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Seventeen defendants charged in takedown of Newark’s ‘Famous Boyz’ street gang

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Valeria A. Nickerson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito announced criminal charges against 17 members, associates, and drug suppliers of a Newark street gang that distributed heroin and crack cocaine...
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Connecticut man sentenced to over 11 years for drug trafficking and attempt to destroy body of murder victim

HARTFORD, Conn – Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Maurice Wearing, 29, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 140...
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Former law firm partner sentenced for conspiring to defraud two NY law firms out of more than $7 million

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Valerie A. Nickerson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito announced a Bergen County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for using bogus litigation support companies...
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Dansville man sentenced for his role in meth conspiracy

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Donald McKinney, 53, of Dansville, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distributing 50 grams or...
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Black market pill manufacturing operation dismantled in Bronx apartment building; superintendent among three charged

NEW YORK - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II; Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of...
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California meth supplier pleads guilty to possession with intent to distribute

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James H. Bess, Jr., 63, of Apple Valley, CA, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer to possession with intent to...
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Federal jury convicts Arizona man of drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy charges

SYRCAUSE, NY - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York Division, United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Joseph Cronin, and New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II announced that Alonzo Harris, 43, of Youngtown, Arizona, was...
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New York man sentenced to 14 years for heroin and crack cocaine distribution

BURLINGTON, Vt – Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and United States Attorney for the District of Vermont Christina Nolan announced that Michael Brockenbaugh, 37, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Christina Reiss, to a 14-year...
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Former Miami-Dade County resident sentenced to over 12 years in prison for attempted international narcotics trafficking

MIAMI - On Sept. 28, 2018, Richard Senese, 39, a former Miami-Dade County resident was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release, for attempted international narcotics trafficking. Senese, formerly of Hialeah, previously pled guilty to attempting to import cocaine into the United...
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Rolling 30s Crips gang member sentenced to prison

ORLANDO, Fl a. - Jose Ramon Rivera (23, Orlando) was sentenced to 10 years and 11 months in federal prison for distributing heroin and methamphetamine, possessing firearms as a convicted felon, and carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime. Rivera pleaded guilty on July 12, 2018. According to court documents...

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