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New Jersey Woman Sentenced to 5 years in Prison for Residential Marijuana Grows in Sacramento and Placer Counties

… also acknowledged using proceeds from a marijuana grow to buy another property to continue growing marijuana. This …
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Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 95 Months for Conspiring to Distribute Crack Cocaine and Fentanyl

… and October 2023, law enforcement conducted controlled buys of fentanyl from Hill and others working with Hill in …
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DEA Encourages Routine Conversations on Dangers of Drug Use and Social Media

… are encouraged to emphasize the dangers associated with buying pills online. Nationwide, DEA has seized fentanyl …
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New, Dangerous Synthetic Opioid in D.C., Emerging in Tri-State Area

June 01, 2022
… after a lab test, so people don't realize they're buying them until it's too late. “We want to get this info … being mixed together, you never know what you’re actually buying," says DEA Intelligence Analyst Maura Gaffney. Only …
June 01, 2022
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison in Connection with Fentanyl Death

… a week. On those occasions Brewer and/or Houston would buy 20 to 40 pills at $10 to $20 per pill. The investigation … facility and contacted Houston and Brewer via Snapchat to buy “Percocet pills.” Matthews disputed that he provided the …
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Buffalo Man Going to Prison for More than 20 Years for Selling Heroin and Fentanyl that Resulted in Two Deaths

… investigators conducted a combined total of 13 controlled buys of suspected controlled substances from Spain. Following each controlled buy, the suspected controlled substance was analyzed and …
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Sands Point Cardiologist Sentenced For Vicious Assault-for-Hire Plot Against Rival Doctor

… weapons.  The investigation included six undercover drug buys from the seller.  During this period of time, the drugs … to the building instead.  During one of the undercover drug buys, a conversation ensued about a Feb. 25, 2015, arson …
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Judge Sentences St. Louis Drug Dealer Known to Carry a Gun During Drug Deals

… distributor known to carry a firearm. One source confirmed buying methamphetamine daily from Burns-Jackson over a six-month period. The other source confirmed buying methamphetamine from Burns-Jackson over a two-month …
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Grand Jury Returns 77-Count Indictment Against Nassau Cardiologist For Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Rival Doctor

… in December 2014, when the first of six undercover drug buys from the seller was conducted.  During this period of … to the building instead.  During one of the undercover drug buys, a conversation ensued about a Feb. 25 arson that …
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Father and Son Admit Trafficking Cocaine to St. Louis

… Jr. and/or Dixson III would send couriers to Texas to buy kilograms of cocaine from Miguel Angel Gonzalez, who … 2021, Quintin Deforest Adkins drove to Texas with cash to buy six kilograms of cocaine. That vehicle was seized, and …
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Joint Investigation Leads To Arrest Of Doctor For Selling Assault Weapons & Drugs During Course Of Murder-for-Hire Plot

… to December 2014, when the first of six undercover drug buys from the seller, until March 2015, was conducted.  … a professional dispute. During one of the undercover drug buys, a conversation ensued about a Feb. 25 arson that …
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Five Defendants, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry's Fatal Overdose Death Last Year

… or consent, and lied to wholesale ketamine distributors to buy additional vials of liquid ketamine that Chavez intended … from Iwamasa to Sangha’s stash house in North Hollywood to buy vials of ketamine. On October 24, 2023, while waiting …
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H-Block Gang Member Sentenced For Drug Distribution And Firearm Offense

… to a cooperating witness, and then subsequently stole “buy” money from the cooperating witness during a controlled …
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Two Green Bay Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Disguised as Percocet

… brother—had negotiated with an Arizona-based source to buy thousands of counterfeit Percocet® “M30” pills … fentanyl. James flew to Arizona in early January 2022 to buy at least 15,000 pills. While there, he sent a video to a large-scale buyer in the Green Bay area. The video showed that James had …
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Drug dealer who sold out of his home sentenced to 72 months

