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Bridgeport Man Who Trafficked Cocaine Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison

December 20, 2023
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS CEPEDA, also known as “Doogie,” 35, of Bridgeport, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release...
December 20, 2023
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Farmington Man Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking Offenses

December 20, 2023
FARMINGTON, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DENIS MURTIC, 38, of Farmington, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for fentanyl and cocaine...
December 20, 2023
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Umar Koon Pleads Not Guilty to Drug Charges

December 20, 2023
BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office stated that Umar Koon, 45, of the Bronx, New York, has pleaded not guilty in United States District Court to charges that he distributed, and possessed with intent to distribute, illegal narcotics. United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle released Koon on...
December 20, 2023
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Jury Convicts Cartel Leader in Murder-for-Hire Conspiracy

December 15, 2023
LAREDO – A federal jury has convicted a 40-year-old Mexican citizen residing in Laredo on multiple counts for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, kidnapping and murder-for-hire, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S...
December 15, 2023
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Four Men Charged with Allegedly Running Drug Trafficking Ring that Shipped Wholesale Amounts of Narcotics to Indo-Pacific Region

December 15, 2023
LOS ANGELES – Two Orange County men have been arrested on a three-count federal grand jury indictment alleging they ran a transnational drug trafficking organization that exported wholesale amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine – concealed within commercial products such as instant noodle packets, car parts, emergency kits, and subwoofers –...
December 15, 2023
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Malas Manas Transnational Criminal Organization Leadership Indicted on Charges of Human Smuggling and Drug Trafficking

December 14, 2023
Phoenix, Ariz. - On November 29, 2023, a federal grand jury in Tucson returned an 11-count indictment against Jorge Damian Roman-Figueroa, Luis Eduardo Roman-Flores, Manuel Jose Bernal, Joel Salazar-Ballesteros, and Jesus Armando Gonzalez-Villela, citizens of Mexico, for Conspiracy to Transport Aliens; Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments; Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana...
December 14, 2023
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Hartford Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Offense

December 14, 2023
HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KARLIS MANSON, 35, of Hartford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing controlled substances...
December 14, 2023
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Indictment Charges Eight Men in an Interstate Fentanyl and Cocaine Conspiracy

December 13, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C.– A 19-count indictment charges eight men from the metropolitan Washington D.C. area with participating in an interstate fentanyl and cocaine conspiracy believed responsible for distributing multi-kilogram quantities of narcotics in the region. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, DEA Special Agent in Charge...
December 13, 2023
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Five Colombian National for International Cocaine Distribution

December 11, 2023
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Today, Alexander Valencia Garcia will be arraigned before United States Magistrate Judge Marcia M. Henry at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on an indictment charging him with two counts of international cocaine distribution. On November 7, 2023, the defendant, a Colombian citizen, was arrested in Florida on...
December 11, 2023
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Prolific Whatcom and Skagit County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison

December 07, 2023
Seattle – The key source of drugs for a drug distribution ring operating in Skagit and Whatcom counties was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to eight years in prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Enoc Martinez Lopez, aka “Victor,” 28, of Marysville, Washington, was the...
December 07, 2023
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