Pensacola, Florida Kevin C. Bui, of Fort Walton Beach, was sentenced yesterday to 78 months in federal prison following his August conviction on drug and money laundering conspiracy charges. Bui and four co-conspirators trafficked thousands of pounds of marijuana into North Florida from California and laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars in proceeds to send back to their supplier in California. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence. So much crime is motivated by greed. IRS Special Agents play a unique role on task forces aimed at dismantling criminal enterprises: we follow the money. That s exactly what we did in this case, said Special Agent in Charge Brian Payne of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation. We are proud to add our financial investigative skills to this operation, and we commend the exemplary efforts of our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners in bringing these criminals
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Presque Isle man pleads guilty to drug charge A Presque Isle man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
BANGOR, Maine A Presque Isle man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Kaleb Dahlgren, 32, and co-conspirators obtained methamphetamine in western and southern states from Mexican sources, according to court records. They then, then distributed the drugs in Aroostook County, as well as parts of central and northern Maine, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank said.
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A Butler County man has been sentenced to time served and three years of probation for his role in a gang-related conspiracy to sell cocaine and heroin, federal prosecutors said.
Ray Chrzanowski, 53, who previously had ties to Portersville and Zelienople, was nabbed as part of an FBI investigation into the Greenway Boy Killas street gang in Pittsburgh’s West End.
The wiretap investigation revealed that, in November 2017 through June 2018, Chrzanowski and his co-conspirators cooked powder cocaine into crack cocaine and conspired to distribute quantities of crack cocaine and heroin.
Presque Isle Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charge
A Presque Isle man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, said U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank.
According to court records, between approximately July 2018 and May 2019, members of the conspiracy obtained methamphetamine in western and southern states from sources in Mexico. 32-year-old Kaleb Dahlgren and his co-conspirators distributed the drugs in Aroostook County and other parts of central and northern Maine. Dahlgren traveled with co-conspirators on at least one such trip to Mexico and Arizona to obtain methamphetamine and transport it back to Maine.
A New Bedford man who was a regional officer for the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation pleaded guilty Thursday to racketeering charges after admitting in court to his part in several instances of gang-related violence.
Michael Cotto, known as “King Gordo,” 26, once a member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Latin Kings, admitted to participating in the gang s illegal drug business and to committing a variety of violent acts. One such act was a February 2018 beating, known as a “termination,” of an associate suspected of cooperating with law enforcement. The victim was found by New Bedford Police bleeding from his injuries and transported to the hospital, according to a news release from the Office of U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling.