William Panzera, 49, of North Haledon, New Jersey; Thomas Padovano, 48, and Bartholomew Padovano, 71, both of Newark; and Sean Tighe, 46, of Kearny, New Jersey, are each charged in a second superseding indictment with one count of drug trafficking conspiracy and one count of international promotional money laundering conspiracy. Thomas and Bartholomew Padovano are also charged with domestic concealment money laundering conspiracy.
This case was investigated under the auspices of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to enhance the identification, apprehension, and prosecution of individuals involved in gang-related activities, violent crime, and drug distribution. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at
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If convicted, Anderson and Phienemanh face a maximum statutory penalty of life in prison and a $10 million fine. Any sentence, however, would be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables. The charges are only allegations; the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The affidavit includes conversations between the conspirators allegedly discussing DTO business, collecting drug debts, arranging drug transactions, and arranging travel to Texas to obtain narcotics for transportation to Maryland.
Demarise Romaze Brock, 32, and Kevin Brian Maddox-El, 30, were both charged in 38th District Court in Eastpointe with multiple charges, including the delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine, delivery/manufacture of cocaine, receiving and concealing a firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm, using a firearm during the commission of a felony and maintaining a drug house.
If convicted, they each face up to 20 years in prison for the methamphetamine charge, up to 20 years for the cocaine charge, up to 10 years for receiving and concealing a stolen firearm, up to five years for being a felon in possession of a firearm, up to two years for using a firearm during a felony, and up to two years for maintaining a drug house.
Maddox-El may face even stiffer penalties for previous convictions. He was discharged from prison in May 2022, according to the Michigan Department of Corrections. He was sentenced in 2020 to two years in prison after pleading guilty to delivery/manufacture of a controlled substance, the department said. He was also sentenced to four years in prison in 2017 and 18 months in 2016 for drug charge convictions.
Eastpointe police allege the two men are business partners who sell drugs. Police arrested the two men last week Thursday after executing search warrants at two different homes, one on Liberal Street on Detroit's east side and another on Bohn Street in Roseville.
Court documents for King could not immediately be found, but Spring Township police said both men faced identical charges. Police also said King was awaiting extradition from Westmoreland County in western Pennsylvania. Baird is currently in custody at the Centre County Correctional Facility.
Similar to other addictive drugs, fewer females than males use marijuana.13 For females who do use marijuana, however, the effects can be different than for male users. Research indicates that marijuana impairs spatial memory in women more than it does in men,22,23 while males show a greater marijuana-induced high.24,25
Women tend to begin using methamphetamine at an earlier age than do men,50,51 with female users typically more dependent on methamphetamine compared to male users.53,55 Women are also less likely to switch to another drug when they lack access to methamphetamine.50 In addition, as with other substances, women tend to be more receptive than men to methamphetamine treatment.51,54,56
Prescription drug misuse is the use of a medication without a prescription, in a way other than as prescribed, or for the experience or feelings elicited. Prescription drug misuse can be dangerous if mixed together without a physician's guidance, or mixed with other drugs or alcohol.
Women are more likely to seek treatment for misuse of central nervous system depressants,14 which include sedatives sometimes prescribed to treat seizures, sleep disorders, and anxiety, and to help people fall asleep prior to surgery. Women are also more likely than men to die from overdoses involving medications for mental health conditions, like antidepressants. Antidepressants and benzodiazepines (anti-anxiety or sleep drugs) send more women than men to emergency departments.73 Because women are also more at risk than men for anxiety74,75 and insomnia,76 it is possible that women are being prescribed more of these types of medications; greater access can increase the risk of misuse and lead to substance use disorder or overdose.
Moon was charged with three counts of possession with intent to deliver more than 1,000 grams of marijuana near a park, possession with intent to distribute more than 10 grams fentanyl, maintaining a drug trafficking place, two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of an electric weapon.
