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Four Alachua County residents arrested for federal drug-trafficking crimes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -Four residents of Alachua, Florida, were arrested on federal criminal charges alleging an armed drug-trafficking conspiracy. The defendants arrested are: ● Lorenza Aaron Durr, Jr., 29, Alachua, Florida; ● Elboric Quadarius Robinson, 29, Alachua, Florida; ● Morris Robinson, 55, Alachua, Florida; and ● Roddrae Antonio Williams, 28, Alachua...
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Madison man sentenced for posessing heroin

MADISON, Wis . - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James Britton, 30, of Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 37 months in federal prison for possessing heroin with intent to distribute. This is Britton’s...
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Former member of Venezuelan National Assembly charged with narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and weapons offenses

NEW YORK – DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced today that Adel El Zabayar was charged in Manhattan federal court with participating in a narco-terrorism conspiracy, a cocaine importation conspiracy, and related weapons offenses involving...
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Grand jury returns indictments against three for drug charges

MADISON, Wis. – A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. Eau Claire Man Charged with Crimes Involving...
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Two members of “Cash Been Long” and “Brothers for Life” gangs sentenced for racketeering conspiracy and selling crack

BUFFALO, N.Y. –U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced that Shameris Washington, a/k/a GB, and Larry Watkins III, who were convicted of racketeering conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, were sentenced to serve...
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Philadelphia man sentenced to 33 months in prison for role in drug conspiracy

TRENTON, N.J. – A Philadelphia man was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for his role in a drug distribution conspiracy connected to the seizure of fentanyl and heroin at a New Jersey rest stop last year, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge...
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Leader of Rochester drug trafficking ring pleads guilty to conspiracy charge

ROCHESTER, N.Y. –U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced yesterday that Jose Casado, 32, of Rochester, NY, pled guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, quantities of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack...
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Connecticut man sentenced to over nine years in prison for trafficking more than $200,000 worth of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and cocaine base

BURLINGTON, Vt. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Korey Stewart, aka “Skip,” “Dash,” “Slim,” “Gutta,” and “Corey Adams,” 37 years old, was sentenced last week to 110 months of...
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Honduran National involved in New Haven drug ring sentenced to five years in prison

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Gabrield Romero Escalera-Romero, 29, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to 60 months of...
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Springfield, Missouri woman pleads guilty to meth conspiracy

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Missouri, woman pled guilty in federal court today to her role in a conspiracy that distributed at least 4.5 kilograms of pure methamphetamine in Laclede County, Missouri. Deidra C. Mathews, 44, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to participating in a conspiracy...

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