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Six Persons Indicted For Possessing Over 60 Kilograms Of Cocaine

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Sonia Kim, Julius Caubat, Kamaljit Billen, Gurdeep Singh, June Chungil, and Justin Byun, charging them with conspiracy to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. According to court documents, law enforcement...
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Esmond Street Career Criminal Sentenced To 16 Years For Drug Trafficking

(BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced yesterday to 16 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearm charges. Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz, announced that Gerald Smith, a/k/a “G-Man,”...
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First Of Cape Cod Brothers Sentenced To Twenty Years For Oxycodone Trafficking Scheme

(BOSTON - After a month-long federal trial, Joshua M. Gonsalves was sentenced on multiple charges arising from a three-year conspiracy involving hundreds of thousands of 30-milligram oxycodone pills which he and his brother distributed on Cape Cod and generated over $5 million in proceeds. Joshua M. Gonsalves, 34, of Dennisport...
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Bangor Resident Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Bath Salt Distribution Conspiracy

(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 Gina Nelson, 31 - , of Bradley, Maine was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr...
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Doctor Arrested On Charges He Conspired To Illegally Distribute Thousands Of Highly Addictive Oxycodone Pills By Writing Fraudulent Prescriptions For People He Never Treated Or Examined

TRENTON, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a medical doctor from Union County, NJ has been arrested on charges he conspired with a drug dealer and others to illegally...
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Federal Jury Finds Orlando Men Guilty Of Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine And Possession Of Firearms

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...
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Local Man Heads To Prison For Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle While Transporting Marijuana

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...
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California Man Sentenced To 22 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine In Ohio

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...
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Kentucky Physician Charged With Prescribing Pain Meds That Resulted In The Death Of Five Of His Patients

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...
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New York Man Sentenced To More Than 8 Years In Prison For Supplying New Haven Drug Dealer

(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...

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