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Arrest In Sacramento-Area Fentanyl Investigation

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Sacramento woman was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment on Thursday, July 14, 2016, charging her with possession with intent to distribute hydrocodone and fentanyl, distribution of hydrocodone and fentanyl, and using a cellphone to facilitate a drug trafficking offense. The...
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Career Offender Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison

PORTLAND, Ore. - Todd Alan Nelson, 51, of Salem, Oregon, was sentenced on July 12, 2016, to a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, followed by a consecutive five-year mandatory minimum sentence for possession of a firearm during and in relation...
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Cumberland County, New Jersey Man Sentenced To More Than 10 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

CAMDEN, 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 a Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for his role in...
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Federal Jury Convicts Los Zetas Drug Cartel Sicario And Plaza Boss

SAN ANTONIO - A federal jury convicted a high ranking member and a (“hitman”) for the Los Zetas drug cartel, of conspiring to commit numerous murders and other acts of violence in Northern Mexico in furtherance of a drug distribution operation announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Drug...
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Rochester Man And Massachusetts Woman Plead Guilty To Drug Distribution Causing Death

CONCORD, N.H. - - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced that Mark Ross, 42, of Gonic, New Hampshire, and Leslie Aberle, 32, of Salisbury, Massachusetts appeared before United States District Court Judge Landya...
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West Haven Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin Involved In Overdose Death

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - - Michael J. Ferguson 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 Christopher Fogler, 31, of West Haven, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall...
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New Haven Heroin Dealer Sentenced To 34 Months In Federal Prison

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - - Michael J. Ferguson 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 Anthony Velez, also known as “Tone,” 37, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor...
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Misael Ledesma-Renteria, a/k/a “Miguel Angel Barreto-Mora,” a/k/a “Misael Renteria,” was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Brian Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge...
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Sanford Man Sentenced More Than 11 Years On Drug Trafficking And Firearms Charges

PORTLAND, Maine - - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jesse Roy, - 37, of Sanford, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 140 months...
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Roswell Woman Pleads Guilty To Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charges

ALBUQUERQUE - Destiny Stephenson, 35, of Roswell, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges. Stephenson is one of 41 individuals charged in Sept. 2015, with drug trafficking offenses as a result of an eight-month multi-agency investigation by the FBI, the DEA, Chaves...

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