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Federal Jury Finds Orlando Men Guilty Of Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine And Possession Of Firearms

January 21, 2015
ORLANDO, 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, announces that a federal jury has found Orlando residents Shawn Lamonte (42) and Corey Jamaal (37) guilty of conspiracy to...
January 21, 2015
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Local Man Heads To Prison For Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle While Transporting Marijuana

January 21, 2015
MCALLEN, Texas - A Rio Grande City man is now serving a significant sentence for possessing with the intent to distribute marijuana, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson today. Issac Medina, 29, of Rio Grande City, pleaded guilty...
January 21, 2015
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California Man Sentenced To 22 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine In Ohio

January 21, 2015
CLEVELAND - A California man was sentenced to more than 22 years in federal prison for cocaine trafficking. Dwight Erwin Herrera, 40, was convicted by a jury in November of conspiracy to distribute and distribution of cocaine greater than five kilograms. Herrera and others were arrested in Cleveland on December...
January 21, 2015
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Kentucky Physician Charged With Prescribing Pain Meds That Resulted In The Death Of Five Of His Patients

January 21, 2015
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky physician was charged today by a federal grand jury with prescribing pain medications that resulted in the deaths of five patients. He was also charged with health care fraud and unlawful distribution or dispensing of controlled substances. The charges were jointly announced by Acting U.S...
January 21, 2015
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New York Man Sentenced To More Than 8 Years In Prison For Supplying New Haven Drug Dealer

January 21, 2015
(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 Johnny De Los Santos, also known as “Na-Na,” 30, of the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced today...
January 21, 2015
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Eighth Oxycodone And Heroin Distribution Ring Member Sentenced In Federal Court

January 20, 2015
BOISE, Idaho - Christopher Deleongurro Snyder, 24, of Boise, Idaho, became the latest member of a Treasure Valley oxycodone and heroin distribution ring to be sentenced to federal prison. U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Snyder on January 14, 2015, to 87 months in prison followed by five...
January 20, 2015
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Bitcoin Exchanger Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Four Years In Prison For Selling Nearly $1 Million In Bitcoins For Drug Buys On Silk Road

January 20, 2015
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Robert M. Faiella, a/k/a “BTCKing,” an underground Bitcoin exchanger, was sentenced today to four years in prison for his role in knowingly transmitting nearly $1 million in Bitcoins intended to facilitate...
January 20, 2015
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Daytona Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Federal Drug Offense

January 20, 2015
ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell today sentenced Fortune Tyrone (34, Daytona Beach) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute over 100 grams of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack” cocaine. He was sentenced as a career offender because he has...
January 20, 2015
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West Haven Couple Charged With Distributing Heroin

January 20, 2015
(BRIDGEPORT, 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 Alyssa Jelliffe, 21, and Christopher Fogler, 29, both of West Haven, have been charged by criminal complaint...
January 20, 2015
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Bangor Resident Sentenced To Over Three Years For Bath Salt Distribution Conspiracy

January 20, 2015
(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 Elizabeth Mikotowicz, - 26, Bangor, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to 37 months in prison and...
January 20, 2015
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