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Last Of 14 Defendants In Acadiana Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Sentenced

May 25, 2016
LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge Eric Watson and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Texas man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy in Lafayette, New Iberia and the surrounding areas...
May 25, 2016
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Essex County, New Jersey, Man Pleads Guilty To Role In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

May 25, 2016
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 an Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute...
May 25, 2016
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Eagle Pass Businessman Sentenced For Cocaine Distribution

May 25, 2016
DEL RIO, Texas - In Del Rio today Felipe Carmona-Rodriguez, 51, of Eagle Pass, Texas was sentenced on federal narcotics trafficking charges announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph Arabit, Houston Division, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division...
May 25, 2016
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Last Of 17 Defendants Convicted In Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy Is Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

May 25, 2016
FORT WORTH, Texas - Octavio Colin, 34, of Cleburne, Texas, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 240 (20 years) in federal prison, following his guilty plea earlier this year to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney...
May 25, 2016
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Easthampton Man Sentenced For Cocaine And Marijuana Distribution

May 24, 2016
WORCESTER, Mass. - - An Easthampton man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Worcester for distributing cocaine and marijuana. David Dulchinos, 51, of Easthampton, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In February 2016, Dulchinos...
May 24, 2016
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Burlington Man Sentenced To Home Confinement And Supervised Release For Heroin Dealing

May 24, 2016
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson 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 announced that, Samuel Spivack, 32, of Burlington, Vermont was sentenced to three years of supervised release after his guilty...
May 24, 2016
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Father, Girlfriend Of Rikers Island Inmate Charged With Conspiracy And Solicitation To Commit Murder

May 23, 2016
NEW YORK - - Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, today announced that the father and girlfriend of a 36- year-old Queens man...
May 23, 2016
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United States Files Civil Complaint Seeking Injunctive Relief, Penalties And Forfeiture Of Assets Tied To Suffolk County Clinic’s Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Painkillers

May 23, 2016
NEW YORK - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, today announced the filing of a civil complaint seeking injunctive relief and penalties against Roger Kaplan and Choice...
May 23, 2016
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Two Sent To Prison For Meth Distribution

May 23, 2016
McALLEN, Texas - Two local men have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Guadalupe Trevino Jr., 43, and Guadalupe Trevino...
May 23, 2016
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Two Mexican Citizens Face Mandatory Life In Federal Prison After Jury Convicts Them On Federal Charges Related To May 2013 Murder Of A Southlake, Texas, Man

May 23, 2016
FORT WORTH, Texas - After a trial lasting more than two-weeks, a federal jury has convicted two Mexican citizens on federal charges related to the murder of Southlake, Texas, resident, Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa, at Southlake Town Square on May 22, 2013, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern...
May 23, 2016
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