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Champaign man sentenced to 13 years in prison for trafficking

January 06, 2020
URBANA, Ill. – U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm today sentenced a Champaign, ll., man, Stephan Caamano, to 13 years in federal prison for trafficking at least 4.3 million counterfeit Xanax pills throughout the country and laundering the proceeds. Caamano has been ordered to pay more than $2.1 million he...
January 06, 2020
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Man sentenced for role in fentanyl trafficking operation

January 06, 2020
LAREDO, Texas – Jesus Homero Ortiz, a 27-year-old resident of Laredo has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute nearly eight kilograms of fentanyl, announced DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and U.S. Attorney Ryan K...
January 06, 2020
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Member of southeastern Connecticut drug ring sentenced to 71 months in prison

January 03, 2020
HARTFORD, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced that Royshawn Allgood, also known as “Boy Roy,” 30, of New London, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford...
January 03, 2020
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St. Joseph Man sentenced for $6 million in synthetic cannabinoid conspiracy

January 02, 2020
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A St. Joseph, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute nearly $6 million of synthetic cannabinoid products, also known as K2. The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration-St. Louis Division and IRS-Criminal Investigation. Shakeel Khan...
January 02, 2020
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Alleged dark web narcotics trafficker indicted for distributing heroin and methamphetamine in exchange for bitcoin

January 02, 2020
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Defendant Joanna De Alba, a U.S. citizen, will be arraigned this afternoon in federal court in Brooklyn on an indictment charging her with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, and distribution of heroin and methamphetamine via the “dark web.” De Alba...
January 02, 2020
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Beltsville cocaine dealer sentenced to 11 years in federal prison

December 23, 2019
GREENBELT, Md. – U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Patrick Teon Robinson, age 27, of Beltsville, Maryland, to 11 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and for possession of a firearm with an obliterated...
December 23, 2019
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Trafficker smuggling large quantities of deadly fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine sentenced to 168 months

December 23, 2019
SAN DIEGO – April Spring Kelly, of San Diego, was sentenced in federal court on Friday to 14 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle more than 450,000 fentanyl pills from Mexico into the United States during a nine-month period ending in October 2018. According to admissions in her plea...
December 23, 2019
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Local trafficker distributing methamphetamine in North San Diego County sentenced to 10 years

December 23, 2019
SAN DIEGO – Orlando Balderas Guerrero, of Menifee, Calif., was sentenced in federal court today to 10 years in custody for participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to his plea agreement, Guerrero admitted that for a one-year period, he obtained bulk methamphetamine from a broker in Mexico and...
December 23, 2019
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Norton doctor pleads guilty to illegally prescribing prescription drugs

December 20, 2019
ABINGDON, Va. – Dr. Raymond Michael Moore, 61, of Wise, Va., who had a medical practice in Norton, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court in Abingdon, to 14 federal charges, including illegally prescribing more than 25,000 oxycodone pills, more than 17,000 hydrocodone pills, and more than 10,000 benzodiazepine...
December 20, 2019
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Newport News heroin and fentanyl stash house operator pleads guilty

December 20, 2019
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Newport News man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and a quantity of fentanyl. According to court documents, Dujuan Walters, 34, maintained a stash house at his residence in Newport News, at...
December 20, 2019
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