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Dominican National sentenced to five years for fentanyl and heroin conspiracy and distribution

March 06, 2020
BOSTON – A Dominican National was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester, Massachusetts for distributing fentanyl and heroin. Erotides Mendez, 50, a Dominican National previously residing in New York City, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Hillman to five years in prison to be followed by...
March 06, 2020
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Lawrence man sentenced to 40 months for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

March 06, 2020
CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Jared Gil, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court to 40 months for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and...
March 06, 2020
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New Haven man sentenced to 6 years in prison for distributing drugs, including fentanyl pills

March 05, 2020
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Musa Hill, 47, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford, Connecticut to...
March 05, 2020
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Drug dealer pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death

March 04, 2020
SAN DIEGO – Michael Steen pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he supplied fentanyl that led to the fatal overdose of a 33-year-old Ramona, California woman on July 9, 2018. According to his plea agreement, Steen sold more than 500 grams of what he knew to be fentanyl...
March 04, 2020
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Dunedin woman pleads guilty to distributing heroin and fentanyl, causing death

March 04, 2020
TAMPA, Fla. -- Heidi Kalous, 39, of Dunedin, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiring and distributing a substance that contained a mixture of heroin, fentanyl, and acetyl fentanyl, causing the death of an individual. She faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been...
March 04, 2020
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San Mateo doctor charged with unlawful distribution of opioids and health care fraud

March 03, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury indicted Timothy Mulligan for the unlawful distribution of opioids, including fentanyl, outside the scope of professional practice and health care fraud, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux. According to the...
March 03, 2020
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Armed drug trafficker sentenced to prison

February 28, 2020
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, announced that Lorenzo Wade, 25, of Rochester, who previously pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to the felony charges of...
February 28, 2020
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Four defendants arrested in drug trafficking ring that stretched across the United States

February 26, 2020
BUFFALO, NY – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, Raymond Donovan, announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging David Washington, a/k/a Dirty Dave, a/k/a Dirt, a/k/a Wavy Davey, 39, and Eleazar Martinez...
February 26, 2020
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Law enforcement arrest enrolled member of Easter Band of Cherokee Indians charged with dealing fentanyl that resulted in an overdose death

February 26, 2020
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte returned a criminal bill of indictment on Feb. 20, 2020, charging Shannon White, 42, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and resident of the Cherokee Indian Reservation, with distributing fentanyl that resulted in an overdose death...
February 26, 2020
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Member of New Haven drug ring sentenced to five years in prison

February 25, 2020
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that William Claudio-Suarez, also known as “Willy,” 34, formerly of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in...
February 25, 2020
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