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State inmate sentenced to nearly 8 years in prison for running cocaine and crack ring while incarcerated

HARTFORD, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced that Westley Northrup, also known as “Piff,” 31, formerly of Meriden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford...
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Madison man charged dealing cocaine

MADISON, Wis. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictment today. Matthew Guirlando, 34, Madison, Wisconsin, is charged with four counts of distributing cocaine and one count of possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute. The indictment alleges that he...
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DEA investigation leads to 36 arrests in fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine conspiracy

CINCINNATI – A federal grand jury has charged 36 individuals with crimes related to narcotics and money laundering conspiracies in an indictment that was unsealed today. Those charged include 22 local individuals. Law enforcement agents arrested all 36 defendants late last week and over the weekend. According to the indictment...
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Thirteen charged, eight search warrants, more than a thousand grams of fentanyl, three firearms seized in Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island Aaron L. Weisman announced that thirteen individuals have been charged, eleven of which are in custody, and eight federal court-authorized search warrants were executed today in...
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Kokomo, Indiana members of drug trafficking organization convicted by jury

INDIANAPOLIS – DEA Indianapolis Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Michael Gannon and the United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler of the Southern District of Indiana announced today that Michael O’Bannon, 35, Michael Jones, 37, Jason Reed, 50, and Shaun Myers, 37, all from Kokomo, Indiana, were convicted on drug...
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Dominican National involved in drug importation schemes sentenced to 12 years in prison

New Haven, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham, announced that Arrinson De La Cruz, 40, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall...
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DEA investigation leads to 36 arrests in fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine conspiracy

CINCINNATI – A federal grand jury has charged 36 individuals with crimes related to narcotics and money laundering conspiracies in an indictment that was unsealed today. Those charged include 22 local individuals. Law enforcement agents arrested all 36 defendants late last week and over the weekend. According to the indictment...
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Virginia man distributing over ½ million dollars of cocaine, found and sentenced to prison

RICHMOND, Va. – A Hopewell man was sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents, Lorenzo Coleman, 41, was the leader and organizer of a multi-defendant drug trafficking ring that distributed cocaine in Hopewell and the surrounding areas. Coleman...
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Husband and wife sentenced in connection with pain clinic pill mill scheme

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal judge today sentenced a Springville couple involved in a St. Clair County pill mill scheme, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the New Orleans Division Brad L. Byerley, U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, and IRS-Criminal Investigations Atlanta Field Office Special Agent in...
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Hickory, N.C., man sentenced to more than 10 years for drug trafficking and firearms offenses

STATESVILLE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Tevin Jerome Gaither, 29, of Hickory, N.C., was sentenced to 123 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release on drug trafficking and firearms offenses, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Andrew Murray. U.S...

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