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Twenty-Four Defendants Facing Federal Drug Charges For Transporting Heroin And Cocaine To Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

October 27, 2016
CHICAGO - Federal charges unsealed today accused 24 individuals of various drug offenses for allegedly using Amtrak trains to transport heroin and cocaine to Chicago from California. One of the defendants is an Amtrak employee who allegedly stole a package of cocaine upon arrival at Chicago’s Union Station. Authorities uncovered...
October 27, 2016
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Man Indicted For Alleged Attempt To Kill Two Officers

October 27, 2016
CHICAGO - A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a Morris man on attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to kill two DEA Task Force officers during an undercover drug sting in Joliet, IL. Adan Godinez, 31, of Morris, tried to kill the officers during an undercover operation in...
October 27, 2016
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Task Force Arrests Two Involved In Heroin/Fentanyl Overdose Death

October 06, 2016
CHICAGO - Aaron Moore, 28, of Chicago, IL was arrested in Chicago by agents from the DEA and members of the Oak Park Police Department. He was charged by the Kane County State’s Attorney Office with drug induced homicide for his role in the overdose death of Richard Gregoire. Richard...
October 06, 2016
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DEA 360 Degree Strategy Partnerships Target Violent Drug Traffickers And Gang Members In Wisconsin

May 27, 2016
MILWAUKEE - Operation “Smack” down, begun in March and led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) in partnership with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies targeted violent drug traffickers and gang members in an effort to reduce the availability of heroin, or “smack,” and prescription opiates. Sales of these drugs...
May 27, 2016
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DEA Attacks Indiana Opana Painkiller Epidemic

February 05, 2016
INDIANAPOLIS - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced 10 arrests for drug trafficking charges related to Opana and methamphetamine in southern Indiana. Launched last year, this operation involved state, local and federal law enforcement in attacking the opioid and recent HIV epidemic Scott and Clark Counties. In April of 2015...
February 05, 2016
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Organizer Of Madison Marijuana Conspiracy Sentenced To 2 A½ Years In Federal Prison

February 03, 2016
- MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Amadou Camara,Sun Prairie, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 30 months in prison for conspiring with others to import and distribute marijuana in the Madison...
February 03, 2016
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Sixth Madison-Area College Student Sentenced For Conspiracy To Import & Distribute Marijuana In Wisconsin

February 03, 2016
MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Yotam Israeli,23, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to one year and one day in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute marijuana in the Madison area...
February 03, 2016
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Fourth Madison-Area College Student Sentenced For Conspiracy To Import & Distribute Marijuana In Wisconsin

February 01, 2016
MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kevin Ha, 24, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to three years of probation for conspiring with others to distribute marijuana in the Madison area. Ha pleaded guilty...
February 01, 2016
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Third Madison College Student Sentenced In Conspiracy To Import And Distribute Marijuana In Wisconsin

January 26, 2016
MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joseph Ramsey, 21 of Madison was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to three years of probation for conspiring with others to distribute marijuana in the Madison area. Ramsey pleaded guilty...
January 26, 2016
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Second Madison College Student Sentenced In Marijuana Conspiracy

January 20, 2016
MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Parvis Samadzada, 22, Madison, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to one year and one day in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute marijuana in the Madison...
January 20, 2016
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