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Two New York Men Sentenced For Trafficking Heroin

February 19, 2015
SCRANTON, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that William Nelson, age 42, and Greg Bush, age 53, both of Brooklyn, New York were sentenced in federal court in Scranton on charges of trafficking 100 grams or more of heroin. United States...
February 19, 2015
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Felon In Possession Of Ammunition Sentenced To Five Years

February 19, 2015
FORT MYERS, Fla. - United States District Court Judge John A. Steele has sentenced Edward (29, Cape Coral) to 60 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for one count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana...
February 19, 2015
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Naples Man Pleads Guilty In Connection With Sunshine Pharmacy Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

February 19, 2015
FORT MYERS, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce that Adam (35, Naples) pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with seven counts of conspiracy to commit...
February 19, 2015
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DEA, USCG Interdicts 1,729 Pounds Of Marijuana, Nabs Russian Smuggler, Seizes Sailing Vessel In Caribbean Sea

February 19, 2015
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo and a U.S. naval vessel with a Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment onboard apprehended a Russian smuggler and intercepted 1,729 pounds of marijuana aboard a Finnish-flagged sailing vessel in the Caribbean Sea Saturday, approximately 130 nautical miles south of...
February 19, 2015
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Richford Vermont Man Sentenced In Cross-Border Marijuana Trafficking Conspiracy

February 19, 2015
(RICHFORD, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont has stated that Jeffrey Donna, 39, of Richford, Vermont has been sentenced to prison for his role in...
February 19, 2015
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Meth Lab Dismantled In Cranston, Two Detained In Federal Custody

February 19, 2015
(PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Cranston Police Chief Colonel Michael J. Winquist announced that Nicholas Selser, 33, and Michael Fortes, 48, of Cranston, have been ordered detained in...
February 19, 2015
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Two Hartford Men Charged With Murder

February 19, 2015
(HARTFORD, Conn. - United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly, Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and...
February 19, 2015
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Mexican National Sentenced As Leader And Organizer Of Marijuana Grow On Public Lands

February 18, 2015
BOISE, Idaho - Juan Pablo Villasenor-Villa, 25, of Michoacan, Mexico, was sentenced on February 10, 2015, to 288 months in prison for continuing criminal enterprise involving the unlawful growing of thousands of marijuana plants, and possession of large quantities of harvested marijuana with intent to distribute it, as well as...
February 18, 2015
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Multiple Arrests In Massive Two-City Enforcement Action

February 18, 2015
LAREDO, Texas - A federal indictment has been partially unsealed following the arrest of 17 defendants in the Laredo and Dallas areas on charges related to a long-term investigation into a drug and money laundering conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and...
February 18, 2015
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Three Jefferson City Men Charged With Distributing Meth

February 17, 2015
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today thatDavid E. Rodebaugh, 40, Michael Pearson, 31, and Hernan Hurtado, 23, all of Jefferson City, were charged in federal court following a police chase that resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of...
February 17, 2015
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