Grimes was charged with felonies of possession with intent to deliver more than 1,000 grams of marijuana near a park, possession of narcotics as a repeater, possession of cocaine as a repeater, possession of a firearm by a felon, maintaining a drug trafficking place near a park and two counts of felony bail jumping.
Law enforcement officers identified members of the trafficking network who were responsible for the distribution of controlled substances, including substantial quantities of fentanyl and cocaine, from residences in Elizabeth and Carteret and elsewhere. Investigators were able to collect evidence that Lakomy supplied fentanyl to Aponte, who in turn provided the drugs to other members of the trafficking network for redistribution. Fontanez, Romero, Valentin, and Wooten were identified as responsible for street-level distribution of the fentanyl and cocaine.
The Buffalo Police Intelligence Unit arrested two men and seized drugs, guns and cash Tuesday when a search warrant was executed at an address in the first block of Burgard Place, off Walden Avenue, police spokesman Michael J. DeGeorge reported.
Jim Simmons, 44, of the 200 block of Allenville Road, Kevin Shaw Cartee, 47 and Allen Russell Poore II, 33, both of Autauga County, each face charges of trafficking in methamphetamine, said Sheriff Joe Sedinger. They were in the Autauga Metro Jail Tuesday afternoon under bonds of $500,000 each, jail records show.
Deputies seized more than four ounces of methamphetamine, with a street value of about $2,000, two electronic scales, two glass meth pipes, several empty hypodermic needles and needles filled with methamphetamine, along with a ledger and thumb drive that allegedly listed the names of customers and amounts of drugs they had purchased, reports show. Also seized was a blue, reflective police vest. The vest did not display a name of a police department.
The agents watched as one of three people in the vehicle exchanged suspected crack cocaine for money, the complaint said. The suspected drugs were wrapped in a piece of white paper towel, police said.
Christopher Barbuto, 40, is charged with drug delivery resulting in death, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and related offenses. He is being held at Chester County Prison on $300,000 bail set by Magisterial District Justice James Kovaleski.
The men, William Martin Byrd, 36, of Lawrence, and Mason Duane Robinson, 26, of Lawrence, have both been charged with one count of distribution of a controlled substance leading to death, a level-one felony. The charges relate to an incident on April 14. The court documents listing the charges for both men and the list of witnesses are identical.
The distribution causing great harm charges relate to incidents on May 31, 2021, and July 23, 2021. The charging documents were not clear as to who the alleged victims were in those instances. The possession of Oxycodone charge is listed as occurring between May 31, 2021, and Aug. 28, 2021.
A Logan Morgan is named in a probable cause affidavit for Chloe Lyn Colby, 21, of Lawrence. Colby is charged with one count of distribution of a controlled substance causing death. The charge relates to an incident on April 17, 2021, when she is alleged to have provided counterfeit Oxycodone to her boyfriend, Kendall Royce Stiffler, 21, of Lawrence, who, after taking the drugs, died of fentanyl intoxication, as reported by the Journal-World.
Chief Peter Bartlett and the Dracut Police Department report that the Dracut Police Department arrested and charged two men with drug offenses as a result an investigation into reports of drug dealing in a Dracut neighborhood.
As a result of information provided by residents of the neighborhood, Dracut Police detectives began an investigation into allegations of drug dealing in the area of Tennis Plaza Road. Detectives conducted surveillance in the area to corroborate information provided by neighborhood residents.
On Tuesday, May 24, Dracut detectives, with assistance from the Merrimack Valley Regional Task Force, observed an individual later identified as CAFFREY conduct what was believed to be a drug transaction in the parking lot of a business in the 1900 block of Lakeview Avenue.
The federal agencies combined efforts to arrest Luis Venancio Cueto-Ruiz, Leonardo Mateo Cueto-Ruiz, and Gilberto Ulloa-Aguirre Dec. 14 in Everett following a probe into their drug trafficking organization, which is believed to be linked to the Sinaloa Cartel. Bail is set at $250,000 each for the three defendants. 2ff7e9595c
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