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Shelton Man Sentenced to 66 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotics In Bridgeport

December 27, 2022
SHELTON, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ANTHONY SMALL, also known as “Whompy,” 31, of Shelton, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release...
December 27, 2022
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Robeson County Woman Stopped with Fentanyl in Child Car Seat Receives 25 Year Sentence

December 27, 2022
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Robeson County woman was sentenced Dec. 21, 2022 to 300 months in prison for conspiring to distribute four hundred grams or more of fentanyl and for possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. On April 7, 2022, Jania Delicia Leggett, 28, pled guilty to...
December 27, 2022
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Leader of Violent Brockton-Based Drug Crew Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years in Prison

December 27, 2022
BOSTON – A Brockton man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role leading a wide-ranging drug trafficking conspiracy reaching from Boston to Brockton to Cape Cod. Djuna Goncalves, 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 230 months, or more than 19 years...
December 27, 2022
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Waterbury Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Distribution and Firearm Possession Offenses

December 20, 2022
WATERBURY, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LENWOOD GATLING, 39, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and firearm...
December 20, 2022
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Convicted Felon Indicted for Drug and Firearms Offenses

December 20, 2022
BOSTON – A repeat convicted felon has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly possessing a firearm, multiple rounds of ammunition and fentanyl intended for distribution while on federal supervised release. Francisco Gabriel Diaz, 32, of Boston, was indicted on one count of possession with intent to distribute...
December 20, 2022
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Indictment Charges 5 Men with Fentanyl Trafficking Offenses

December 20, 2022
HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging the following five individuals with fentanyl...
December 20, 2022
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Bronx Man Indicted Following Seizure of Approximately $2.5 Million Worth of Powdered Fentanyl and Fentanyl Pills

December 14, 2022
NEW YORK CITY – An indictment filed by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor charges Eric Hooks in connection with the seizure of approximately 8 kilograms of powdered fentanyl (over 17 pounds) and up to 10,000 counterfeit pills allegedly containing fentanyl from a vehicle and an apartment in the...
December 14, 2022
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Multi-Agency Investigation Shuts Down Violent Drug Trafficking Ring

December 14, 2022
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – On Wednesday, December 14, 2022, multiple law enforcement agencies utilized information collected from a long-term narcotics investigation to execute search warrants at seventeen locations within the City of Rochester; Town of Sweden, and Town of Greece. This was a long-term investigation by the Monroe County District Attorney’s...
December 14, 2022
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Connecticut Man Sentenced to 27 Months of Imprisonment for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

December 07, 2022
HARTFORD, Conn. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jorge Torres, 23, of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 27 months of imprisonment today in United States District Court by United States District Judge William K. Sessions III. Torres previously pleaded guilty to...
December 07, 2022
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Illinois Man Convicted of Drugs, Weapons Offenses

December 02, 2022
PEORIA, Ill. – Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts on Dec. 1, 2022, against Harold U. McGhee, 48, of Peoria, Illinois, for the...
December 02, 2022
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