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Squaw Valley Marijuana Cultivation Operation

FRESNO, Calif. - Bounseuth Thourakhone, 54, of Laos, was sentenced to three years and three months in prison and Bounhome Singharath, 63, of Las Vegas, entered a guilty plea today for their involvement in a marijuana cultivation operation in Squaw Valley in eastern Fresno County. According to court documents, law...
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Detroit Area Doctor And Pharmacist Convicted In Scheme To Illegally Divert Controlled Substances And Health Care Fraud

March 7, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 DETROIT - A doctor, a pharmacist and a marketer were convicted today in federal court in Detroit for distribution of controlled substances and health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by...
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Perry Physician Indicted For Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United (US) Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announce the arrest of Perry, Florida, physician Eulogio Muncal Vizcarra, 71, yesterday on charges contained in a federal grand jury indictment...
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Titusville Police Officer Indicted For Participating In A Drug Deal

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Richard (45, Viera) with attempting to aid and abet the distribution of cocaine...
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Operation "Double Down Doc" Indictment Exposes Gulf Coast Prescription Drug Ring

GULFPORT, Miss. - Four individuals indicted in the Southern District of Mississippi face various drug charges as the result of an extensive three-year drug investigation that targeted an illegal prescription drug ring, announced Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown with the Drug Enforcement Administration - New Orleans Field Division and...
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DEA Miami Field Division Along With The Attorney General Of Florida Announce Arrests Of International Drug Traffickers

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, announced the arrest of members of an international drug trafficking organization for their involvement in a drug smuggling ring spanning from South America to New York. This week...
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New Haven Heroin Dealer Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Daniel Evans, also known as "D-Nice," 41, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District...
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Three Holyoke Residents Plead Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy

BOSTON - Two Holyoke residents were convicted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield for their role in distributing oxycodone pills shipped from Florida. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Shelly Binkowski, Inspector in Charge...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Distributing Heroin

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Gilbert Galan, JR., also known as "G" and "Skittles," 32, of New Haven, was sentenced today by...
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Kent, Washington Man Pleads Guilty To Structuring Cash Proceeds Of Interstate Oxycodone And Hydrocodone Trafficking

FRESNO, Calif. - Phary David Chim, 31, resident of Kent, Washington, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to structure cash transactions and one count of aggravated structuring. According to court documents, Phary Chim's co-conspirators obtained prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone from pharmacies in Modesto, California and then transported...