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Former Bandidos National Vice President sentenced to life in federal prison

September 24, 2018
SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 59-year-old Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Organization National Vice President John Xavier Portillo to two consecutive life sentences, plus 20 years, in federal prison for racketeering and drug trafficking charges. That announcement was made today by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special...
September 24, 2018
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Alameda resident sentenced for selling prescription drugs without a license and related charges

September 24, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO – Kenzo Mateo Tokuda was sentenced to 69 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute alprazolam (commonly known as “Xanax”) and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent...
September 24, 2018
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Lawrence man sentenced to five years for interstate opioid trafficking conspiracy

September 24, 2018
BOSTON – A Lawrence, Massachusetts, man was sentenced in federal court in Boston yesterday for his role in an opioid trafficking conspiracy involving the distribution of fentanyl, heroin, and oxycodone across Massachusetts and Florida. Johnny Urena, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to five years...
September 24, 2018
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Canadian marijuana dealer sentenced to 135 months for role in international conspiracy

September 24, 2018
ALBANY, N.Y. - Colin Stewart, age 41, of Elgin, Quebec, Canada, was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for conspiring to smuggle thousands of pounds of marijuana into the United States from Canada through the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Grant C. Jaquith...
September 24, 2018
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Three people charged in Newark heroin trafficking conspiracy

September 24, 2018
NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Valerie A. Nickerson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced three men were charged today in connection with their respective roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Ahmad Johnson, a/k/a “OC,”...
September 24, 2018
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New York man sentenced to 10 years for conspiring to distribute heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine

September 24, 2018
BANGOR, Maine – Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminitsration’s New England Division and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank for the District of Maine announced that Denton Worrell, aka “Lil D,” 21, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by...
September 24, 2018
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Mexican national residing in Modesto is sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking

September 21, 2018
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Feliciano Ochoa Reyes, 34, of Mexico and Modesto was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. to 17-and-a-half years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced. According...
September 21, 2018
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DEA announces results of major state-wide enforcement operation

September 21, 2018
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Drug Enforcement Administration, in conjunction with federal and state prosecutors, announced today an unprecedented enforcement action spanning across the state of Arkansas in a combined effort to reverse the horrible effects on communities produced by violent drug traffickers. As part of this effort, dubbed Operation...
September 21, 2018
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Butyryl fentanyl dealer pleads guilty

September 20, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division announced today that Jose Alvarez, 26, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent to...
September 20, 2018
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Nineteen arrested in Waco on federal drug trafficking charges

September 20, 2018
WACO, Texas - Federal and state authorities have arrested 19 individuals for their alleged roles in a methamphetamine distribution operation in the Waco area, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San...
September 20, 2018
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