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Wallingford Man Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation and Drug Trafficking Offenses

January 04, 2023
WALLINGFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER LISCIO, 40, of Wallingford, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to child sexual exploitation and drug trafficking offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, between January 2016 and February...
January 04, 2023
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Norwalk Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Offenses

January 04, 2023
NORWALK, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TAJH WILEY, also known as “Yung,” 27, of Norwalk, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for...
January 04, 2023
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Bus Rider from Colorado Makes Prison Stop for Heroin Trafficking

January 03, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Aurora, Colo., man was sentenced in federal court today for heroin trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm while traveling through Kansas City, Mo., on a bus bound for Virginia. Izeall T. Collins, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 19 years in...
January 03, 2023
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Meth, Firearm Result in 10 Years of Prison

January 03, 2023
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Jefferson City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm and methamphetamine to distribute. Clint Alexander Doll, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 10 years in federal prison without parole. On July 28, 2022, Doll pleaded...
January 03, 2023
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Dominican Man Indicted for Illegally Reentering United States and Distributing Fentanyl

January 03, 2023
BOSTON – A Dominican man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly reentering the United States and distributing fentanyl after previously being deported. Juan Carlos Santos-Ocasio, a/k/a “Cristhian Aybar-Done,” 40, was indicted on one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more...
January 03, 2023
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The Dallas Field Division Announces the Seizure of Over 11.4 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl and over 7,000 Pounds of Methamphetamine in 2022

January 03, 2023
Dallas, TX – The Drug Enforcement Administration Dallas Field Division announces the seizure of more than 7,000 pounds of methamphetamine and over 1 million fentanyl-laced, fake prescription pills during the 2022 calendar year, the latter representing more than 11.4 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl. Methamphetamine is a dangerous drug...
January 03, 2023
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Washington D.C. Drug Dealer Sentenced to 14 Years

December 03, 2007
DEC 3 -- Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Kenneth Cortez Minor, age 46, of Washington, D.C. today to 14 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J...
December 03, 2007
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Baltimore District Office Presents $300K in Asset Forfeiture Checks to State and City Officials

October 29, 2007
OCT 29 -- (Baltimore, MD) Carl J. Kotowski, Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) of the Baltimore District Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), along with Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland and Pat Monardo, Deputy Chief, United States Marshals Service District of Maryland...
October 29, 2007
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Authorities Announce Federal, State and City Partnership to Attack Drug-Trafficking and Violent Crime in Petersburg, VA

October 17, 2007
OCT 17 -- (Richmond, VA) – Several individuals were arrested in and around Petersburg, Virginia, this week in the first wave of a new federal and state enforcement action known as, "Operation Impact." The initiative, designed to attack drug-trafficking and firearms and other violent crime offenses in the City of...
October 17, 2007
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Presentation of Asset Forfeiture Checks: Share the Wealth

October 16, 2007
OCT 16 -- Carl J. Kotowski, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Baltimore District Office, Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland and Pat Monardo, Deputy Chief, United States Marshals Service District of Maryland, will be joined by Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld, Baltimore City...
October 16, 2007
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