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Lewis County man sentenced to serve 101 months’ imprisonment on drug and firearms charges

August 20, 2019
SYRACUSE, NY – Victor Ehlers, 37, of Lyons Falls, New York, and Lowville, New York, was sentenced to serve 101 months in prison followed by a three year term of supervised release for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute it, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking...
August 20, 2019
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International drug conspiracy sends Galveston man to federal prison

August 20, 2019
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 24-year-old Galveston resident has been sentenced in Corpus Christi federal court for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute almost six kilograms of pure methamphetamine, announced United States Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, Houston Division, and U.S. Attorney Ryan K...
August 20, 2019
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DEA targets methamphetamine in three states with Operation Crystal Mountain

August 20, 2019
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The United States Drug Enforcement Administration this week announced the conclusion of Operation Crystal Mountain, a sweeping enforcement action spanning three states. DEA special agents, working closely with their state and local counterparts throughout Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia targeted Mexican drug cartels, drug trafficking organizations and...
August 20, 2019
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Teen who recruited juveniles to smuggle drugs sentenced to 46 months in custody

August 19, 2019
SAN DIEGO -- Phillip Junior Webb, 20, was sentenced by District Court Judge Michael M. Anello in federal court today to 46 months in custody for conspiring to distribute controlled substances and smuggle undocumented individuals, including a Mexican national and Chinese national, for financial gain. According to the public record...
August 19, 2019
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Cheektowaga man pleads guilty to selling fentanyl

August 16, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Byron Cobb, aka Tone, 39, of Cheektowaga, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession with intent to...
August 16, 2019
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Buffalo man sentenced for possession of butyryl fentanyl

August 15, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Myles Scales, 28, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute butyryl fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 18...
August 15, 2019
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12-year sentence for cocaine trafficker caught with 30 kilograms of cocaine in his car

August 15, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Edgar Joel Jimenez-Rodriguez, 40, of North Tonawanda, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute...
August 15, 2019
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Long Island man convicted of trafficking narcotics in South Brooklyn

August 15, 2019
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict against Rafael Antonio Fabian for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute narcotics, specifically crack cocaine. When sentenced by United States Chief District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry, the defendant faces a...
August 15, 2019
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Attorney licensed in New Jersey and New York charged with marijuana offenses

August 15, 2019
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Manish Patel, 33, of Granite Bay, appeared today in federal court on charges of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute marijuana plants and tetrahydrocannabinols contained in hashish oil, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced. According to...
August 15, 2019
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Three Chicago men charged in murder-for-hire plot

August 15, 2019
CHICAGO — Three Chicago men have been charged in a murder-for-hire conspiracy that resulted in two fatal shootings in the city’s Lawndale neighborhood. Deshawn Morgan, 37, Darius Murphy, 19, and Demond Brown, 26, are charged with conspiracy to use an interstate facility in the commission of a murder for hire...
August 15, 2019
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