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PRESS RELEASE

Taunton Man Sentenced For Heroin Trafficking

June 22, 2017
BOSTON, Mass. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb announced that Jorge Vega, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. to 77 months in prison and three years of supervised...
June 22, 2017
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Texas Man Sentenced To Four Years For Bribing Public Official At San Francisco Airport

June 21, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO - Bobby Napier was sentenced to 48 months’ imprisonment for bribing a public official in order to smuggle drugs through passenger security screening at San Francisco International (SFO). The sentence was announced by Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and Acting United States Attorney...
June 21, 2017
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Essex County, New Jersey, Man Gets 108 Months In Prison For Crack-Cocaine Distribution

June 21, 2017
NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced an Irvington, New Jersey, man who distributed multiple kilograms of crack-cocaine and powder cocaine was sentenced today to...
June 21, 2017
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Grape Street Crips Gang Members Get 18 Years In Prison For Racketeering And Drug Trafficking Charges

June 21, 2017
NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New Jersey Division and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced two crack-cocaine wholesalers for the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips were each sentenced today to...
June 21, 2017
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Haitian National Sentenced To 108 Months In Federal Prison For Conspiring To Launder Money Derived From Drug Trafficking

June 21, 2017
JUN 21 - MIAMI, Fla. - Guy Philippe, a former high-ranking Haitian National Police officer was sentenced today in Miami, Florida, to 108 months in prison with an order for a money judgment in the amount of $1.5 million to follow. Philippe previously pled guilty to a money laundering charge...
June 21, 2017
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Leader Of New Haven Heroin Ring Sentenced To Twelve Years In Federal Prison

June 21, 2017
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Wilson Vasquez, also known as “Will” and “Pancho,” 44, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor...
June 21, 2017
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New Bedford Man Sentenced For Heroin And Fentanyl Conspiracy

June 21, 2017
BOSTON, Mass. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb announced that Cory Nickerson, 33, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. to 71 months in prison and three years of supervised...
June 21, 2017
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Bethel Man Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Distributing Heroin And Cocaine That Contributed To Two Overdose Deaths

June 21, 2017
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Paul Mignani, 51, of Bethel, Conn., was sentenced on June 20, 2017 by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey...
June 21, 2017
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Texas Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

June 20, 2017
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - - Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-(ASAC) of DEA’s Kansas City District Office, announced today that Nelson Olmeda, also known as “Diego,” 27, of Rosenberg, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool, District Court Judge of the United States District Court, Western District of...
June 20, 2017
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Three Nixa, Missouri Residents Plead Guilty To Drug Trafficking Resulting In Murder

June 20, 2017
ST. LOUIS - - James Shroba, Special Agent-in-(SAC) of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) St. Louis Division Office, announced today that that three Nixa, Mo., residents have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, which resulted in the murder of Mexican national, Oscar Adan...
June 20, 2017
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