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Former Connecticut Resident Guilty of Operating Websites to Illegally Sell Misbranded and Unapproved Drugs

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that on September 18, 2026, a federal jury in New Haven found RYAN FIELDS, 52, of Port Neches, Texas, guilty of federal offenses related to illegally selling misbranded and unapproved prescription drugs. According to...
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Laconia Man Sentenced to More Than 13 Years in Prison for Role in Cross-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

CONCORD, N.H. – A Laconia man was sentenced in federal court to 160 months in federal prison with four years of supervised release for one count of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, in a case brought by New Hampshire’s Homeland Security Task Force. Benjamin...
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Mexican National, New Orleans Man, and Vacherie Man Indicted for Cocaine Conspiracy and Distribution following Homeland Security Task Force Investigation

NEW ORLEANS – A recently unsealed superseding indictment charged three men, HECTOR MARQUEZ MARQUEZ (“MARQUEZ”), age 22, a resident of the Republic of Mexico, TONTA OCTAVE (“OCTAVE”), age 48, of Vacherie, Louisiana, and LAMONT WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS”), age 50, of New Orleans, with conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to...
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U.S. Attorney and DEA San Antonio Field Division Announce New Overdose Task Force to Combat Drug Related Overdoses

SAN ANTONIO – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas and the Drug Enforcement Administration San Antonio Field Division announced the establishment of an Overdose Task Force aimed at investigating overdose cases in the San Antonio metropolitan area. The Overdose Task Force was employed in support of...
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Career Offender Sentenced to Over 26 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Pill Mill and Meth Distribution with Firearms

Memphis, Tn – Torry Holland, 52, of Memphis, has been sentenced to over 26 years in federal prison for his role in the distribution of methamphetamine and fentanyl in Memphis, Tennessee. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today. During this multi-agency...
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Four Wisconsin Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

MADISON, Wis. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that four more defendants were sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley for their roles in a large drug trafficking organization operating in Madison. Treagir Sander, 27, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced on Sept...
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Federal Jury in Chicago Convicts Man of Trafficking Meth to Illinois From California

CHICAGO — A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a man of trafficking methamphetamine to Illinois from California. Hugo Steven De La Cruz Corona, 24, of San Jacinto, California, trafficked the meth on behalf of a Los Angeles-based drug trafficking organization that distributed narcotics throughout the country via the U.S...
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Panama City Trio Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distributing Meth

Tallahassee, Fla. – Damarius M. Mimms, 31, of Panama City, Fla., was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine. Cara Rene...
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Hot Springs Man Sentenced to over 14 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Offense

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – A Hot Springs man was sentenced on October 1, 2026, to more than 14 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release, for Possession with the Intent to Distribute of More Than 50 Grams of Methamphetamine. The Honorable District Judge John Thomas Shepherd...
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Wisconsin Doctor Sentenced to Federal Prison for Unlawful Prescribing

MILWAUKEE -- U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman sentenced Jerry Jones III, 69, a former emergency room physician from Mequon, Wisconsin, to 27 months’ imprisonment on Oct. 1, 2026, announced Brad D. Schimel, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. On June 29, 2026, Jones pleaded guilty...

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