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DEA Washington Division Announces Major Results in Operation Angels Envy

May 26, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office join Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the DEA’s Washington Division, to announce the results of Operation Angels Envy. Operation Angels Envy involved a set of multi-year investigations, identifying large networks of suppliers and distributors in the Washington, D.C...
May 26, 2021
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Richmond Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking

May 25, 2021
RICHMOND, Va. – A Richmond man who was convicted by a federal jury in March was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison for distributing fentanyl in the Mosby Court neighborhood. According to court records and evidence presented at trial and sentencing, Quotez Tyveck Pair, 33, was a drug trafficker...
May 25, 2021
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St. Louis Man Sentenced for Attempting to Purchase Cocaine

May 25, 2021
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A St. Louis man is heading to prison after arranging to purchase a kilogram of cocaine. Ifiok J. Equere, 54, appeared in federal district court today and was sentenced to 70 months in prison for attempting to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams...
May 25, 2021
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DEA Recruiters Answer Questions in May 26 Twitter Chat

May 25, 2021
OMAHA, Neb. – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is hosting a Twitter Chat with its recruiters, Wednesday, May 26, beginning at 1 p.m. (CST) in an effort to address commonly asked questions of individuals interested in becoming a Special Agent with the DEA. Those interested in participating in the question...
May 25, 2021
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Passaic County Man Admits Distributing Fentanyl

May 25, 2021
NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing fentanyl. Maurice Tisdale, 28, of Paterson, New Jersey, pleaded...
May 25, 2021
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Third Defendant Sentenced to Almost 19 Years in Fentanyl Overdose Death of Longtime Rugby Player

May 25, 2021
SAN DIEGO – Andrew Samuel Daniel Gossai was sentenced in federal court today to 226 months in prison for supplying the fentanyl that led to the fatal overdose of 45-year old Derrick Hotchkiss, a longtime rugby player for the San Diego Old Aztecs Rugby Football Club. Gossai, the last of...
May 25, 2021
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Seattle man convicted of drug and gun crimes

May 25, 2021
SEATTLE - A 51-year-old Seattle man was convicted late Friday, May 21, 2021, in U.S. District Court in Seattle of drug and gun crimes following a five-day jury trial. The conviction of Clyde McKnight resulted from a 6-month investigation in 2017 by the Seattle Police Department and Drug Enforcement Administration...
May 25, 2021
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Drug Dealer Indicted for Distributing Controlled Substance Containing Fentanyl Resulting in Death

May 21, 2021
AUSTIN – Today, authorities arrested 27-year-old Jean Claude Anthony Meama-Kajue of Austin for allegedly distributing a controlled substance containing fentanyl that resulted in a person’s overdose death in December of last year. A five-count indictment unsealed today charges Meama-Kajue with one count of distribution of a controlled substance containing fentanyl...
May 21, 2021
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Aroostook County Man Sentenced to 158 months in Prison on Federal Drug Charges

May 21, 2021
BANGOR, ME - An Aroostook County man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in two separate cases for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced. U.S. District Judge...
May 21, 2021
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KCK Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 2,600 Kilos of Cocaine

May 21, 2021
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Kansas, man, leader of a $56 million criminal enterprise, was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy that distributed more than 2,600 kilograms of cocaine in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Jose Luis Armendariz-Rascon, also known as “Uncle” or...
May 21, 2021
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