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Stoughton Man Sentence to 10 Years for Distributing Fentanyl and Crack Cocaine

March 10, 2021
BOSTON – A Stoughton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing fentanyl and crack cocaine. Matthew Pizarro, 30, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel to 10 years in prison and eight years of supervised release. In November 2019, Pizarro pleaded guilty...
March 10, 2021
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Former Bristol Resident Sentenced to 51 Months for Fentanyl and Crack Cocaine Dealing

March 10, 2021
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Elkie Crump, also known as “40,” 39, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to 51 months...
March 10, 2021
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Norwalk Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Third Federal Narcotics Conviction

March 10, 2021
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Domenico Sandalo, 46, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by...
March 10, 2021
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Roanoke Drug Kingpin Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

March 10, 2021
ROANOKE, Va. -- Monta Jordan, a convicted drug kingpin who was subject to one of the largest fentanyl seizures in Virginia at the time, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke to 240 months in federal prison, Jared Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division...
March 10, 2021
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Jury Convicts Richmond Fentanyl, Heroin, and Cocaine Trafficker

March 08, 2021
RICHMOND, Va. – A federal jury convicted a Richmond man today for possessing with the intent to distribute a mixture of heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. According to court records and evidence presented at trial in May 2019, law enforcement initiated an investigation into certain heroin and cocaine trafficking activities in...
March 08, 2021
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Four Ecuadorian Nationals Trafficking Over 700 Kilos of Cocaine, Intercepted

March 05, 2021
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging four Ecuadorian nationals after they were intercepted on the Pacific Ocean while traveling on unflagged vessels with over 700 kilograms of cocaine. According to the indictment and to a criminal complaint filed earlier this year, Julio Luis...
March 05, 2021
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Two Buffalo Men Arrested on Fentanyl Conspiracy Charges

March 05, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Alexis Lopez, 27, and Ivan Irizarry-Ramos, 35, both of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to possess with intent...
March 05, 2021
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Colombian National Extradited from Panama to Face Drug Charges in the United States

March 04, 2021
TAMPA, Fla. – An indictment charging Gerardo Gomez-Lubo, a/k/a Francisco Niño (42, Colombia), with conspiracy to distribute large amounts of cocaine knowing and intending it to be imported into the United States was unsealed today. If convicted on all counts, Gerardo Gomez-Lubo faces a maximum penalty of life in federal...
March 04, 2021
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2 get combined 197 years in federal prison

March 04, 2021
McALLEN, Texas – Two men have been ordered to federal prison for decades following their more than a dozen convictions of drug crimes, carjacking, robbery and firearms offenses, announced Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery and Special...
March 04, 2021
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DEA Task Force and Waterbury Police Investigation Results in Drug Charges Against 17 Individuals

March 03, 2021
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle, Acting United States Attorney Leonard C Boyle, Waterbury State’s Attorney Maureen Platt, and Waterbury Police Chief Fernando C. Spagnolo today announced that 17 individuals have been charged with federal offenses related to the distribution of...
March 03, 2021
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