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Two Wichita men indicted in Kansas for meth distribution

December 22, 2020
WICHITA, Kan. – Troy Bong, 51, of Wichita, is charged with three counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (counts 1, 4, 7), three counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking (counts 2, 5, 8) and three counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by...
December 22, 2020
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Meth “mules” plead guilty in 23-kilo bust on I-75

December 18, 2020
MACON, Ga. – Two women arrested in possession of more than 23 kilos of methamphetamine during a traffic stop on I-75 have pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and are both facing a maximum twenty years in prison for their crimes, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting...
December 18, 2020
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St. Louis man gets 15 years for drug trafficking at Clinton-Peabody Housing Complex

December 17, 2020
ST. LOUIS – Demetrius Tyrese Johnson was sentenced today to 180 months in prison. The 26-year-old St. Louis, Missouri, resident pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and one count of felon in possession of a firearm. Johnson was involved in a conspiracy to distribute more than...
December 17, 2020
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Kansas City man pleads guilty to meth conspiracy

December 17, 2020
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Camden County, Missouri. Stephen Joseph Sanchez, 35, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps Jr. to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine...
December 17, 2020
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Eleven indicted in wide-ranging conspiracy trafficking heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine in multi-state area

December 16, 2020
SEATTLE – Eleven people have been indicted by a grand jury sitting in the Western District of Washington for a multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy. One of those indicted is a rap artist from Snohomish County, Washington, who discussed his drug trafficking activity in a documentary video. All of those in...
December 16, 2020
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Leader of Rochester area drug trafficking ring pleads guilty to cocaine charge

December 16, 2020
ROCHESTER N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York Division announced today that Andres Escalera, 29, of Phelps, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to attempted possession with intent to...
December 16, 2020
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Presidentially pardoned San Antonio man once again arrested on federal drug charges

December 10, 2020
Federal, state and local authorities have arrested eight individuals on federal drug trafficking charges, including 41-year-old Texas Syndicate Lieutenant Hilario Nieto who previously received a pardon from President Barack Obama, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division; U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer...
December 10, 2020
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Manchester man sentenced to 96 months for methamphetamine trafficking

December 10, 2020
CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Christopher Gelinas, 24, of Manchester, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Gelinas...
December 10, 2020
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Waterbury man sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for role in heroin and fentanyl trafficking ring

December 10, 2020
HARTFORD, Conn. – DEA New England Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Roney Sosa, 24, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 87 months of imprisonment, followed...
December 10, 2020
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Essex County man admits to possessing firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime

December 09, 2020
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, Craig Carpenito, announced an Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted possessing a handgun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Ricky Terrell...
December 09, 2020
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