Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that …
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Young Laredoan admits to transporting fentanyl disguised as oxycodone
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressLAREDO, Texas – A 19 year-old Laredo resident has entered a guilty plea to transporting approximately 1.42 kilograms of fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Ivan Eleodoro Garcia admitted …
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Miami Woman Arrested On Fentanyl Charges Following Traffic Stop In Jamestown
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressCONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Elina Martinez, 64, of Miami, FL, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with …
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Fentanyl Traffickers Sentenced To Almost 22 Years And Almost 17 Years In Prison
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressDamian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ROBERT SHANNON, a/k/a “Tank,” was sentenced to 260 months in prison today for his …
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McKeesport Man Admits Role in Cocaine and Fentanyl Trafficking Organization
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPITTSBURGH – A resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Brandon Jetter, 41, pled guilty …
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Providence Man Admits to Trafficking Cocaine and Fentanyl
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPROVIDENCE – A Providence man charged in federal court with trafficking cocaine and fentanyl pleaded guilty today to federal drug distribution charges, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. According …
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Boyd County Man Sentenced to 108 Months for Fentanyl Trafficking and Possession of Firearm by a Convicted Felon
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressASHLAND, Ky. – An Ashland man, Thomas Bentley, 38, was sentenced on Friday to 108 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for possession with intent to …
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Texas Man Indicted for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – FERMIN RODRIGUEZ-ORTEGA, age 24, a resident of Dallas, Texas, was charged December 8, 2022, in a two-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with conspiracy to …
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Parkersburg Woman Sentenced to Prison for Fentanyl Crime
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressCHARLESTON, W.Va. – Toni Johnson, 58, of Parkersburg, was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to …
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EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Ysleta border crossing intercepted fentanyl and heroin with an estimated street value of almost $170,000. “The work …
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EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Ysleta border crossing intercepted fentanyl and heroin with an estimated street value of almost $170,000. “The work …
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Tigard Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl, Other Illegal Narcotics
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPORTLAND, Ore.—A Tigard, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for trafficking illegal narcotics, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, in the Portland area. Cole Richard Killion, 35, was sentenced to …
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New York Man Charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute 95 Kilograms of Cocaine and Fentanyl
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressNEWARK, N.J. – A New York man was arrested in East Rutherford, New Jersey for possessing with intent to distribute approximately 70 kilograms of cocaine and 25 kilograms of fentanyl, …
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Arizona Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPORTLAND, Ore.—An Arizona man was sentenced to federal prison today after he and an accomplice were stopped traveling in a vehicle with 12,000 fentanyl pills on Highway 26 near Government …
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Connecticut Man Sentenced to 27 Months of Imprisonment for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressThe Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jorge Torres, 23, of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 27 months of imprisonment today in United …
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Kalamazoo Woman Sentenced To Nine Years In Federal Prison For Intent To Distribute Fentanyl
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressGRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced that Candi Taylor (39) of Kalamazoo, Michigan was sentenced to nine years in prison last Friday …
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Huntington Woman Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crime
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressHUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Courtney Michelle McComas, 34, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to distribution of a quantity of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on September …
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CBP Officers Stop Thanksgiving Day Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Smuggling Attempt
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Paso Del Norte border crossing in El Paso, Texas intercepted 26 pounds of methamphetamine and three pounds …
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CBP Seizes Fentanyl and Methamphetamine at Presidio Port
PRESIDIO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Port of Presidio, Presidio, Texas intercepted 32 pounds of methamphetamine and 2 pounds of fentanyl in a single …
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California Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine and Fentanyl
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPITTSBURGH, PA – A former resident of Los Angeles, California, has been sentenced in federal court to 72 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of conspiring …
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Jury Finds Penn Hills Man Guilty of Supplying Fentanyl to Hustlas Don’t Sleep Gang
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPITTSBURGH – After deliberating for three hours, a federal jury of five men and seven women found Jamal Knox guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute Forty Grams or More of Fentanyl, …
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Two Females Plead Guilty to Distribution of Fentanyl
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – YOLANI ASUCENA ENORADO-LEIVA, age 24, a resident of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and LETICIA NICACIA DOS SANTOS, aka “La China,”, age 18, who is a Brazillian national, …
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New Castle County Man Sentenced to Almost 8 Years in Federal Prison for Selling Fentanyl
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressWILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss announced that Michael Younger, 45, a New Castle County man, was sentenced yesterday to 94 months in prison for distributing fentanyl. U.S. …
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Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Skyrocket Over 1,000% In Los Angeles County Trevor Schakohl on November 30, 2022 Los Angeles County saw accidental fentanyl overdose deaths increase more than twelvefold from 2016 …
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Jury Convicts Armed Fentanyl Trafficker Of Causing Fatal Overdose
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressTampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Justin Kelly (35, New Port Richey) guilty of conspiracy to distribute 40 grams of …