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Indictment Charges New Haven Gang Members with Committing Two Murders and Numerous Attempted Murders

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - As a result of a long-term Homeland Security Task Force investigation into gang violence in New Haven, a federal grand jury in Bridgeport has returned a 19-count indictment charging 16 alleged members and associates of the “Stand On Business” or “SOB” street gang in New Haven...
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Waterbury Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Firearms

WATERBURY, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY PRIMAVERA, 22, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 18 months of imprisonment and two years of supervised release for trafficking firearms. According to court documents...
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Role in Southwestern Connecticut Drug Ring

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BENJAMIN DOZIER, also known as “Ace” and “Blanco, 44, of Bridgeport, was sentenced on June 26, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment and three years...
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HSTF: Spokane Man Arrested After a Joint DEA, FBI, Spokane Valley and Stevens County Drug Trafficking Investigation

Spokane, Washington – On Friday July 10, 2026, Jack Alexander Gentry, 45, of Spokane Valley, was arrested after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with multiple counts of distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine. Gentry faces a ten-year mandatory minimum jail sentence based upon the quantities of drugs...
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Ten-Time Felon Sentenced to Decade in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Illegal Gun Possession

SAN DIEGO – Ten-time felon Robert Stokes of San Diego was sentenced in federal court today to 10 years in prison for his latest crimes: Trafficking PCP and methamphetamine and illegally possessing multiple firearms as a convicted felon. According to court records, on August 28, 2025, members of the Drug...
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Illinois Man Sentenced to Over 24 Years for Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

ROCKFORD, Ill. — An Illinois man has been sentenced to over 24 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine. On Oct. 25, 2022, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Bradley Walters’s place of business, Black Sheep Vintage, in Roscoe. Inside the premises, officers located more than...
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HSTF: Two Sentenced in Connection with Drug Trafficking in Seattle’s International District and Homeless Encampments along I-5

SEATTLE – Two Seattle-area men were sentenced late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Seattle for drug and gun crimes related to Seattle’s International District and the homeless encampment on I-5 called “The Jungle.” Isai Gamboa Pacheco, 56, of Everett, Washington was sentenced to six years in prison and Sang...
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United States Reaches $4.17 Million Civil Settlement and Three-Year Compliance Agreement with West Virginia University Health System Over Controlled Substance Violations

WHEELING, Wv. — The United States Attorney’s Offices for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia announced today that West Virginia United Health System, Inc., doing business as West Virginia University Health System (WVUHS), has agreed to pay $4,177,139 and enter a Memorandum of Agreement to resolve civil allegations...
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Former Afghan General and First Deputy House Speaker Extradited to U.S. to Face Charges of Conspiring to Traffic Hundreds of Kilograms of Heroin and Methamphetamine and Provide Arsenal of Military-Grade Weaponry

New York - United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Acting Attorney General for the United States, Todd Blanche, and Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Terrance C. Cole, announced today the unsealing of a Complaint charging ABDUL ZAHIR QADEER, a/k/a “Haji Abdul...
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Former Nurse Loses License After Forging Prescriptions for Percocet and Oxycodone Using Coworker’s Pad

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Missouri woman’s crimes to get illegal access to prescription narcotics resulted in the loss of her nursing license and gained her a lifetime ban from working at any hospital that receives federal funding. According to court documents, Brooke Haller, 41, of Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded...

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