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Boston Man Sentenced To 30 Years For The Attempted Murder Of A DEA Informant

March 10, 2011
BOSTON, MA. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; U.S Attorney Ortiz; Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis; and Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph D. McDonald, Jr. announced today that TREVOR A. WATSON - , 44, of Boston, was sentenced today to the...
March 10, 2011
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35 Members And Associates Of Barrio Azteca Gang Charged With Racketeering And Other Offenses, Including 10 Charged In U.S Consulate Murders In Juarez, Mexico

March 09, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C - . - Thirty-five members and associates of the Barrio (BA) gang have been charged in a third superseding indictment unsealed today with various counts of racketeering, murder, drug offenses, money laundering and obstruction of justice, announced Administrator Michele Leonhart of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA). Of the...
March 09, 2011
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Second Hermantown Man Sentenced For Marijuana Grow Operation In His Home

March 09, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - March 7, 2011 - The second of two men from the small northeastern Minnesota community of Hermantown was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Minneapolis for growing marijuana in his home. United States District Court Judge David S. Doty sentenced Matthew Daniel Blank, age 23, to 18...
March 09, 2011
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Wallingford Man Sentenced To 26 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine

March 09, 2011
BOSTON, MA. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that HERIBERTO PEREZ, 29, of Wallingford, was sentenced yesterday, March 8, by United States District Judge Janet Bond...
March 09, 2011
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Arizona To Host Second Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

March 08, 2011
- PHOENIX, AZ. - This spring, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local and tribal law enforcement partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30, 2011, from...
March 08, 2011
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DEA Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

March 08, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. - This spring, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m...
March 08, 2011
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Wethersfield Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

March 08, 2011
BOSTON, MA. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EUGENE ARGRAVES, 42, formerly of Ridge Road, Wethersfield, was sentenced yesterday, March 7, by United States District Judge...
March 08, 2011
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Defendant Sentenced To Eleven Years For Drug Distribution

March 08, 2011
BOSTON, MA. - A Fitchburg man was sentenced yesterday in federal court for conspiracy and distribution of cocaine base. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and announced today that ANGEL ROMAN -...
March 08, 2011
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Snohomish Nurse Sentenced To Prison For Stealing Pain Medication From Nursing Home

March 07, 2011
SEATTLE - Jolene Larsen, 38, a Licensed Practical (LPN) at a Snohomish, Washington nursing home, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to a year in prison and three years of supervised release for tampering with consumer products. In her plea agreement dated November 11, 2010, Larsen admitted...
March 07, 2011
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Sureno 13 Street Gang Member Convicted Of Drug And Gun Crimes

March 07, 2011
SEATTLE, WASH - Andres Rene Rodriguez, 25, of Shoreline, Washington, was convicted March 3, 2011 in U.S. District Court in Seattle on ten counts related to drug trafficking and gun possession. Rodriguez faces a range of five years to life in prison, when sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman...
March 07, 2011
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