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Jesse Denver Hanes Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Conviction On Federal Firearms And Carjacking Charges Arising Out Of Shooting Of Hatch Police Officer

March 01, 2018
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division and Chief James Gimler of the Hatch Police Department announced that Jesse Denver Hanes, who shot and killed Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez on Aug. 12, 2016, was sentenced today to...
March 01, 2018
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Niagara Falls Man Sentenced On Heroin Charge

February 28, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Shaquan M. Shingledecker, 23, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute heroin, was sentenced to 30 months by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The defendant will serve his federal sentence once he...
February 28, 2018
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Cocaine And Fentanyl Distributor Indicted

February 28, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Luis Matias, of Buffalo, 27, with possessing with intent to distribute; and distributing, butyryl fentanyl...
February 28, 2018
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Fentanyl Dealer Pleaded Guilty

February 28, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced today that Charles Newkirk, 34, of Buffalo NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo, to possessing with intent to distribute, and distributing...
February 28, 2018
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Jefferson County Woman Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Violations

February 28, 2018
BEAUMONT, Texas - A 29-year-old Beaumont, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Heather Nichole Lugo pleaded guilty on Oct...
February 28, 2018
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Beaumont Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Violations

February 28, 2018
BEAUMONT, Texas - A 29-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Gerardo Federico Rodriguez pleaded guilty on July...
February 28, 2018
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Man Pleads To Conspiracy To Distribute More Than 141 Kilograms Of Heroin And Cocaine

February 26, 2018
TRENTON, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a National City, California, man today pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to transport 141 kilograms of narcotics...
February 26, 2018
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Medical Doctor Surrenders License As DEA Executes Search And Seizure Warrants On Pain Clinic

February 23, 2018
NEW ORLEANS - The DEA and our law enforcement partners announced today an exceptional enforcement action against a local doctor and pain clinic owner in an effort to help reverse the horrible effects produced by the diversion and abuse of pharmaceutical drugs. This over four-year long investigation was led by...
February 23, 2018
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Five Orlando And Miami Men Convicted Of Multi-Kilo Cocaine Conspiracy, Trafficking And Firearms Charges

February 23, 2018
(ORLANDO, Fla.) - Jimmy Remy (30, Miami), Edson (40, Orlando), Raymond Mike (Orlando, 41), Kissinger St. (36, Orlando), and Gerardson (33, Orlando) were found guilty by federal jury of separate counts of conspiracy to distribute, and distribution or possession with the intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine...
February 23, 2018
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Kentucky Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Methamphetamine

February 23, 2018
LEXINGTON, Ky. - James Allen Eapmon, 31, of Florence, Kentucky was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole by United States District Court Judge David Bunning for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Eapmon led a conspiracy responsible for distributing between 1.5 and 4.4 kilograms of actual methamphetamine...
February 23, 2018
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