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First-Grade Teacher In Maryland Arrested In Connection To Fentanyl-Related Death: Police
A first-grade teacher in Maryland has been arrested in connection to the fentanyl-related death of a District resident earlier this year, police in Montgomery County announced. Sarah Katherine Magid, an educator with the county's public schools, was arrested on Monday following a search and seizure warrant by the DEA and local police at her Burtonsville home following an investigation into a March 2024 overdose. An autopsy later determined that the DC man's cause of death was fentanyl toxicity. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, following the man's death, it was deter…
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Men Busted With Thousands Of Pills After Cross Country Train Ride Sentenced In Maryland
Two men who transported thousands of fentanyl pills across the country into Maryland will spend years in prison for bringing the poison into Montgomery County. Prince George's County residents Malik Marin, of Bowie, and Tuflah Davies, of Laurel, both 27, will spend years behind bars after admitting to possession of a large amount of fentanyl, the state's attorney's office announced. Both received the same sentence: 15 years in prison with all but five years to serve, followed by five years of supervised probation following their release. In December last year, the pair traveled from Los An…
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Anne Arundel County Dealer Gets 8 Years In Prison For Fentanyl Possession, Distribution: Feds
An Anne Arundel County man was sentenced to eight years behind bars for fentanyl possession and distribution, authorities announced Thursday, May 14. Orlando Ray Coleman, Sr., 44, of Millersville, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, US Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron said in a joint release. Coleman pleaded guilty in November 2019 to operating as a drug trafficker in Annapolis and Baltimore with help from supplier Clarence Coby, wh…
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Father-Son Scammers In Maryland Sentenced For Laundering Millions Through Drugs, Bitcoin: Feds
A 72-year-old Maryland father and his 38-year-old son have been sentenced for a money laundering conspiracy involving Bitcoins and Xanax, federal authorities announced. Joseph Farace, 72, of Sparks, Maryland, received a 19-month federal prison sentence that will be followed by two years of supervised release. His son, Ryan Farace, of Reisterstown, a previously convicted felon, got a 54-month sentence, US Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron said in a joint release. Ryan Farace was first convicted for a scheme to manufacture and sell Xanax in exchange for Bitcoin throu…
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Enough Fentanyl To Kill 4M People Taken Off Maryland Streets During Massive Bust, DEA Says
Dozens of weapons and more than eight kilograms of fentanyl will not make it to Maryland streets following a wide-ranging bust, the state's Attorney General announced. Four people have been arrested for their roles in a massive conspiracy to traffic large amounts of drugs through the region, according to AG Anthony Brown on Monday. BPD is proud to partner with the @OAGMaryland and our many regional law enforcement partners in bringing down this criminal enterprise. We are committed to apprehending those responsible for bringing guns & drugs into our neighborhoods. #LawEnforcementPar…
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Man Working With Drug Dealer Attempted To Kill DEA Agent In Maryland: Feds
A Maryland man admitted to attempting to kill a federal officer after opening fire on a DEA agent in Baltimore who was undercover investigating reported drug trafficking, federal authorities announced. Davon Rogers, 40, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a federal officer in connection to a December 2021 incident with co-conspirator Juan Hester, 41, who previously copped to drug charges. According to Rogers’ plea, on Dec. 29, 2021, he and a second person approached a vehicle in the 2500 block of West Fayette Street in Baltimore, where the DEA agent was surveilling the a…
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Brother-Sister Duo Cop To Selling Fentanyl-Laced Pills To Woman With Previous OD In DC
It was a family affair for a brother-sister duo who admitted to selling fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl that led to the fatal overdose of a 20-year-old woman in 2021 in Washington, DC. Larry Jerome Eastman, 22, of Temple Hills, and his sister, DC resident Justice Michelle Eastman, 26, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl following the death of a known drug user, federal authorities announced. Prosecutors said that the Eastmans were linked to the fatal overdose when investigators reviewed their victim’s phone following…
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Convicted Maryland Felon Sentenced For Illegal Guns, Host Of Narcotics During Drug Bust: DOJ
A convicted felon is going to spend more time behind bars after admitting to drug and weapon charges after he was busted with fentanyl and more than a dozen illegal firearms, federal officials announced. Jessup resident Edward Burton, 38, was sentenced to 13 years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release after pleading guilty to federal charges of possession of more than 400 grams of fentanyl with intent to distribute and to being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to officials, Burton’s guilty plea came following a DEA investigation into a drug-trafficking operati…
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Enough Fentanyl To Kill 3.5 Million Users Seized, Baltimore Man Busted By Bergen Detectives
Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives seized enough fentanyl to produce nearly 3½ million potentially fatal doses, along with enough heroin to fill more than 27,000 folds, while arresting a Baltimore man. Carlo Francisco Olivar Gomez, a 42-year-old painter by trade, was caught with more than 15 pounds of fentanyl and more than six pounds of heroin, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. According to the DEA, it takes only a single two-milligram dose of fentanyl to kill a person. A pound of fentanyl can produce 226,796 two-milligram doses. Multiplying that by 15 pounds gives…
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Murderous East Coast MS-13 Leader From NJ Sentenced In MD To Life
A Jersey Shore MS-13 overlord who ran the gang’s East Coast operation was sentenced in Maryland to life in federal prison on Friday, April 1 for a “reign of terror” across several states, the U.S. Justice Department announced. Miguel Angel “Reaper” Corea Diaz, 41, of Long Branch, NJ will have to serve out the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The capture of Corea Diaz was “one of the biggest takedowns of a high-ranking MS-13 leader in the United States," a district attorney in Nassau County said after he was indicted on Long Island in December 2018. Corea Dia…
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