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An East St. Louis, Illinois, man was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for dealing crack cocaine and illegally possessing firearms.Charles Curren, 51, was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment for four counts of distribution of crack cocaine and one count of possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine.
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Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that Dustin R. Test, 39, from Peoria, Illinois, was sentenced on Jan. 6, 2022, to 190 months imprisonment, to be followed by eight years of supervised release, for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
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A Caldwell man was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine.According to court records, Dagoberto Leroy Turnbull, 32, of Caldwell, sold another person methamphetamine on two different occasions.
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U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross and Timothy Foley, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, announced that Takeya Rainey, 45, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and amphetamine, was sentenced to time served and five years’ supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
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John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and Timothy O'Shea, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that three indictments have been unsealed charging a total of 10 people with participating in a cocaine conspiracy.
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U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross and Timothy Foley, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, announced that Nikita Burt, 38, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of firearms.
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A Nixa, Missouri, woman who led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase at night with no headlights pleaded guilty in federal court today to trafficking methamphetamine.Gina N.
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A Loose Creek, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing methamphetamine and a firearm.
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Bolivar Anibal Cordova, Jr. (42, Windermere) and Luis Manuel Cordero (40, Orlando) were sentenced to 12 years and 7 months and 8 years and 6 months in federal prison, respectively, for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl-laced heroin.
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Oscar Marsiglia Barrios (54, Colombia) pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute cocaine knowing and intending it to be imported into the United States (U.S.). Marsiglia Barrios faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
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A Dominican national residing in Boston was indicted by a federal grand jury today on three drug-trafficking charges involving fentanyl.
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A Twin Falls, Idaho, man was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.According to court records, in September 2019, Cody J.
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Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Calvin Mitchell, Jr., 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
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A Boise man was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
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13 individuals were arrested on criminal charges for their alleged involvement in fentanyl distribution announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux and United States Attorney Ashley C. Hoff.
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U.S. District Court Judge John A. Ross accepted a plea of guilty today from Adam Jones of St. Louis. Sentencing is scheduled for April 12, 2022.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) “has seized enough fentanyl to provide a lethal dose to every American” this year as Mexican-based criminal organizations are flooding America with fake prescription drugs laced with the narcotic, a DEA press release said.
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Mexican National Sentenced to 12 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 2,600 Kilos of CocaineA Mexican national was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy that distributed more than 2,600 kilograms of cocaine in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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Three Washington men convicted of felony fentanyl distribution charges in August have recently been given sentences ranging from 10-20 years in prison, including five years of supervised release following the completion of their terms.
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An investigation into a poly-drug trafficking organization in Denver has led to the indictment of 19 and arrest of 10 individuals charged with crimes ranging from racketeering and conspiracy to drug distribution and money laundering.