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New York Man Arrested for Fentanyl Trafficking in Burlington

June 11, 2024
BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office stated that Kajuan Woods, 35, of Brooklyn, New York has been charged by criminal complaint with possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute in Burlington, Vermont in January 2024. Woods was arrested in connection with this complaint on June 4, 2024. Woods’s initial...
June 11, 2024
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Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years for Armed Trafficking of Over 2,000 Fentanyl Pills, Selling 500 While on Bond

June 10, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS - Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that Dayten Abram, 22, of Muncie, Indiana, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release...
June 10, 2024
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Accused Drug Cartel Broker, 28 Others Indicted in St. Louis

June 07, 2024
ST. LOUIS – A man accused of being a broker for Mexican drug cartels and 28 others have been indicted on drug and money laundering conspiracy charges in St. Louis. Genaro Rosas-Vargas, 39, also known by other names including “Chilango,” and the 28 others were indicted by a grand jury...
June 07, 2024
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Albuquerque Man Convicted of Federal Firearm Offenses

June 06, 2024
ALBUQUERQUE – An Albuquerque man was convicted by a federal jury, after less than 30 minutes of deliberation, of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, between...
June 06, 2024
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Year-Long Wiretap Investigation Results in Four Arrests and Kilogram Seizures of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, Heroin, and Cocaine

June 05, 2024
SEATTLE – Law enforcement teams from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Seattle Police Department and IRS Criminal Investigation executed 24 search or arrest warrants taking four people into custody who are allegedly connected to a drug trafficking conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. The drug conspirators have ties to...
June 05, 2024
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Two Defendants Charged with Murder in Fatal Pacific Beach Fentanyl Overdose

June 04, 2024
San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced today that two individuals have been charged with murder in connection with the fentanyl overdose death of 31-year-old Connor Gerhart. Defendants Sheri Cavanaugh, 59, and her co-conspirator, Micah Seau, 31, are both charged with murder and conspiracy to commit a crime. The...
June 04, 2024
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Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 24 Months in Drug Distribution Conspiracy

June 02, 2024
RUTLAND, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on May 29, 2024 , Jashier Gillespie, 22, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford to a term of 24 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a...
June 02, 2024
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Three New Haven Men Charged with Trafficking Pills Containing Meth and Fentanyl, Fentanyl Powder Mixed with Xylazine

June 02, 2024
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a seven-count indictment charging MARKEYSE...
June 02, 2024
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Connecticut Man Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl

June 02, 2024
PROVIDENCE, R.I.– A Windsor, CT, resident who admitted to a federal judge in Rhode Island that he conspired to deliver nearly 90 grams of fentanyl has been sentenced to five years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Daniel Alexander Smith, 20, previously admitted that between late...
June 02, 2024
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11 Charged with Trafficking Drugs in Southwestern Connecticut, Firearm Offenses

June 02, 2024
STAMFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Stamford Police Chief Timothy Shaw today announced that the following 11 individuals have been charged with federal offenses stemming from...
June 02, 2024
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