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Springfield Man, Woman Plead Guilty To Drug-Trafficking, Prostitution Conspiracies, Illegal Firearms

March 03, 2015
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Ryan D. Wright, 39, and Courtnie Lea Goins, 25, both of Springfield, MO have pleaded guilty in federal court to their role in conspiracies to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in Boone County...
March 03, 2015
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Palo Alto Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Trafficking

March 03, 2015
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Omar Gonzalez was sentenced today to 174 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce Balzano. Gonzalez previously pleaded guilty pursuant to a...
March 03, 2015
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Three More Arrests In Las Vegas To Anchorage Cocaine And Money Laundering Conspiracy

March 03, 2015
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Three additional men have been arrested in connection with a drug and money laundering conspiracy investigation involving the smuggling of cocaine to Alaska through Las Vegas McCarron International Airport. The new defendants are: Clarence Anthony Hatton, A/K/A “C-MONEY”, age 46, of Henderson, NV; Michael Vontrell Langdon, A/K/A...
March 03, 2015
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Former Kirkland Residents Sentenced To Prison For Hash Oil Explosion

March 03, 2015
SEATTLE - Two men whose hash oil manufacturing operation exploded on New Year’s Day 2014, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to federal prison terms. Robby Wayne Meiser, 46, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release, and Bruce W. Mark, 62...
March 03, 2015
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Arizona Couple Sentenced To Prison For Large Load Of Heroin And Methamphetamine

March 03, 2015
BOISE, Idaho - Jess Ramirez-Orta, 27, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced on February 27, 2015, to eight years in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. Ramirez-Orta’s girlfriend and co-defendant, Marina Morales, 24, also of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty...
March 03, 2015
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Three Worcester Men Convicted In Crack Cocaine Conspiracy Trial

March 03, 2015
(BOSTON - Following a seven-day trial, three Worcester men were convicted yesterday of distributing crack cocaine in the City of Worcester and surrounding areas. Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Shelly Binkowski, Inspector in...
March 03, 2015
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Brothers Sentenced For Methamphetamine Trafficking

March 03, 2015
ROME, Ga. - Felix Moreno-Garcia and Fabian Pineda-Garcia have been sentenced for possessing over four pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Daniel R. Salter, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta Field Division stated, “These methamphetamine distributors were driven by greed and power. Today they stand...
March 03, 2015
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Synthetic Drug Sales Send A Mother And Her Son To Federal Prison

March 02, 2015
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Resident Agent in Charge Scott Smith announced today that Mary Ann Ramos, age 53, and her son, Earl James Ramos, age 26, both of Evansdale, Iowa were sentenced today in federal court. The mother and son were convicted of selling synthetic (commonly known...
March 02, 2015
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Milford Man Sentenced To 65 Months In Prison For Distributing Heroin Connected To Overdose Death

March 02, 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 Ryan Russow, 29, of Milford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New...
March 02, 2015
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Gorham Man Sentenced To Almost Six Years On Drug Trafficking And Firearms Charges

March 02, 2015
(PORTLAND, 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 Richard Magee - , 58, of Gorham, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 70...
March 02, 2015
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