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Mexican National Gets Nine Years For Marijuana Conviction And Related Assault Of Federal Officer

November 21, 2014
MCALLEN, Texas - Jose Miguel Andrade-Rocha has been ordered to prison for transporting a load of marijuana and assaulting a Border (BP) agent who was attempting to arrest him, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. He pleaded...
November 21, 2014
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Several Members Of South Laredo Trafficking Group Plead Guilty

November 21, 2014
LAREDO, Texas - A total of 10 Laredoans have entered guilty pleas related to a cocaine, crack and marijuana distribution conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. On July 8, 2014, a federal grand jury returned a superseding...
November 21, 2014
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Two Head To Prison For Distributing Methamphetamine

November 21, 2014
MCALLEN, Texas - Francisco Calderon, 28, and Jorge Alejandro Galvan-Ibarra, 30, have been ordered to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Both entered guilty...
November 21, 2014
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Fairfield Man Who Purchased Tableting Machine To Produce Oxycodone Pills Is Sentenced

November 21, 2014
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that David Wolvovsky, 31, of Fairfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in...
November 21, 2014
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Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced To Seven Years In Federal Prison

November 21, 2014
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Victor Sena, 36, of Cranston, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence today to 84 months in federal prison for possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute. Sena was arrested in March 2014, after law enforcement seized more than 90 grams of fentanyl found stashed...
November 21, 2014
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Defendants Convicted At Trial Of Conspiring To Traffic Cocaine

November 20, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Fortunato Rodelo-Lara and Jesus Wilfredo Almendares-Vasquez were convicted of two counts of engaging in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and one count of distribution of cocaine by a federal jury on Nov. 18, 2014, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent...
November 20, 2014
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Sacramento Man Indicted Following His Arrest In Fresno With 19 Pounds Of Methamphetamine

November 20, 2014
FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Wenceslao Cruz Ochoa, 34, of Sacramento, charging him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, on November 13, 2014, Ochoa was stopped by a Fresno County Sheriff’s deputy on Interstate 5 for a...
November 20, 2014
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Manhattan And Brooklyn U.S. Attorneys Announce Guilty Plea In Manhattan Federal Court Of Colombian Narcotics Kingpin To Massive Cocaine Conspiracy

November 20, 2014
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New (SDNY), and Loretta E. Lynch, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New (EDNY), announced that Daniel Barrera Barrera, also known as “Loco Barrera,” a citizen of Colombia, pleaded guilty today in the...
November 20, 2014
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Fourteen Aryan Brotherhood Members And Associates Indicted On Federal Racketeering Charges In Mississippi

November 20, 2014
OXFORD, Miss. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and Felicia C. Adams, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi announced today that fourteen alleged members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi, including four of its most senior leaders, have been indicted by a federal grand...
November 20, 2014
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Bangor Resident Sentenced To 7a½ Years In Prison For Bath Salt Distribution Conspiracy

November 20, 2014
BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Adam Hathorn, - 36, of Bangor was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to...
November 20, 2014
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