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MACON – A Macon resident with a lengthy criminal history, who was convicted by a federal jury this summer of multiple gun and drug distribution charges, was sentenced to prison

Defendant Sentenced to Federal Prison for Operating Illegal Pill Factory Investigation started after delivery of commercial pill press to home AUGUSTA, GA:  A second Burke County man has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting to operating an illegal pill factory from a residence. U.S. District Court Chief Judge J. Randal Hall sentenced Cedrick Gabriel Brown, a/k/a “Pop,” 47, of Midville, Ga., to 60 months in prison after Brown pled guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to ...

Coffee Co. man sentenced for meth trafficking ISRAEL MORENO admitting transporting the drug (Source: U.S. Attorney) By Dave Miller | March 12, 2021 at 7:30 AM EST - Updated March 12 at 7:30 AM WAYCROSS, Ga. (WALB) - A Coffee County man has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison Wednesday, after admitting to trafficking methamphetamine. Israel Moreno, 56, of Wray, Ga., was sentenced to 70 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge R. Stan Baker after pleading guilty to Po...

The investigation revealed the suspects had transported hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, LSD, molly, mushrooms, steroids, human growth hormone, Xanax, and more.

North Carolina fraternity members, students allegedly trafficked $1.5M in drugs Three North Carolina universities have been named in the investigation Loading the player... Three North Carolina universities are in the middle of a $1.5 million drug bust involving fraternity members and students according to a federal investigation revealed on Thursday. According to BuzzFeed News, students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, and Appalachian State University – ...

Turlock man sentenced for supplying drugs to North Carolina fraternities A Turlock man has been named by federal agents as the key link in a drug chain that funneled large amounts cocaine and marijuana to college campuses in North Carolina. Francisco Javier Ochoa Jr., 27, of Turlock was indicted in November 2019 for conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. On Nov. 24, 2020, Ochoa entered a guilty ple...

Seashore Drugs in Wilmington, located off Carolina Beach Drive, and its former owner and pharmacist-in-charge will pay $1 million in civil penalties for allegedly over-filling prescriptions for opioids and ignoring red flags. (Port City Daily photo/Courtesy Google Maps) WILMINGTON — Wilmington-based Seashore Drugs Inc., its former owner John Waggett, and its pharmacist-in-charge Billy W. King II will pay $1,050,000 in civil penalties for allegedly dispensing opioid prescriptions egregiously f...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Ring of hardened drug dealers sold mass amounts of cocaine, other drugs from North Carolina frat houses, feds say Jaclyn Peiser, The Washington Post Dec. 18, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail The high-volume drug deals at some fraternity houses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were so brazen that Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said an investigation into the network "kind of came to us." "It unfolded unlike any other case Ive seen in my ...

UNC-Chapel Hill suspends 3 fraternities following drug investigation, arrests Federal authorities said they arrested 21 people at UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University and Appalachian State University in connection with a "large drug network" bust. Author: Carrie Hodgin (WFMY News 2 Digital) Published: 5:17 PM EST December 18, 2020 Updated: 5:19 PM EST December 18, 2020 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — UNC-Chapel Hill has suspended three fraternities following a ...

Major drug bust lands 21 in jail connected to UNC, Duke, App State fraternities Twenty-one people have been arrested as a part of a large drug network connected to multiple fraternities across universities in North Carolina. Credit: AP People remove belongings on campus at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The UNC system announced Tuesday that it would be instructing students to return to their permanent address unless granted an exception to rema...