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Rutherford County Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking

NASHVILLE, Tenn.) - Luis Reynaldo Parra Flores, 35, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a deputy with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department, was charged in a federal complaint in Nashville yesterday, with conspiring to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, announced Jerry E. Martin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee...
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Two Narcotic Treatment Programs Face Financial Penalties

ATLANTA - New Horizons Treatment Center and Epiphany Center, Rome Inc. located in Rome, Ga., have agreed to civil settlements and will pay penalties to resolve allegations they violated inventory requirements of the Controlled Substances Act. Epiphany Center, Rome Inc. has also agreed to voluntarily surrender its Drug Enforcement (DEA)...
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Queens Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A Queens doctor was arrested this morning pursuant to a complaint charging him in federal court in Long Island with distribution of oxycodone, a highly-addictive prescription medicine used to treat severe pain. Dr. Gracia L. Mayard is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate...
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10 Linked To Network Of Marijuana Grow Houses In California Arrested On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

MARCH 20 - RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Federal and state authorities this morning arrested 10 defendants charged in a federal criminal complaint that accuses them of participating in a wide-ranging drug conspiracy that operated marijuana grow houses across Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. As part of the investigation led...
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Owner Of Kentucky Pain Clinics Faces Additional Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges

Date: March 20, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky.) - The owner of pain clinics in Georgetown and Dry Ridge, Kentucky, previously indicted for drug trafficking and money laundering offenses, was arraigned March 19th, 2013, on additional federal charges. According to the new charges, Ernest William...
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31 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In The Municipality Of Canovanas

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 7, 2013, a federal grand jury indicted 31 individuals as a result of an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), announced today by United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The defendants are charged in a five-count...
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Thirteen Individuals Indicted In Prescription Drug Distribution Scheme And Health Care Fraud

DETROIT - A superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Detroit was unsealed yesterday morning, charging thirteen individuals for their participation in a large-scale health care fraud and drug distribution scheme, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in her announcement by Special Agent...
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William G. Parker Sentenced To 150 Months In Prison And Four Years Of Supervised Release For Conspiracy To Distribute Crack Cocaine And Assault Of A Police Officer

(BURLINGTON, Vt.) - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that William G. Parker, 35, of North Carolina, was sentenced yesterday to 150 months in prison, having...
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Jury Finds Attorney Paul W. Bergrin Guilty On All Counts After Racketeering Trial

NEWARK, N.J. - A federal jury has convicted Paul W. Bergrin, 57, of Nutley, N.J., of all 23 counts on which he was tried, including conspiracy to murder a witness and other racketeering, cocaine and prostitution offenses. The verdict was announced today by New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman...
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Bronx Man Sentenced To Almost Four Years On Drug And Health Care Fraud Charges

(PORTLAND, MAINE) - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Devine Harvin, 33, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced on Friday by United States District Judge George Z. Singal to 46...