… the Niagara County Drug Task Force conducted a controlled buy at Thompson’s residence on Elmwood Avenue. The drug sold … March 4, 2015, the task force conducted a second controlled buy at Thompson’s residence. The drug sold by the defendant during the second buy tested positive for heroin. On March 10, 2015, a New …
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Fresno County Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl

… 2024, Wakley connected the overdose victim with Kerns to buy fentanyl pills. Over the next 48 hours, the victim …
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Lockport Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Fentanyl

… the Niagara County Drug Task Force conducted a controlled buy at Thompson’s residence on Elmwood Avenue. The drug sold … March 4, 2015, the task force conducted a second controlled buy at Thompson’s residence. The drug sold by the defendant during the second buy tested positive for heroin. On March 10, 2015, a New …
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Fresno Man Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl That Caused Overdose Death

… an undercover law enforcement officer, posing as a drug-buying customer, ordered fentanyl pills from Gonzalez and …
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DEA’s OD Justice Devotes Critical Resources to Fatal Drug Poisoning and Overdose Death Investigations Across the United States

… caused serious injury to a university student. Controlled buys, searches, and interviews revealed a large drug …
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Major Meth Distributor Pleads Guilty

… A confidential informant assisted in the controlled buy of 413 grams (approximately one pound) of … $1,400. A confidential informant assisted in the controlled buy of 431.27 grams of methamphetamine from Hall on June 22, …
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Arden, N.C. Fentanyl and Meth Trafficker is Sentenced to 11+ Years in Prison

… an individual cooperating with law enforcement arranged to buy from Fair $4,400 worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl. …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Bitcoin Exchangers, Including CEO Of Bitcoin Exchange Company, For Scheme To Sell And Launder Over $1 Million In Bitcoins Related To Silk Road Drug Trafficking

… - (914) 682-6256 Defendants sold Bitcoins to be used to buy and sell illegal drugs anonymously on the Silk Road drug … Road," the underground website that enabled its users to buy and sell illegal drugs anonymously and beyond the reach … form of payment accepted on Silk Road - to users seeking to buy illegal drugs on the site. Upon receiving orders for …
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Retaliatory Drug Murder

… in prison. Two days before the murder, Phillips arranged to buy fentanyl from Weeden, his source of supply of the drug, … enlisted another person to call Phillips and arrange to buy fentanyl to lure Phillips out into the open so Weeden …
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East Bay Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years for Sale of Fentanyl That Killed a Young Woman

… 2020, a former high school classmate came to his house to buy oxycodone pills.  He sold her thirteen M30 pills, which … disregard for her safety.  Pascoe told the victim he would buy the oxycodone pills from a street source he referred to …
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Orlando Man Sentenced To 32 Years for Possessing Illegal Firearms and Selling Fentanyl That Killed a Woman

… After some time, N.K. realized that the pills she was buying from them contained fentanyl. On October 31, 2021, …
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Three Fentanyl Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

… fentanyl and a controlled purchase was set up by the DEA to buy an additional half kilogram of fentanyl. Rosa Cotto arrived at the buy location with the drugs, and he was arrested. A bag …
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 110 Months for Meth Trafficking

… police officer communicated with Shelton and arranged to buy two ounces of methamphetamine from him. At a location in … officer communicated with Shelton again and arranged to buy eight ounces of methamphetamine from him.  At a location …
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Two Men Plead Guilty in Retaliatory Drug Murder in St. Louis

… 2022. Two days before the murder, Phillips had arranged to buy fentanyl from Weeden, his source of supply of the drug, … enlisted another person to call Phillips and arrange to buy fentanyl, a ploy designed to lure Phillips out into the … Weeden could retaliate. After Phillips agreed to meet the buyer at the McDonald’s, Perkins drove Weeden to the area, …
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Indiana Man Sentenced 20 Years For Meth Trafficking

… and March 2021, law enforcement conducted controlled buys of over 380 grams of methamphetamine from Mitchell. During one of the buys, Mitchell boasted about having fentanyl available that …
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Salem Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… investigation, investigators arranged a controlled buy of counterfeit oxycodone pills from Rigutto. …