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Former DeKalb Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges

July 22, 2011
ATLANTA, GA. - Donald Bristol, 41, of Lilburn, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court on charges that while he was employed as a DeKalb County police officer, he helped others possess and hide a stolen vehicle, unlawfully accessed governmental information, and lied to federal agents. John S. Comer...
July 22, 2011
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Eastern District Of California Actions In “Project Delirium”

July 21, 2011
SACRAMENTO, CA-- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced local results in “Project Delirium,” a 20-month multi-agency law enforcement investigation, announced today by U.S. Department of Justice officials in Washington that targeted the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel. Since June 1, 2011, as part of an ongoing takedown, 221...
July 21, 2011
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DEA Leads Largest U.S. Strike Against La Familia Cartel Twenty-Month Series Of Investigations Lead To Nearly 2,000 Arrests, Over $60 Million Seized

July 21, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of Project Delirium, a 20-month series of investigations nationwide targeting the La Familia Michoacana cartel. DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart announced the results of the largest strike against La Familia in the United States: 1,985 arrests, $62 million in...
July 21, 2011
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Austin Portion Of Project Delirium Nets 35 Arrests

July 21, 2011
United States Attorney John E. Murphy and DEA Special Agent in Charge Thomas E. Hinojosa announced that 35 individuals believed to have ties to the La Familia Michoacán drug cartel is in custody based on federal charges filed in Austin this week. In addition to making these arrests over the...
July 21, 2011
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Thirteen Facing Federal Charges For Trafficking Heroin

July 21, 2011
ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- - DEA-El Paso Division, Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales for the District of New Mexico announced that thirteen defendants have been charged with federal heroin trafficking offenses based on an investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), the New...
July 21, 2011
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El Paso Division Arrests For Project Delirium

July 21, 2011
EL PASO, TX -- - EL PASO, Texas -The Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced the results of Project Delirium, a 20-month series of investigations nationwide targeting the La Familia Michoacana cartel. DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart announced the results of the largest strike against La Familia in the United States...
July 21, 2011
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Six Arrested In El Paso/Alpine Portion Of Project Delirium

July 21, 2011
EL PASO, TX -- - DEA-El Paso Division, Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney John E. Murphy and announced that six individuals believed to have ties to the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel are in custody based on federal charges filed in west Texas. In...
July 21, 2011
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Machine Gun Possession And Distribution Of Explosives Leads To 12½ Year Prison Term

July 21, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - United States District Court Judge Paul A. Magnuson sentenced Wesley Noah Banks, 50, a resident of Savage, to 151 months in federal prison on July 20, 2011. Banks was sentenced after his March 24, 2011, guilty plea of one count of illegal possession of a machine gun...
July 21, 2011
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Doctor Pleads Guilty To 18 Drug Trafficking Charges For Dispensing Narcotics Without Examining “Patients”

July 20, 2011
LOS ANGELES, CA - A medical doctor who maintained clinics in Downey and the Westlake District pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal narcotics charges for distributing powerful and addictive painkillers to “patients” he did not examine and who simply paid cash for prescriptions. Nazar Al Bussam, 72, of Newport Coast...
July 20, 2011
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More Than Thirteen Thousand Marijuana Plants Seized In Southern Utah

July 20, 2011
ST. GEORGE, UT. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that on July 16, 2011, the DEA, along with other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, seized 13,806 marijuana plants found growing in the mountains outside of Veyo, Utah, and arrested 38 defendants who were in the process of...
July 20, 2011
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