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Goffstown man sentenced to 96 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

September 12, 2019
CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced Jonathan Felch, 37, of Goffstown, was sentenced to serve 96 months in federal prison for participating in a fentanyl drug trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and statements...
September 12, 2019
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Local Doctor and Former Pro Football Player Indicted

September 12, 2019
Rome, Ga. – Atlanta-area doctor Victor Hanson and former professional football player Sedrick Hodge have been indicted with two other individuals for illegal distribution of prescription drugs, including opioids. “Americans rely on healthcare providers, many of them medical doctors, to use their training to help patients and to ‘do no...
September 12, 2019
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Pharmacy owner charged with illegally distributing oxycodone and operating a health care fraud and kickback scheme

September 12, 2019
NEW YORK CITY - Raymond P. Donovan, special agent in charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Scott J. Lampert, special agent in charge of the New York Office of the...
September 12, 2019
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Groveton woman sentenced to 87 months for participating in interstate fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

September 11, 2019
CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced Katie Fysh, 33, of Groveton, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and statements made in court...
September 11, 2019
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Virginia woman causes fatal, fentanyl-related overdose, admits guilt

September 10, 2019
HARRISONBURG, Va., – Iza Mar Rosario-Cruzado, 31, of Harrisonburg, Va., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to one count of distributing and possessing with the intent to distribute a mixture of heroin and fentanyl. Rosario-Cruzado further admitted her distribution of this drug mixture resulted in an overdose death. “This...
September 10, 2019
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New York woman sentenced to 54 months for crack, heroin and fentanyl trafficking

September 09, 2019
BANGOR, Maine – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced Diana Davis, 32, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 54 months in prison and three years of...
September 09, 2019
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Two Rochester men plead guilty for their roles in drug conspiracy

September 06, 2019
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today Pablo Rentas-Torres, 35, and Jesus Fernandez, 25, both of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to conspiracy to possess with intent...
September 06, 2019
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Hartford man sentenced to 54 months for trafficking heroin, fentanyl and other drugs

September 03, 2019
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 Angel Gonzalez, also known as “Spider” and “June,” 41, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in...
September 03, 2019
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Chicago man sentenced to three years of prison for trafficking heroin-fentanyl substances in Madison area

August 30, 2019
MADISON, Wis. – Robert J. Bell, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s Chicago Field Division, and Scott C. Blader, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Corey D. Douglas, 28, of Chicago was sentenced Thursday, August 29 by U.S. District Judge...
August 30, 2019
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South Florida doctor pleads guilty to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone

August 26, 2019
MIAMI - Dr. Rodolfo Gonzalez Garcia, 65, of Weston, Florida pled guilty on August 23, 2019, to conspiring to dispense a controlled substance, Oxycodone. According to the court record, including the agreed upon factual proffers, from November 2016, through and including September 2018, Dr. Rodolfo Gonzalez Garcia, his wife Arlene...
August 26, 2019
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