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Lawrence man sentenced to 8 years for fentanyl trafficking

November 22, 2019
CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Walker Manuel Moreta, 32, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent...
November 22, 2019
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Rochester man sentenced to over 16 years in prison for trafficking multiple kilograms of fentanyl

November 22, 2019
CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Timothy Lafond, 41, of Rochester, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, to 198 months for drug trafficking. According to court documents and statements made in court...
November 22, 2019
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Two Massachusetts residents sentenced for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

November 20, 2019
CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Wagner Pimentel, 30, of Methuen, Massachusetts, and Luz Perez DeMartinez, 27, of Lawrence Massachusetts were sentenced in federal court on Tuesday for participating in a large-scale fentanyl...
November 20, 2019
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DEA investigation leads to 36 arrests in fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine conspiracy

November 19, 2019
CINCINNATI – A federal grand jury has charged 36 individuals with crimes related to narcotics and money laundering conspiracies in an indictment that was unsealed today. Those charged include 22 local individuals. Law enforcement agents arrested all 36 defendants late last week and over the weekend. According to the indictment...
November 19, 2019
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Kokomo, Indiana members of drug trafficking organization convicted by jury

November 19, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS – DEA Indianapolis Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Michael Gannon and the United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler of the Southern District of Indiana announced today that Michael O’Bannon, 35, Michael Jones, 37, Jason Reed, 50, and Shaun Myers, 37, all from Kokomo, Indiana, were convicted on drug...
November 19, 2019
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Thirteen charged, eight search warrants, more than a thousand grams of fentanyl, three firearms seized in Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation

November 19, 2019
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island Aaron L. Weisman announced that thirteen individuals have been charged, eleven of which are in custody, and eight federal court-authorized search warrants were executed today in...
November 19, 2019
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DEA investigation leads to 36 arrests in fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine conspiracy

November 19, 2019
CINCINNATI – A federal grand jury has charged 36 individuals with crimes related to narcotics and money laundering conspiracies in an indictment that was unsealed today. Those charged include 22 local individuals. Law enforcement agents arrested all 36 defendants late last week and over the weekend. According to the indictment...
November 19, 2019
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Drug trafficker with ties to Sinaloa cartel sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison

November 18, 2019
SEATTLE - Jaime Montalvo-Mariscal, 27, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced Nov. 18, 2019, after having pleaded guilty on July 22, 2019, for conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin. Senior U.S. District Judge Nielsen sentenced Montalvo-Mariscal to 210 months in prison. DEA Special Agent in Charge Keith Weis was...
November 18, 2019
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Charleston area man given lengthy sentence on federal drug charges

November 15, 2019
CHARLESTON, S.C. – United States Attorney Sherri Lydon announced today that Brian Dale Lee, 40, was sentenced in federal court in Charleston after pleading guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel, of Charleston, sentenced Lee...
November 15, 2019
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Man and woman arrested, charged with obstruction involving overdose heroin death

November 14, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division, Raymond P. Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kevin Toth, 29, of Tonawanda, NY, and Samantha Yeates, 27, of Depew, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with...
November 14, 2019
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