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Friday, January 25, 2013

Woonsocket Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To Two Years In Prison

Dwayne O’Hagan to serve three years supervised release after sentence.

  A convicted cocaine dealer arrested by the DEA April 24 was sentenced to 2 years in prison in US District Court today.  Dwayne O’Hagan, 30, of Woonsocket, arrested by members of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Drug Task Force for dealing cocaine on the streets of Woonsocket, received a sentence on the high end of advisory federal sentencing guidelines, according to a joint release from US Attorney Peter F. Neronha; John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Field Division; and Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas S. Carey. U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith also ordered O’Hagan to serve 3 years of supervised release upon completion of his prison term. O’Hagan pleaded guilty on Aug. 27 to three …

JoJohnson

10:49 am on Saturday, January 26, 2013

good get these filthy drug dealers off the streets, find other ways to make money!   more ›

Monday, October 1, 2012

Final Suspect In RI's Largest Drug Bust Pleads Guilty

Woonsocket Police played a major role in the Jan. 29 drug bust at a North Kingstown warehouse, believed to be the largest seizure of drugs and cash in Rhode Island history.

  Andrew Rios, 41, of California, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to federal drug trafficking charges in connection with the seizure of 65 kilos of cocaine and more than $1.2 million in cash in North Kingstown in January 2011, the largest cocaine seizure ever in Rhode Island. The Woonsocket Police Department worked with the DEA and Rhode Island State Police in a joint partnership resulting in the bust. Rios, appearing before U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and one count of possessing with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. A Plea Agreement signed …

Gotta love Woonsocket

7:47 am on Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Good job boys hopefully some of that 1.2 million will be coming back to Woonsocket. Maybe for next investigation they can find another antiquated law for Jon Brien to use against Stephen Casey!   more ›

Monday, May 7, 2012

Crack Dealer Nabbed In Woonsocket Police, DEA Probe Sentenced To 92 Months

Eddie Barr sold 48 grams of crack cocaine to undercover detectives.

  A crack dealer who ran afoul of a joint DEA/Woonsocket Police investigation will serve more than seven years for selling to undercover WPD detectives. Eddie Torie Barr, 36, of Woonsocket, arrested in October 2011 during an undercover investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Woonsocket Police into the distribution of crack cocaine in Woonsocket was sentenced today to 92 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha.  Neronha made the announcement with Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New England field division of the Drug Enforcement Administration; and Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas S. Carey. U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. also sentenced Barr to …

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The Chorus

12:16 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012

You're certainly welcome, Russell. You're response certainly rises to the inflammatory comment I made. I'll resist correcting your post's numerous punctuation and grammatical errors as you don't seem particularly fond of innocuous feedback on accuracy.   more ›

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