Posts Tagged ‘Confidential Informant’
Johnson City Man Sentenced on Federal Crack Cocaine Charges
Crack Cocaine Law in the News
Crack Cocaine Law: Johnson City man sentenced on federal crack cocaine charges
Evidence presented at trial showed that Gay assisted in the distribution of a quantity of crack cocaine to a confidential informant working on the behalf of law enforcement on two occasions in April 2010. Following the second drug deal, Johnson City …
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Crack Cocaine Law: DEA is cracking down on prescription drug theft in St. Clair County
By Jeri Packer Prescription drug abuse has become a rampant crime, causing law enforcement agencies around the country to crack down on this dangerous practice. The Port Huron Police Department, with the help of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, …
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Crack Cocaine Law: Prison terms cut in 2006 crack busts
Law enforcement agencies rounded up nearly 30 people in September 2006 in Operation Blockbuster — an initiative aimed at dismantling the crack cocaine trade in an area of Winchester known as "the block" and Cartwright's Recreation Center on North Kent …
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Crack Cocaine Law: Rome man charged with crack cocaine possession
Desmion Deaundre Diamond, 19, of 1304 Nelm St., is charged with felony possession of crack cocaine, possession of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute and misdemeanor obstruction or hindering law enforcement. Police say Diamond fled from police …
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SANTIAGO v. STATE
Crack Cocaine Nicknames in the News
Crack Cocaine Nicknames: SANTIAGO v. STATE
The confidential informant told the officer that she knew the defendant by the nickname "Snow." The officer approached the defendant and purchased $ 40 worth of crack cocaine from him. The defendant took the cocaine out of a cylinder tube and placed it …
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Crack Cocaine Nicknames: Ice-T Nicknames Rick Ross “Identity Crisis”
Featuring candid interviews with Ice, Snoop Dogg, Raekwon and more, according to VH1 Planet Rock is the first documentary film to focus on the undeniable effect the crack cocaine “epidemic” of the 1980s had on the world of hip-hop and vice versa. …
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Crack Cocaine Nicknames: Three members of drug gang jailed for more than 16 years
Solicitor advocate Liam Ewing, defending, said Anderson had turned to drugs after a bad back stopped him working and his addiction to crack cocaine led him into trouble. The second man jailed, Jamaican cook Ian Mighty, 35, wanted to open a West Indian …
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Crack Cocaine Nicknames: New biography claims Walter Payton abused drugs
I couldn't care what he ingested, whether it was crack, cocaine, smack, vicodin, chocolate or caramel creams. Did he hurt anyone, no. Did he help others, yes. The guy had a long, long career at the most physically punishing position in all of sport. …
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Colo. Man Gets 10 Years on Wyo. Cocaine Charge (KIFI Idaho Falls)
Associated Press – January 6, 2010 9:35 AM ET
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) – District Judge Thomas Sullins has sentenced a man to 10 to 15 years in prison for delivering about half a pound of cocaine to a Casper motel last year.
Prosecutors said 30-year-old Edmundo Orozco brought the drugs to the Ranch House Motel on Sept. 4, and sold it to a confidential informant for $7,500.
Orozco, a Commerce City, Colo. resident, pleaded guilty to the charge in November.
Information from: Casper Star-Tribune – Casper, http://www.trib.com
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Tags: Casper Star Tribune, Judge Thomas, District Judge, Casper, Kifi, Idaho Falls, January 6
Two Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Cocaine (WVVA Bluefield)
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (Press Release) – Two men were sentenced to prison Tuesday by United States District Judge Irene C. Berger for distributing cocaine. The convictions stem from investigations conducted by the Southern Regional Drug and Violent Crime Task Force.
James Kelsor, III, 37, of Northfork, West Virginia, was sentenced to 25 months in prison following his guilty plea in July 2009. Kelsor admitted that on March 5, 2009, he sold cocaine to a confidential informant working with task force agents.
Jerome Brown, 36, of Princeton, was sentenced to 20 months imprisonment for distribution of cocaine. Brown previously pled guilty in July 2009, admitting to the drug charge. According to court documents, Brown also sold cocaine to a confidential informant working with law enforcement authorities on March 5, 2009.
Sanchez Cocaine Ring Case Goes Federal (Telluride Daily Planet)
Sanchez, Marco Antonio Garcia-Garcia and Enrique Hernandez are charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute.
The conspiracy charge alone carries a sentence of 10 years to life in prison in addition to a possible $4 million fine.
The three appeared in federal court in Grand Junction on Thursday, where they were advised of the charges against them. The other two people arrested in the Sept. 30 sting, Maria Vargas-Gonzales and Gilberto Garcia-Garcia, will be prosecuted on state charges in the Seventh Judicial District.
Bond for all suspects was set at $5 million.
Sanchez Cocaine Ring Case Goes Federal (Telluride Daily Planet)
Sanchez, Marco Antonio Garcia-Garcia and Enrique Hernandez are charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute.
The conspiracy charge alone carries a sentence of 10 years to life in prison in addition to a possible $4 million fine.
The three appeared in federal court in Grand Junction on Thursday, where they were advised of the charges against them. The other two people arrested in the Sept. 30 sting, Maria Vargas-Gonzales and Gilberto Garcia-Garcia, will be prosecuted on state charges in the Seventh Judicial District.
Bond for all suspects was set at $5 million.
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