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Alabama Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Department of Mental Health

The Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Department of Mental Health, is the lead agency that addresses substance use prevention and treatment in the state of Alabama.

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Federal Jury Convicts Montgomery, AL, Man on Drug Distribution Charges

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … Kevin Davidson announced the conviction of a Montgomery, Alabama man on federal drug charges. On November 19, 2024, a … investigation relating to contraband being brought into an Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) facility.  Agents …
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Former Correctional Officer Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison Following Federal Drug Conviction

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … Outreach: (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA – Today, Acting United States Attorney Kevin P. …
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Owner Of MRI Machine Used At Opelika “Pill Mill” Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering Charges

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … in the operation of a “pill mill” that existed in Opelika, Alabama between 2012 and 2013, announced Clay Morris, … Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.  A “pill mill” is a medical clinic created to sell …
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Court Sentences Mobile Man to 292 Months Imprisonment in Multi-Defendant Interstate Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … state of Texas, would regularly supply Crumpton in Mobile, Alabama, with pound quantities of methamphetamine starting … drove the methamphetamine from Texas all the way to Mobile, Alabama for Perales. Also, on some occasions Crumpton and …
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2 Mobile Doctors Get Long Sentences For Running “Pill Mills”

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … federal prison for running a massive pill mill in Mobile, Alabama, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Stephen G. … States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama. During the sentencing hearing, a judge found the …
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Seventh Member of Houston County Drug Trafficking Organization Receives Federal Prison Sentence

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … roles in a drug distribution operation in Houston County, Alabama. On October 8, 2024, 63-year-old Louis Peter Kellenberger III, a resident of Dothan, Alabama received a sentence of 120 months in prison …
Valencia-Zavala, Fernando
FUGITIVE

Toan Huu Duong

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846/MDMA
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Last of nine defendants in conspiracy trafficking fentanyl, heroin, cocaine sentenced to 16 years in prison

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … quantities of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine in the state of Alabama,” Hamilton said. “By removing this criminal from the … methamphetamine and cocaine into the Northern District of Alabama from Arizona, and now he will spend the next 16 …
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Phenix City Man Sentenced To 35 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Weapons Possession

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … vehicle which was located at a residence in Phenix City, Alabama.  On March 1, 2011, the GCRFT went to the residence, … United States Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of Alabama have removed an armed drug trafficker from our …
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“Pill Mill” Operators Plead Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Charges

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama announced today that Erik Raul Torres, 33, and Marc … stemming from their operation of a “pill mill” in Opelika, Alabama.  A “pill mill” is a medical clinic created to sell …
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Pharmacy Tech Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Tampering With Opioids For IV Fluid

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … judge today sentenced a former lead technician at a central Alabama pharmacy to five years in prison for tampering with … Click worked at Birmingham-based ContinuumRx of Central Alabama, which primarily distributes IV bags containing …
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Workers Comp Manager Sentenced In High Profile Pill Mill Case

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama.  In October 2015, Christopher Manfuso of Fulton, … dispensary within Physicians Pain Specialists of Alabama -the clinic owned by Dr. Ruan and Dr. Couch - which …
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Pharmacy Tech Charged With Tampering With Opioids

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A former lead technician at a central Alabama pharmacy was charged today with tampering with vials … Click worked at Birmingham-based (CRX) of Central Alabama. CRX primarily distributes IV bags containing …
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Insys Regional Manager Pleads Guilty To Kickback Conspiracy

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama. In June 2012, Karen Hill was hired by Insys … Director for a territory that covered Florida and Mobile, Alabama.  In this role, she oversaw and facilitated the …
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Former Decatur Oncologist Sentenced for Illegal Opioid Prescribing

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … plea agreement, Becdach worked as an oncologist in Decatur, Alabama, including during 2018 through 2021, when the … In August 2022, the Medical Licensure Commission of Alabama revoked Becdach’s medical license for unprofessional …
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Tuscaloosa Woman Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison Following Federal Drug Conviction

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … Outreach: (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA – On September 9, 2024, a federal judge ordered that …
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Auburn University Lab Technician Arrested For Selling Date Rape Drug

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … L. Beck Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. According to court documents, Howard sold an … the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.  Parents and children are …
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Mobile Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Meth and Fentanyl Distribution and Maintaining a Drug Premises

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … sentenced 41-year-old Corey Jeremaine Burroughs of Mobile, Alabama, to 195 months in prison following his convictions … investigating the trafficking of contraband into multiple Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) facilities prior to …
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Approximately 40 Individuals Arrested in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Takedown

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … are from East Mississippi, Mexico, California, Texas, and Alabama Jackson, Miss. – Approximately 40 individuals were … in Mississippi, as well as Mexico, California, Texas, and Alabama. The charges stem from a four-year federal …
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Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … were: Louisiana, 2074 pounds; Mississippi, 3,943 pounds; Alabama, 4,457 pounds; Arkansas, 26,020 pounds. Tribal lands … medications.” “I want to thank everyone throughout Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi who safely …
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DEA Teams up with more than 4,300 Partners to Remove Unneeded Prescription Medications from Communities

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … Field Division, which covers Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas, collected 40,207 pounds of potentially … Louisiana – 4,002 pounds; Mississippi –4,128 pounds; Alabama – 5,142 pounds; and Arkansas – 26,935 pounds.  “The …
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DEA and partners collect thousands of pounds of unwanted medications and vaping products during the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … Field Division (NOFD), which covers Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas, collected 40,808 pounds of potentially … Louisiana – 4,294 pounds; Mississippi – 3,813 pounds; Alabama – 5,127 pounds; and Arkansas – 27,575 pounds.    …
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New Orleans Division Collects 37,000 Pounds of Medication for 27th Take Back Day

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Individuals from Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi collectively … (SAMHSA). Individual state totals were as follows: Alabama , 3,507; Arkansas , 23,307; Louisiana, 6,858; …
Valencia-Zavala, Fernando
FUGITIVE

Fernando Valencia-Zavala

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846-methamphetamine
Pineda-Torres, Isidro
FUGITIVE

Isidro Pineda-Torres

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiracy to Possess With Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine
Munguia, Pedro
FUGITIVE

Pedro Munguia

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Conspiray to Distribute Cocaine and Use Communications Facility-Narcotic-Distribute/Aiding and Abetting.
Valencia-Zavala, Fernando
FUGITIVE

Bruno Leal

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 846 - cocaine
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Long Island Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… pharmacists nationwide, including those in Enterprise, Alabama, whose reports of the suspicious prescription forms … New York, as well as in North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama, among other locations. Belford and his … to fill one of the stolen prescriptions in Enterprise, Alabama, under a false name. An employee of the pharmacy …
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Birmingham Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Selling Heroin That Caused A Death

… Division X Account @DEANewOrleans Steven L. Hofer Domestic Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi Additional … arrested Mims during a roundup of heroin dealers in north Alabama in September. The roundup was part of an initiative … to attack the supply of heroin in the Northern District of Alabama. Mims' sold heroin to a confidential police source …