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Green Bay Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Dealing Fentanyl Resulting in Death and Possessing a Firearm

April 10, 2024
Green Bay, WI - Sheila Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division and Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on April 9, 2024, U.S. Senior District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced a Green Bay man, Keenan J...
April 10, 2024
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Drug Manufacturer to Pay $2.25 Million to Settle Substances Act Allegations

April 10, 2024
NEWARK, N.J. – A pharmaceutical manufacturer agreed to pay $2.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), DEA New Jersey Field Division Special Agent in Charge Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today The manufacturer, Novel Laboratories Inc. (Novel), a subsidiary of...
April 10, 2024
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Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

April 09, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A man who was arrested in St. Joseph, Mo., with more than 11 kilograms of methamphetamine in his vehicle pleaded guilty in federal court today to drug trafficking and illegally possessing firearms. Mark Edmundson, 49, who has no known address, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District...
April 09, 2024
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Two Charged with Connection with Scheme to Operate Industrial-Scale Illegal Narcotics Pill Pressing Operations Throughout New York City

April 08, 2024
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”); and Darren B. McCormack, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of...
April 08, 2024
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Concord Resident Charged with Assaulting DEA Agent with a Deadly Weapon and Other Crimes

April 08, 2024
OAKLAND, Calif. - A federal grand jury has charged two defendants with various crimes, including one defendant with extortion and assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Clark; Federal Bureau of Investigation...
April 08, 2024
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Pill Distributor Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Tens of Thousands of Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

April 08, 2024
BOSTON – A Haverhill man pleaded guilty to distributing tens of thousands of pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Angel Joel Diaz, a/k/a “Guero,” 35, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, two counts of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute...
April 08, 2024
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Pill Distributor Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Tens Of Thousands Of Pills Containing Fentanyl And Methamphetamine

April 08, 2024
BOSTON – A Haverhill man pleaded guilty to distributing tens of thousands of pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Angel Joel Diaz, a/k/a “Guero,” 35, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, two counts of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute...
April 08, 2024
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Wife Of Large-Scale Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy

April 08, 2024
BOSTON – A California woman has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to her role in a money laundering conspiracy involving proceeds of methamphetamine and marijuana distribution. Defendant assisted husband in laundering drug proceeds. In total, over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an AK-47, a Glock...
April 08, 2024
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Drug Trafficker Who Participated in the Delivery of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills Sentenced to Federal Prison

April 08, 2024
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Lawrence, MA, resident arrested in May 2021 by members of the DEA Rhode Island Drug Task Force after he participated in deliveries of significant quantities of fentanyl-laced pills in Pawtucket, RI, and Dorchester, MA, has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison, announced United States...
April 08, 2024
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Long Island Man Charged with Distributing Fentanyl, Heroin, Cocaine and Oxycodone

April 04, 2024
Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, a two-count indictment was unsealed charging Ryan Mueller, of Lynbrook, New York, with distributing fentanyl that caused the death of a victim (Victim‑1) and with conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine, and oxycodone. Mueller was arrested this morning and is scheduled to...
April 04, 2024
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