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Mexican national sentenced to 64 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl

July 30, 2019
NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Mexican national was sentenced today to 64 months in prison for his role in conspiring to traffic...
July 30, 2019
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Serial law enforcement impersonator sentenced to ten years for fraud and firearms offenses

July 30, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas – In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced Modesto Gonzalez III to ten years in federal prison for defrauding numerous individuals out of more than of $300,000 by impersonating a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and DEA Houston Division Special Agent in...
July 30, 2019
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Local man guilty of firearms charge in furtherance of drug trafficking

July 30, 2019
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A federal jury returned a guilty verdict against a 42-year-old Corpus Christi man for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Charles Callis, Jr., pleaded guilty...
July 30, 2019
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Massachusetts man sentenced to 14 years for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute heroin

July 30, 2019
BANGOR, Maine – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Myron Crosby, Jr., aka “Templer,” 56, of Springfield, Mass., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to 14 years in prison...
July 30, 2019
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Third Portland-area man sentenced in methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy

July 30, 2019
PORTLAND, Ore. - Yesterday, a third Portland-area man was sentenced to federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine into the Portland Metropolitan Area. Ulises Mayares Jr., 26, of Portland, was sentenced on July 29, 2019, to 48 months in prison and five years’...
July 30, 2019
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Co-leader of large drug trafficking organization sentenced to more than 11 years in prison

July 29, 2019
SEATTLE – A 38-year-old Seattle man who persisted in trafficking methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine, despite repeated run-ins with law enforcement, was sentenced on July 26, 2019, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 11 years in prison and five years of supervised release. Michael Lavon Davis pleaded guilty to conspiracy...
July 29, 2019
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Eleven arraigned in wide-ranging Cape Cod heroin conspiracy

July 29, 2019
BOSTON – Eleven Cape Cod and Rhode Island residents were arraigned yesterday in federal court in Boston on a multi-count indictment charging them with participating in a wide-ranging heroin trafficking conspiracy. Edwin Otero, 29, of Hyannis, Mass., was charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 100...
July 29, 2019
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Massachusetts man sentenced to 87 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine

July 29, 2019
PORTLAND, Maine - United States Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Yarlin Garcia, 26, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 87 months in prison and...
July 29, 2019
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Asbury Park doctor sentenced to 27 months in prison for distribution of steroids and marijuana

July 29, 2019
TRENTON, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a doctor with offices in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and Brooklyn was sentenced today to 27 months in...
July 29, 2019
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Sinaloa Cartel associate sentenced to 10 year prison term for drug trafficking

July 26, 2019
SPOKANE, Wash. – Jose Luis Muniz, age 38, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced on July 23, 2019, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and five kilograms of cocaine. Senior United States District Judge Wm...
July 26, 2019
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