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Search warrants led to stash of guns and drugs

June 21, 2018
(NEWARK, N.J.) - Yesterday, at the Essex County courthouse, Darryl Dancy, 44, of Hillside and Parris Russ, 34, of Rahway were charged with numerous drug and weapons offenses. The arrests occurred as a result of a joint investigation between the Essex County Prosecutors Office Narcotics Task Force, U.S. Drug Enforcement...
June 21, 2018
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Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for fentanyl death

June 21, 2018
(DETROIT) – A Detroit man was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison for the January 2017 sale of fentanyl laced heroin that resulted in the death of a 36 year old Westland man, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider. Schneider was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in...
June 21, 2018
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Law enforcement agencies collaborate to take down major methamphetamine suppliers

June 20, 2018
(FRESNO, Calif.) – An eight-month operation by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and has netted numerous arrests and seizures: - 7 search warrants served - 46 lbs. methamphetamine seized - 211 marijuana plants eradicated - 3 lbs. processed marijuana seized...
June 20, 2018
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Who Cut His Ankle Bracelet and Fled to Mexico during Trial Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

June 20, 2018
(SAN DIEGO) - Drug trafficker Salvador Ojeda-Amarillas, who fled during his 2009 trial and was arrested years later in Mexico, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on June 13, 2018 for smuggling 66 pounds of pure methamphetamine from Mexico and distributing it throughout San Diego. According to court records...
June 20, 2018
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11 Members of drug ring arrested on drug charges: three indicted on robbery charges

June 20, 2018
(RIVERHEAD, N.Y.) - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini; and Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart, was joined by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service today to announce the indictment of 11 individuals, including two...
June 20, 2018
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Enforcement operation dismantles meth supply ring in Jamestown, NY

June 19, 2018
(BUFFALO, N.Y.) - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New York Division, announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging eight defendants with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute...
June 19, 2018
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California man sentenced to 87 months for conspiring to distribute opioids

June 19, 2018
(ALBANY, N.Y.) - Charles Rainer Sinek, age 53, of Oakland, California, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison, to be followed by a 3-year term of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute opioid pills. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Special Agent in...
June 19, 2018
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Colombian drug kingpin sentenced to 31 years in prison for drug trafficking

June 19, 2018
(MIAMI) - Colombian drug kingpin Henry de Jesus Lopez Londoño was sentenced yesterday to 31 years in prison for importing multi-ton quantities of cocaine into the United States. A Miami jury had found Henry de Jesus Lopez Londoño, a/k/a “Mi Sangre,” 47, a citizen of Colombia, guilty of conspiring to...
June 19, 2018
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Long Island man pleads guilty to distributing heroin that caused the death of a college student

June 18, 2018
(BROOKLYN, NY) - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Richard Jacobellis pleaded guilty to distributing heroin, further admitting that he distributed heroin that resulted in the death of 20-year-old Nicholas Weber in 2016 and serious bodily injury to Frances Theiling in 2015. As part of his guilty...
June 18, 2018
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Utica man facing charges of distribution pleads guilty to cocaine conspiracy

June 18, 2018
(SYRACUSE, N.Y.) - Jeffrey Rivera, 34, of Utica, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. The announcement was made by the United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in...
June 18, 2018
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