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Smith County Man Sentenced For Methamphetamine Violations

July 23, 2013
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - --A 39-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and U.S. Attorney John M. Balestoday. Jose Eduardo Moreno pleaded guilty on Feb. 4, 2013...
July 23, 2013
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Rio Grande City Man Gets 15 Years For Transporting Meth In A Shampoo Bottle

July 23, 2013
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - -- Pedro Guerra-Ruiz, 34, of Rio Grande City, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute approximately 1.51 kilograms of methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Guerra...
July 23, 2013
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Seven Sentenced In Federal Court For Conspiracy To Traffic In Marijuana, Hashish And Ecstasy, Using The U.S. Mail To Facilitate Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

July 23, 2013
CONCORD, N.H. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced that seven defendants have been sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire following their guilty pleas to charges of...
July 23, 2013
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Key Atlanta Drug Distributors Sentenced

July 23, 2013
ATLANTA - Glenn A. Cook has been sentenced to serve over ten years in federal prison on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, money laundering, and possession of a firearm during a drug offense. “This organization’s cocaine trafficking activities clearly fed many illicit drug users. Because of the...
July 23, 2013
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Fresno County Marijuana Prosecution Updates

July 22, 2013
FRESNO, Calif.) - Three marijuana cultivators in Fresno County pleaded guilty and one was sentenced today for their involvement in separate large-scale marijuana cultivation operations in Fresno County, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. 1,429 Marijuana Plants Seized in Squaw (Case...
July 22, 2013
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IRS Employee Pleads Guilty To Structuring Drug Proceeds

July 22, 2013
FRESNO, Calif. - Catatea James, 47, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting structuring, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Structuring is splitting up bank deposits to keep them under a $10,000 threshold in order to avoid the...
July 22, 2013
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Federal Jury Convicts Tempe Designer Drug Manufacturer/Distributor Of Federal Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act Violations

July 22, 2013
PHOENIX - On July 19, 2013, Michael Rocky Lane, 51, of Cave Creek, Arizona, was found guilty of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute controlled substance analogues and possession with the intent to distribute controlled substance analogues by a federal jury in Phoenix. The case was tried before U.S. District Judge...
July 22, 2013
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New York Doctor Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison For Oxycodone Distribution And Conspiracy

July 22, 2013
TRENTON, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a physician who wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was sentenced today to 108 months...
July 22, 2013
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Owner Of Nine Marijuana Stores In Orange And Los Angeles Counties Sentenced To 262 Months For Drug Trafficking And Tax Evasion

July 22, 2013
SANTA ANA, Calif. - A San Clemente man who owned and operated a string of nine illegal marijuana stores that generated at least $25 million in profits was sentenced today to 262 months in federal prison. John Melvin Walker, also known as “Pops,” 56, of San Clemente, was sentenced by...
July 22, 2013
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16 Arrested In Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Operation

July 22, 2013
LAREDO, Texas - - Multiple indictments have been partially unsealed following the arrest and appearances of several area residents for numerous drug and money laundering charges, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The enforcement actions took place in the...
July 22, 2013
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