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West Haven Man Pleads Guilty To Illegally Distributing Xanax

May 17, 2017
MAY 17 - 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 Clarence Bell, also known as “Solo,” 21, of West Haven, waived his right to be...
May 17, 2017
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Stratford Man Charged With Distributing Heroin Involved In Woman’s Overdose

May 17, 2017
MAY 17 - 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 Raymond J. Gordon, also known as “X-RAY,” 30, of Stratford, was arrested today on...
May 17, 2017
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Overdose Of Shelton Resident Leads To Heroin Distribution Charges Against New Haven Man

May 17, 2017
MAY 17 - 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, today announced that Corey Senior, 26, of New Haven, was arrested yesterday on a federal criminal...
May 17, 2017
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Nevada Woman Sentenced For Taking ‘Food Stamps’ For Meth, Cash

May 16, 2017
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 16, 2017, Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) of the Kansas City District Office, announced that a Nevada, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court for her role in a conspiracy to exchange “food stamps” for methamphetamine or cash. ASAC Derby announced that...
May 16, 2017
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Two KC Men Plead Guilty To $1.2 Million Oxycodone Conspiracy

May 16, 2017
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 16, 2017, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) Troy Derby of the Kansas City District Office announced that two Kansas City, Mo., men pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a $1.2 million conspiracy to distribute oxycodone that was obtained by using forged...
May 16, 2017
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Independence Man Sentenced For Meth Conspiracy

May 16, 2017
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 16, 2017, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) Troy Derby of the Kansas City District Office announced that Joseph Nicko Winters, 45, of Independence, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough, District Court Judge in the United States District Court, Western District of...
May 16, 2017
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Sheriff’s Deputies Plead Guilty In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

May 15, 2017
FRESNO, Calif. - Logan August, 30, of Bakersfield, and Derrick Penney, 34, of Star, Idaho, former deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute marijuana. According to court documents, between June 2014 and October 2014, while sworn...
May 15, 2017
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Final Member Of Gulf Coast Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Lengthy Federal Prison Term

May 15, 2017
BATON ROUGE, La. - Thursday marks the fifth and final sentencing in a series of federal prosecutions aimed at a drug trafficking ring which operated in the Gulf Coast states. Kendall Lewis, age 27, of Lecanto, Florida, appeared before a Chief U.S. District Judge and was sentenced to 90 months...
May 15, 2017
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3 Laredo Men Convicted Of Drug Trafficking

May 15, 2017
LAREDO, Texas - Three Laredo men have entered guilty pleas for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic drugs from Laredo to the Dallas area via the use of tractor trailers, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Armando Eloy...
May 15, 2017
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New Hampshire Fentanyl Trafficker Pleads Guilty

May 15, 2017
MAY 15 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Dennis Higgins, 23, formerly of Hudson, New Hampshire, pled guilty to unlawful distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements in the...
May 15, 2017
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