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President Of Car Dealership Sentenced To 40 Months For Money Laundering For The Gulf Cartel

ORLANDO, Fla. - United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Joel (41, Apopka) to 40 months in federal prison for money laundering and failing to file IRS Forms (a report required for cash purchases over $10,000). A federal jury found Torres guilty on December 3, 2012. According to...
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Canadian Trucker Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Drug Conspiracy

(SEATTLE) - - A Canadian truck driver who was identified as a drug smuggler for a criminal group related to the Hells Angels was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 12 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. James Postlethwaite, 60, of North Vancouver, BC, Canada was convicted...
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Anchorage Man Sentenced To 40 Months Prison In Alaska Drug Conspiracy

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) - - DeMar Moultrie, a/k/a, “Duckmane,” a/k/a, “All Day,” 25, from Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced on May 1, 2013, in U.S. District Court for his role in an Anchorage and Fairbanks drug conspiracy. Moultrie was sentenced to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Moultrie...
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Treasury Designates Sinaloa Cartel Plaza Bosses

PHOENIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman announced today that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) reported the designation of eight Mexican nationals as Specially Designated Narcotics (SDNT) pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation (Kingpin Act). The eight individuals, Cenobio...
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Tennessee

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) - - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 10,055 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was more than...
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In South Carolina

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 4,701 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This exceeded the last...
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In North Carolina

(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) - - North Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 13,120 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was far...
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Georgia

(ATLANTA) - - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 12,605 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was far more than...
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Placerville Man Sentenced To 42 Months For Interstate Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

(SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that the Honorable Garland E. Burrell Jr., District Judge, sentenced Robert Edward Mulready, of Placerville, California, to forty-two months imprisonment and a four-year term of supervised release...
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Fresno County Marijuana Cultivator Pleads Guilty

FRESNO, Calif. - Ong Rikki Sonephady, 42, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to growing marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, Sonephady was arrested at the marijuana farm where he lived. Law enforcement...

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