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New Jersey And New York Doctors, 20 Others Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

TRENTON, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced two physicians who allegedly wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone were arrested this morning, along...
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Floridian Fuzz Guilty Of Hauling Cocaine Through East Texas

BEAUMONT, TX - A 51-year-old Spring Hill, Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Tony Darrell Fuzz pleaded guilty to possession with intent to...
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Ten Arrests Made In Connection With Alleged Crystal City Cocaine And Heroin Trafficking

CRYSTAL CITY, TX -- - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that federal, state and local authorities have arrested 10 individuals in the Crystal City area on federal drug trafficking charges. Those arrested yesterday include: 24-year-old...
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-Media Advisory-

Acting Special Agent In Charge Thomas Hinojosa will be participating in a National Prescription Take Back Press Conference, April 27, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., at the DEA Houston Field Office, located at 1433 West Loop South, in the 1 st floor training room. He, along with invited guest Harris County...
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Crack Cocaine Charges Result In Fifteen Year Sentence For Centralia Man

BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on April 22, 2011, a Centralia, Illinois, man, convicted of various crack cocaine charges, was sentenced to 180 (15 years), in federal prison. Frederick L. Webster, 49, of Centralia, Illinois, previously pleaded...
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Former Police Chief Of Sullivan City Sentenced To Prison

SULLIVAN CITY, TX - Former Sullivan City Police Chief Hernan Guerra has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for drug-trafficking, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. United States District Judge Randy Crane sentenced...
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Philadelphia Man Sentenced To 188 Months In Prison For Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that Frederick Sellers was sentenced today to 188 months in prison following his...
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United States Attorney Announces Indictment Of Major Cocaine Distribution Organization

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - . - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois announced that a federal grand jury sitting in East St. Louis, has returned a 29 count indictment charging 23 individuals with being members of a large cocaine distribution organization. The indictment...
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Centralia Man Sentenced To 120 Months On Crack Cocaine Charges

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - . - A Centralia, Illinois, man, convicted of distributing crack cocaine, was sentenced to 120 (10 years), in federal prison on March 24, 2011, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. James M. Strowder, 21, of Centralia...
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New Jersey Doctor, 11 Others Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that an internal medicine specialist who allegedly wrote illegal prescriptions for...