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West Portsmouth Couple Sentenced For Operating “Pill Mill” In Waverly

CINCINNATI - Nancy Sadler, 49, of West Portsmouth, Ohio was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for operating Ohio Medical and Pain Management, LLC, a “pill mill” in Waverly, Ohio. Her husband, Lester, aka “Ape”, Sadler, 56, was sentenced to 151 months in prison followed by three years of...
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Leader Of Interstate Online Pill Mill Ring Sentenced To More Than Eight Years In Prison

CLEVELAND - The leader of a multi-state drug conspiracy that sent millions of dollars worth of highly addictive prescription painkillers to all 50 states was sentenced to more than eight years in prison and ordered to pay $3.8 million in restitution, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern...
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Doctor, Pharmacist And Call-Center Manager Found Guilty In Massive Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

CLEVELAND - A federal jury convicted three people of crimes related to a multi-state drug conspiracy that sent millions of dollars’ worth of highly addictive prescription painkillers to all 50 states, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. With today’s guilty verdicts, 13 people...
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Major Michigan Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Life In Murder For Hire Conviction

PONTIAC, Mich. - A Pontiac man was sentenced to life in prison today for his role in a 2010 murder for hire plot that began in Pontiac, Michigan, and ended with a violent shooting death in Littleton, Colorado, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. Joining McQuade in the announcement...
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Man Pleads Guilty In New York To Conspiring With Iranian Military Officials To Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador To The United States

WASHINGTON - Manssor Arbabsiar, aka Mansour Arbabsiar, pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Southern District of New York to participating in a plot to murder the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States while the Ambassador was in the United States. Arbabsiar, a 58-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen holding...
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Kentucky Woman Sentenced To 27 Years Federal Prison For Illegally Providing Rx Drugs

LONDON, Ky. - A Jackson, Ky., woman who illegally provided prescription drugs to a woman who died of an overdose was sentenced to 327 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove. This marks the first federal sentence in the Eastern District of Kentucky for a...
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Inside The Golden Triangle

October 1, 2012 A look back at 30 years of efforts by the Mae Fah Luang Foundation under Royal Patronage and the Drug Enforcement Administration to end opium production and trafficking in this once highly volatile region. October 4, 2012, 2:00 p.m. EST DEA Museum Auditorium 700 Army Navy Drive...
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

WASHINGTON - With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold a fifth National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at thousands of sites across America on Saturday the 29th. These Take Back...
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Detroit Area Doctor Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Rx Drugs And Health Care Fraud

DETROIT - An indictment was unsealed today charging Dr. Mikhayl Soliman, 59, of Plymouth, Michigan with Medicare fraud and distribution of prescription drugs, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Robert L. Corso, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Detroit...
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Seven Alleged Members Of Cincinnati Area Drug Trafficking Organization Arrested

CINCINNATI, OH - Teams of local law enforcement officers and federal agents this morning arrested seven people charged in complaints filed in U.S. District Court alleging that they conspired to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. The crime carries a punishment of at least ten years and up to...