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Tonawanda Man Sentenced To Over Ten Years In Prison For Cocaine And Marijuana Trafficking

July 02, 2015
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Richard Himbury, 43, of Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to distribute over 15 kilograms of cocaine...
July 02, 2015
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Convicted Felon Sentenced To 14.5 Years For Federal Firearm Offenses

July 01, 2015
PENSACOLA, Fla. - Darius D. Williams, 24, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to 14.5 years in prison late yesterday for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and for possession of a stolen firearm. The sentence was announced by A.D. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami...
July 01, 2015
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Authorities Arrest Six In Alleged Cocaine Trafficking Ring

July 01, 2015
HOUSTON - A total of six people have been taken into custody on allegations related to a cocaine conspiracy dating back to April 2011, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement (DEA). The charges are the result of a...
July 01, 2015
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Three Plead Guilty To Trafficking Heroin From West Warwick Mill & Stash House

July 01, 2015
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael Santana Guilermo, 33, of Cranston, R.I., Carlos Ramos Rosa, 37, and Felix Fuentes Perez, 35, of Boston, Mass., pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to operating a heroin mill & stash house in West Warwick, R.I., where they cut and packaged for sale large...
July 01, 2015
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Fitchburg Man Sentenced To Seven Years On Federal Drug And Gun Charges

July 01, 2015
BOSTON - A Fitchburg man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Worcester for selling heroin to a cooperating witness and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Miguel Rivera, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to seven years in prison and...
July 01, 2015
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Evelyn Jean Vickers Sentenced To 110 Months On A-PVP Charges

July 01, 2015
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Evelyn Jean Vickers, 39, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced on June 30, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to a federal prison term of 110 months for her role in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in and around the Sullivan County...
July 01, 2015
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Heroin Supplier To The Grape Street Crips Street Gang Admits To Conspiring To Sell Heroin In Newark, New Jersey

June 30, 2015
NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a heroin supplier to the Grape Street Crips street gang today admitted conspiring to distribute hundreds of...
June 30, 2015
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Head Of The Gulf Cartel Sentenced To Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking

June 30, 2015
BEAUMONT, Texas - Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that the current head of the Mexican drug trafficking organization, the Gulf Cartel, or Cartel del Golfo, has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations...
June 30, 2015
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Houston Mother And Son Sent To Prison For Smuggling Methamphetamine

June 30, 2015
HOUSTON - Larry Maurice Favorite, 33, and Juanita Eva Velasquez, 63, both of Houston, have been ordered to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute nearly nine kilograms of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and conspiracy to do the same, announced Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit...
June 30, 2015
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Third Co-Conspirator Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Cocaine Seized In Bakersfield

June 29, 2015
FRESNO, Calif. - - Jose Luis Montoya-Salazar, aka Rafael Salazar-(Montoya), 42, of Mexico City, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with Jimmy Gil, 35, of Shafter, and Luis Ricardo Eslava-(Eslava) 42, of Sinaloa, Mexico, to import, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute 38 kilograms, or about 84 pounds, of cocaine...
June 29, 2015
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