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Manchester Woman Sentenced For Heroin And Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

February 28, 2017
FEB 28 - 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 Jeannette Hardy, 26, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison based upon her conviction for...
February 28, 2017
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New Bedford Woman Sentenced To Prison For Operating Drug Stash House

February 28, 2017
FEB 28 - BOSTON - A New Bedford woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston for stashing drugs in her home for a drug trafficking ring that operated in Bristol County, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island. Shirley Vargas, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel Gorton...
February 28, 2017
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Two Heroin/Fentanyl Overdose Deaths: Columbia County, New York Man Indicted

February 27, 2017
ALBANY, N.Y. - - Jacob Ebel, age 29, of Niverville, New York, was arraigned today on charges that he distributed heroin and fentanyl that caused two overdose deaths in Columbia County in July 2016. The announcement was made by James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge, New York Division of the U.S...
February 27, 2017
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13 Years For Trucking Company Owner For Role In $6.5 Million Crystal Meth, Heroin Haul

February 27, 2017
ALBANY, N.Y. - - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State (NYSP), and New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill announced today...
February 27, 2017
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New Haven Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced

February 27, 2017
FEB 27 - 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 Carlos Perez, also known as “Carlito,” 43, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District...
February 27, 2017
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Guilty Plea By Hartford Man To Distributing Heroin That Resulted In Middletown Overdose Death

February 27, 2017
FEB 27 - HARTFORD, 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 on February 24, 2017, Yacov Ocasio, also known as “Little,” 21, of Hartford, waived his right...
February 27, 2017
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Nine Million Dollars’ Worth Of Cocaine Seized In Buffalo, N.Y.

February 24, 2017
BUFFALO, N.Y. - - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Wilkie, Remus Nowak, and Fernando Rodriguez, of Buffalo, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with...
February 24, 2017
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Shreveport Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Charge

February 24, 2017
SHREVEPORT, La. - A Shreveport man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley. Dondell Pea, 30, was sentenced by a U.S. District Judge...
February 24, 2017
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Man Sentenced To Over 11 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

February 24, 2017
SHREVEPORT, La. - A man from Texas was sentenced Wednesday to over 11 years in prison for conspiring to sell methamphetamine in the Shreveport area with another Texas man, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley. Tares Terrell...
February 24, 2017
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South Texas Woman Convicted For Distributing Methamphetamine

February 24, 2017
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Irma Matamoros-Santillan, a 30-year-old woman from Harlingen has been ordered to prison following her conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Matamoros-Santillan pled guilty October 19, 2016. Today...
February 24, 2017
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