bay Resident Found Guilty of Attempting to Help Smuggle Cocaine Through Bay Area Airports

SAN FRANCISCO - A jury found Lemack Bellot guilty of two counts of attempting to aid and abet possession with intent to distribute cocaine in a scheme to smuggle drugs through San Francisco International Airport (SFO), announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Drug Enforcement Special Agent in Charge...
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Six Augusta-Area Defendants Indicted on Separate Firearms, Drug Charges

AUGUSTA, GA: Three Augusta men face felony gun charges while three others also faces drug trafficking charges as Richmond County law enforcement officials pursue individuals associated with an increase in gang-related violent crime. Federal indictments returned in the March term of the Southern District of Georgia U.S. District Court Grand...
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to 27 Years in Federal Prison

TAMPA, Fla . –Victor Manuel Hernandez (22, Wimauma) was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for a narcotics conspiracy involving methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine, as well as for being a felon in possession of multiple firearms. Hernandez had pleaded guilty on July 27, 2021. According to court documents, between...
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Fentanyl Kingpin Sentenced to Life Sentence

ST. LOUIS – Gerald Hunter, 56, of Los Angeles, appeared today before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross and was sentenced to life in federal prison. Hunter was convicted of conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl...
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Drug Trafficker Who Distributed Narcotics While on State Bond Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison

TAMPA, Fla. –Jarran Riley (37, Clearwater) was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for distributing narcotics. Riley had pleaded guilty on December 9, 2021. According to court documents, on June 5, 2019, at approximately 10:30 p.m., detectives from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Dunedin Cove Motel...

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