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New Hampshire Man Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For His Role In Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

September 16, 2024
BOSTON – A member of a nationwide drug trafficking ring has been sentenced in federal court in Boston. During the investigation over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an AK-47, a Glock with no serial number, two loaded Smith & Wesson handguns and over 4,200 rounds of ammunition...
September 16, 2024
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Meriden Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Trafficking Offenses

September 16, 2024
MERIDEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MIGUEL ACEVEDO, 41 of Meriden, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to cocaine trafficking offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 7, 2021, Meriden Police arrested Acevedo...
September 16, 2024
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Haines City Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More than 12 Years

September 16, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. – Senior U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell sentenced Robert Lubin (36, Haines City) to 12 years and 6 months in federal prison for attempted possession with the intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more...
September 16, 2024
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New Jersey Man Arrested in Sales of Eight Guns, Cocaine and “Pink Cocaine” in Manhattan

September 13, 2024
A long-term undercover investigation resulted in the arrest of a New Jersey man in connection with sales of eight guns, cocaine and “pink cocaine” in locations across Manhattan. Laboratory analysis of the “pink cocaine,” also known by the street name “tusi,” indicated the presence of ketamine and MDMA. Bridget G...
September 13, 2024
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Shipment of Meth and Cocaine Leads to Prison for St. Louis Man

September 13, 2024
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Friday sentenced a man who was caught by police after a shipment of 15 pounds of methamphetamine and four and one-half pounds of cocaine was intercepted to 11 years and two months in prison. On March 24, 2022, Damon L...
September 13, 2024
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Milford Man Who Used Telegram App to Traffic Drugs Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison

September 11, 2024
MILFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILSON GUZMAN, JR., 40, of Milford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford 36 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for distributing various drugs on...
September 11, 2024
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Mexican National Trafficking Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills Sentenced to 12 Years

September 10, 2024
NEW BERN, N.C. – Christian Ricardo Arce-Cazares, a 36-year-old resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, illegally present in the United States has been sentenced to 150 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and aiding and abetting the distribution of...
September 10, 2024
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Tuscaloosa Woman Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison Following Federal Drug Conviction

September 10, 2024
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA – On September 9, 2024, a federal judge ordered that 30-year-old Teaira Nishara Robbins, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, receive a sentence of 87 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin P. Davidson. Following her prison sentence, Robbins will be...
September 10, 2024
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Southeastern Connecticut Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 16 Years in Federal Prison

September 06, 2024
NEW LONDON, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY WHYTE, also known as “Jak Mac,” 50, of New London, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 195 months of imprisonment, followed by five years...
September 06, 2024
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Mexican Man Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Transporting 20 Kilograms Of Cocaine Into Massachusetts For Drug Cartel

September 06, 2024
BOSTON – A Mexican man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. In March 2023, 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized during a traffic stop, along with a tracking device that had been installed in the vehicle by a Mexican drug...
September 06, 2024
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