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Debt Collector and Drug Distributor for Cartel Connected, Violent, Drug Distribution Ring, Sentenced to 10 years in Prison

November 23, 2022
Seattle – A 31-year-old Renton, Washington man was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison for his role in a violent, cartel connected drug distribution ring, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Benjamin Fuentes was indicted in July 2020, along with more than a...
November 23, 2022
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Four Defendants Arrested, Charged with Selling Drugs and Guns in the Medina, NY

November 23, 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that four defendants were arrested and charged in two separate criminal complaints with selling cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and firearms in the Medina, NY, area. Assistant U.S. Attorney Katelyn M. Hartford, who is handling the case, stated that according to the...
November 23, 2022
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DEA Washington Division Hosts 1st Family Summit to Engage with Families Affected by Fentanyl Poisoning

November 22, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hosted regional family summits across the country in support of those who have lost loved ones to fentanyl poisoning. This is the first undertaking of its kind for the DEA field divisions and builds off the momentum of this summer’s Inaugural Family...
November 22, 2022
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DEA Miami Field Division Joins with Florida Families to Increase Awareness about the Dangers of Fentanyl

November 22, 2022
MIAMI – This week the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hosted regional family summits across the country in support of those who have lost loved ones to fentanyl poisoning. This is the first undertaking of its kind for the DEA field divisions and builds off the momentum of this summer’s Inaugural...
November 22, 2022
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Operation Florida Keys Results in 16 Arrests and Seizure of Drugs, Guns, and Cash

November 22, 2022
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, Police Chief of the Atlantic City PD James A. Sarkos, Atlantic County Prosecutor William Reynolds, and Executive Director of the Liberty Mid-Atlantic HIDTA Jeremiah Daley announced a months-long investigation into the...
November 22, 2022
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DEA Seattle Field Division Joins with Families to Increase Awareness about the Dangers of Fentanyl

November 21, 2022
SEATTLE– This week the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hosted regional family summits across the country in support of those who have lost loved ones to fentanyl poisoning. The DEA Seattle Field Division invited families from Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Idaho to the Family Summit held in Seattle on November 15th...
November 21, 2022
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Rochester Man Sentenced to More than 14 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking and Fatal Overdose

November 21, 2022
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge, New York Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced today that Julio A. Rodriguez, 31, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 40 grams...
November 21, 2022
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Jamestown Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Drugs that Caused Serious Bodily Injury

November 21, 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge, New York Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced today that Bradley D. Knapp, 43, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and...
November 21, 2022
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Two Maryland Men Convicted After a Two-Week Trial for Federal Charges Related to an Armed Heroin and Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy Operating in Washington County

November 21, 2022
Baltimore – A federal jury convicted Jarvis Antonio Coleman-Fuller, age 35, of Hagerstown, Maryland and Eric Tyrell Johnson, a/k/a E, age 38, of Owings Mills, Maryland, late on November 17, 2022, on federal charges related to a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, specifically fentanyl and heroin in Washington County, Maryland...
November 21, 2022
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DEA Joins with Families Across the Country to Increase Awareness about the Dangers of Fentanyl

November 18, 2022
WASHINGTON – This week the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hosted regional family summits across the country in support of those who have lost loved ones to fentanyl poisoning. This is the first undertaking of its kind for the DEA field divisions and builds off the momentum of this summer’s Inaugural...
November 18, 2022
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