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PRESS RELEASE

New Haven Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Distribution and Gun Possession Offenses

November 07, 2022
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOEL MARTINEZ, JR., 24, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for...
November 07, 2022
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Pittsford Man Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Cocaine Base

November 07, 2022
PITTSFORD, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Scott Chandler, 47, of Pittsford, Vermont, was sentenced today to serve one year and one day of imprisonment for possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and cocaine base. United States District...
November 07, 2022
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Waterbury Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison

November 07, 2022
WATERBURY, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYSON QUINONES, also known as “Ty,” 36, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release...
November 07, 2022
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Cocaine and Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Dismantled in Western New York

November 03, 2022
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division announced the takedown of a drug trafficking operation that flooded communities in Western New York with cocaine and fentanyl pills. As alleged in the 129-count indictment...
November 03, 2022
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Three Arrested for Drug Trafficking Following Rutland Search

November 02, 2022
RUTLAND, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Maurice Pompey, 34, of Columbia, South Carolina, Christopher Moton, 29, of Columbia, South Carolina, and Danielle Richardson, 30, of Rutland, Vermont, were arrested on October 27, 2022 following the execution of a...
November 02, 2022
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Michigan Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Drug Trafficking in Indiana

November 01, 2022
HAMMOND, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Johnny Lamar Sawyer, 31, of Southfield, Michigan, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody after pleading...
November 01, 2022
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Member of Southwest Baltimore “NFL” Gang Sentenced to 29 Years in Federal Prison for a Racketeering Conspiracy, Including Two Murders and an Attempted Murder

October 31, 2022
Greenbelt, Maryland – On October 28, 2022, U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Bobby Cannon, a/k/a Freaky, age 24 of Baltimore, to 29 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for participating in a violent racketeering conspiracy, specifically, the NFL Criminal Enterprise, including committing two...
October 31, 2022
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Montenegrin National Charged with Maritime Narcotrafficking of Over 20 Tons of Cocaine

October 31, 2022
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Goran Gogic with one count of conspiracy to violate the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act and three counts of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act. Gogic, a citizen of Montenegro, and a former heavyweight boxer...
October 31, 2022
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Keene Woman Sentenced To 60 Months For Drug Trafficking

October 31, 2022
CONCORD, N.H. – Jennifer Bosworth, 31, of Keene, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and crack cocaine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on April 1, 2021, law enforcement officers conducting surveillance of Ms. Bosworth observed her...
October 31, 2022
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23 Individuals Charged With Trafficking Counterfeit Prescription Pills

October 31, 2022
BOSTON –Twenty-three individuals in Massachusetts have been charged in connection with a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that allegedly manufactured and distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing narcotics. The defendants were charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute controlled substances. According...
October 31, 2022
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