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Final Defendant in Tragic Fentanyl Overdose Death Case Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison

January 05, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO – Leanna Zamora, was sentenced today to 77 months in prison for distribution of fentanyl and her role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent In Charge Wade R. Shannon. The sentence, handed down today by...
January 05, 2022
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Indiana Man Sentenced 20 Years For Meth Trafficking

January 05, 2022
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Calvin Mitchell, Jr., 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady...
January 05, 2022
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Boise Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

January 05, 2022
BOISE, Id. – A Boise man was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. According to court records, Robert Lee Brittain, 54, of Boise, sold two pounds of methamphetamine to another person in February 2021. Investigators obtained a warrant authorizing the...
January 05, 2022
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Thirteen Arrested for Fentanyl Distribution

January 05, 2022
AUSTIN – Today 13 individuals were arrested on criminal charges for their alleged involvement in fentanyl distribution announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and United States Attorney Ashley C. Hoff. According to court documents, Marcos Garcia, 18, of Somerton, AZ; Oliver Garcia, 20, of...
January 05, 2022
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St. Louis Man Pleas Guilty of Meth Distribution

January 04, 2022
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Court Judge John A. Ross accepted a plea of guilty today from Adam Jones of St. Louis. Sentencing is scheduled for April 12, 2022. According to the plea agreement, about July 15, 2020, Jones possessed more than five grams of methamphetamine and that at the...
January 04, 2022
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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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