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Ringleader of Fentanyl Conspiracy Sentenced to Life, Co-Conspirators Sentenced to a Total of More than 100 Years

March 15, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – 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 Keith J. Jones, a/k/a Keybo, 57, of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Kevin M. Backstrom, 58, of Los Angeles California have been sentenced to...
March 15, 2024
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Two Madison Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking

March 14, 2024
MADISON, WIS. – John McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Milwaukee and Timothy M. O’Shea, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that two Madison men have been sentenced in connection with fentanyl trafficking. Tysean J. Pollard, 22, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by...
March 14, 2024
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Gang Member Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison on Racketeering Charge and Related Crimes

March 11, 2024
NEWARK, N.J. – A member of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for his role a racketeering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Amir Edmonds, aka “G Baby,” 22, of Newark, pleaded guilty on Sept. 13, 2023, before U.S. District...
March 11, 2024
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Fifteen Meth Traffickers Sentenced to a Total of Over 175 Years

March 06, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - 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 Fifteen individuals have been convicted and sentenced for their roles in a large drug trafficking operation based in Kokomo, Indiana. According to...
March 06, 2024
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Woman Sentenced to Six and a half Years in Prison for Trafficking Meth and Fentanyl

March 01, 2024
MADISON, Wis. – John McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Milwaukee and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin announced that Julia A. Lloyd, 40, Coon Valley, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 6 ½ years...
March 01, 2024
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Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

February 28, 2024
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Towanda R. Thorne-James, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso Division, and Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Danyell Kerr, Jr. was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Kerr, 32, of Albuquerque, pled guilty to...
February 28, 2024
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Bakersfield Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused Overdose Death

February 26, 2024
FRESNO, Calif. — Marcus Randall, 40, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for distributing fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Clark announced. According to court documents, on Dec. 16, 2020, Randall knowingly distributed 10 “blues” (fentanyl...
February 26, 2024
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Man Sentenced to 132 Months in Prison for Meth Distribution

February 21, 2024
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced Lincoln Glass, 30 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty...
February 21, 2024
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Three Members of Northern California Drug Trafficking Groups Convicted at Trial

February 16, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal jury has convicted three defendants—Luis Torres Garcia, Evan Martinez Diaz, and Timothy Peoples—of multiple drug trafficking offenses following an eight-day trial, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), San Francisco Field Division, Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Clark. The...
February 16, 2024
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Six Members of Evansville Fentanyl and Meth Trafficking Ring Indicted

February 13, 2024
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - 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 a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging six individuals for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine in...
February 13, 2024
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