Twenty Defendants Federally Charged in OCDETF Operation

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operation resulted in the charging and arrest…

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Indiana Woman Pleads Guilty to Possessing Narcotics

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A former resident of Indiana, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Ruby Gil, 31,…

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East Hartford Resident Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun and Drug Charges

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANCISCO FRANCESCHINI, 28, last residing in East Hartford, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to firearm possession and…

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Four MS-13 Gang Members Convicted of Racketeering, Violent Crimes, and Drug Distribution

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal jury convicted four Northern Virginia MS-13 gang members yesterday for drug distribution, racketeering, and their roles in two attempted murders in Prince William County in 2019. According…

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Moultrie, Ga., Meth Trafficking Ring Broken, Six Co-Defendants Convicted

ALBANY, Ga. – The final member of a Moultrie, Georgia, methamphetamine trafficking network pleaded guilty to a federal drug distribution charge this week. Robert Lee Smith, III, 46, of Moultrie, pleaded guilty…

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Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Darren Johnson, aka “Buck,” 40, of St. Albans, Vermont, was sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison…

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Final Two Defendants Convicted in Prison-Based Drug Trafficking Ring

WICHITA, KAN. – A federal jury convicted two Wichita men on charges related to an inmate-run drug trafficking ring headquartered from a prison cell in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Following the…

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Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charges After Eight Days of Trial

Greenbelt, Maryland –Adebowale Ojo, age 38, of Damascus, Maryland, pleaded guilty late yesterday to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and to distribution of controlled substances, after eight days of trial. Ojo admitted…

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Celtic Cobra Team Honored with OCDETF National Award

Today, United States Attorney Chad E. Meacham presented the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces National Award for Significant Contribution to Public Safety and Security to prosecutors and agents who worked Operation…

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Alleged Guatemalan Drug Kingpin Indicted in San Diego; $10 Million Dollar Reward Offered by U.S. Department of State

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Mokhtari (619) 546-8402 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – March 18, 2022 SAN DIEGO – A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed in San Diego against alleged Guatemalan drug kingpin Eugenio…

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A federal court in the District of Columbia today unsealed two separate indictments charging Aler Baldomero Samayoa-Recinos, aka Chicharra, and his son-in-law Freddy Arnoldo Salazar Flores, aka Fredy, Freshco, Boyca, Boyka, Torojo,…

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McNairy Man Sentenced to 15 Years as an Armed Career Criminal

Jackson, TN– Lamon Terrill Massengill, 50, of Selmer, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to…

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Seven-Time Felon Who Possessed Firearms and Crack Sentenced to a Decade in Federal Prison

A man who illegally possessed a firearm and possessed crack cocaine he intended to distribute was sentenced March 17, 2022, to 10 years in federal prison. Patrick Green, age 50, from Dubuque,…

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Chicago Drug Dealer Who Flipped Car While Attempting to Flee From Police Sentenced to Federal Prison

A man who led Dubuque police on a high‑speed chase that ended with his car on its hood and his gun, heroin, fentanyl and cocaine in the snow was sentenced March 17,…

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Convicted felon, Elizabeth drug dealer charged

NEWARK, N.J. – A convicted felon from Elizabeth has been charged by the Department of Justice after selling drugs to an undercover law enforcement agent. The agency today said Shaquan Little-Bethea, 28,…

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Haverhill Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston on fentanyl distribution charges. Bernardito Carvajal, 30, who most recently resided in Haverhill, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District…

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Pender County Narcotics Trafficker Receives 14+ Years in Federal Prison

NEW BERN, N.C. – Elmer “E.J.” Holmes, Jr., 38, of Pender County, was sentenced to 175 months in prison for (1) Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more…

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Martinsburg residents admit to drug and firearms charges

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Quasym Divad John Finch and Brittany Marie Breeden, both of Martinsburg, West Virginia, have admitted to drug and firearms charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Finch, 30,…

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Gary Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison

HAMMOND- Fredrick Jenkins, 39, of Gary, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime,…

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York Man Indicted On Drug Trafficking And Firearm Charges

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dominique Hightower, age 23, of York, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking…

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Twenty Defendants Federally Charged in OCDETF Operation

Indiana Woman Pleads Guilty to Possessing Narcotics

East Hartford Resident Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun and Drug Charges

Four MS-13 Gang Members Convicted of Racketeering, Violent Crimes, and Drug Distribution

Moultrie, Ga., Meth Trafficking Ring Broken, Six Co-Defendants Convicted

Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

Final Two Defendants Convicted in Prison-Based Drug Trafficking Ring

Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charges After Eight Days of Trial

Celtic Cobra Team Honored with OCDETF National Award

Alleged Guatemalan Drug Kingpin Indicted in San Diego; $10 Million Dollar Reward Offered by U.S. Department of State

McNairy Man Sentenced to 15 Years as an Armed Career Criminal

Seven-Time Felon Who Possessed Firearms and Crack Sentenced to a Decade in Federal Prison

Chicago Drug Dealer Who Flipped Car While Attempting to Flee From Police Sentenced to Federal Prison

Convicted felon, Elizabeth drug dealer charged

Haverhill Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution

Pender County Narcotics Trafficker Receives 14+ Years in Federal Prison

Martinsburg residents admit to drug and firearms charges

Gary Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison

York Man Indicted On Drug Trafficking And Firearm Charges

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