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Several Million Dollars’ Worth of Narcotics Including Fentanyl Seized in Mount Vernon

April 26, 2021
WHITE PLAINS, NY – Several million dollars’ worth of opiates and other narcotics, including what is alleged to be fentanyl, was seized last week in Mount Vernon following a joint investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, New Jersey State Police and the Westchester...
April 26, 2021
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Man Sentenced to 110 Months for Distributing Methamphetamine in Sauk County, Wisconsin

April 26, 2021
MADISON, Wis. – Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge Drug Enforcement Administration – Chicago Division and Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Timothy Savannah, 29, Waupun, Wisconsin, was sentenced on April 21, 2021 by Chief U.S. District Judge James D...
April 26, 2021
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Former New York Giant on Home Confinement under Cares Act Charged with Narcotics Trafficking

April 26, 2021
NEW YORK CITY – Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations...
April 26, 2021
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Several Million Dollars’ Worth of Narcotics Including Fentanyl Seized in Mount Vernon

April 26, 2021
WHITE PLAINS, NY – Several million dollars’ worth of opiates and other narcotics, including what is alleged to be fentanyl, was seized last week in Mount Vernon following a joint investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, New Jersey State Police and the Westchester...
April 26, 2021
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Manager in Major Baltimore Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

April 23, 2021
Baltimore, MD – U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Desmond Ringgold, a/k/a Worm and Fool, age 32, of Baltimore, Maryland to 15 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role as a supervisor in a prolific drug trafficking organization (DTO) that operated in...
April 23, 2021
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Judge Sentences Caruthersville Man to 6 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth

April 23, 2021
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp sentenced Bobby Black to 77 months in prison today. The 46-year-old Caruthersville, Missouri, resident pleaded guilty in November to six counts of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, one of the counts being conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. From...
April 23, 2021
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Fitchburg Man Sentenced to 63 Months for Fentanyl Trafficking

April 23, 2021
BOSTON – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting United States Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell announced that Sebastian Batista, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to 63 months in prison and four years of supervised release. In November 2020...
April 23, 2021
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Paterson Man Admits Distributing Heroin That Caused Death of New York Resident

April 22, 2021
NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a Paterson, New Jersey, man today admitted possessing and distributing heroin that caused the death of a Warwick, New...
April 22, 2021
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Residents of Davis, Sacramento and Roseville Indicted for International Drug Trafficking

April 22, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Parampreet Singh, 55, of Davis; Ranvir Singh, 38, of Sacramento; and Amandeep Multani, 33, of Roseville, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 5 kilograms of cocaine, at least 1...
April 22, 2021
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Turlock Man Charged for Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Operation

April 22, 2021
FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Luis Armando Romero Jr., 20, of Turlock, charging him with distribution of methamphetamine. Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon made the announcement with the California Department...
April 22, 2021
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