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Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera Faces Charges In New York For Leading A Continuing Criminal Enterprise And Other Drug-Related Charges

… approved a request by the United States to proceed with prosecution on the charges filed in the Eastern … Loera’s narcotics enterprise. Guzman Loera is also charged with using firearms in relation to his drug trafficking and … This prosecution demonstrates that we will apply all available resources to dismantle the leadership of dangerous …
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Operator Of Venetian Resort In Las Vegas Agrees To Return Over $47 Million After Receiving Money Under Suspicious Circumstances

… Operator Of Venetian Resort In Las Vegas Agrees To Return Over $47 Million After … explanation for the transaction after examining the available facts.” The Bank Secrecy Act requires casinos with …
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Law Enforcement Disrupts Active Heroin Packaging Operation

… rein in this epidemic is reduce the flow of addictive drugs available in our neighborhoods and on our streets.” “The …
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Law Enforcement Tackles Drug Sales Near Schools In San Francisco

… Operation Safe Schools is to use the law enforcement tools available to us to make neighborhoods like the Tenderloin …
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Illegal Alien Receives Five Years for Smuggling Cocaine Hidden in Vehicle Batteries

… has been ordered to federal prison for possessing narcotics with the intent to distribute, announced Drug Enforcement … Sotelo-Espinoza was not to return to the United States without permission.   On Aug. 15, 2025, law enforcement …
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Fentanyl Awareness

August 20, 2025
… recognize National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day with extended DEA Museum hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on … STORY, YOU AUTHORIZE DEA THE RIGHT TO USE THESE MATERIALS WITHOUT LIMITATION. Visit the Virtual Exhibit and Submit a …
August 20, 2025
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Fentanyl Dealers Sentenced to Federal Prison

… residents have been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl, announced Drug … Laredo Aug. 28, 2024. He intended to sell the drugs there with Elizondo’s assistance. The following day, Cortez … to an adjoining property. Shortly after, he returned without the bag. Authorities executed a search warrant and …
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DEA Remembers Those We Lost During the Oklahoma City Bombing

April 11, 2025
… memorial chairs and the "9:01 Gate" in the distance. Within minutes of the blast, DEA Agents were assisting the emergency fire and rescue personnel with evacuating the building. They rushed into the severely damaged struc ture without hesitation, putting their own lives and safety in …
April 11, 2025
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Member of Violent Gang Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Racketeering Involving Drug and Firearms Trafficking

… 500 grams or more of cocaine and dealing in firearms without a license.  According to court documents, Afonseca … its reputation. During the investigation, Afonseca worked with other Cameron Street members to distribute hundreds of …
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New Jersey Pharmacy Admits Illegal Distribution of Prescription Opioids and Kickback Scheme

… suspicious and problematic prescribing habits, sometimes without receiving an original prescription. After two …
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San Diego Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution Resulting in Death

… all of this is that 2 innocent children have to grow up without a dad.” Chambers’ mother noted that her son’s death …
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DEA Announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… other ways they can dispose of unwanted prescription drugs without having to leave their homes. Both the U.S. Food and …
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Former Long Island Doctor Sentenced for Conspiring to Illegally Distribute Oxycodone

… for the two individuals, Ammar wrote the prescriptions without any diagnostic proof of legitimate medical need. …
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Eighteen members and associates of Selma street gang charged in Mobile federal court with narcotics and firearms offenses

… like Selma, Alabama. Our neighborhoods deserve to exist without fear and intimidation inflicted by violent drug …
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Montgomery Nurse Practitioner convicted of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, health care fraud, and conspiracy

… prescription refills on Schedule II controlled substances without a physician’s approval.  Akwuba skirted this rule …
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New Haven Man Guilty Of Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

… degree-serious injury, and carrying a pistol or revolver without a permit. The jury found Allick not guilty of one …
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Denver Man Sentenced for Fentanyl, Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

… Rhodes, 45, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison without parole. Rhodes was sentenced as a career offender … found guilty at trial of one count of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute, one count of possessing …
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Mid-Level Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… as “Bane,” 50, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison without parole. On Nov. 14, 2022, Loggins pleaded guilty to … 496 grams of fentanyl and a .45-caliber magazine loaded with five rounds of ammunition.  Loggins is the ninth …
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Anesthesiologist Pleads Guilty to Taking Fentanyl from Hospital

… Judge Greg Kays to a federal information that charges him with one count of obtaining a controlled substance by … chart for the hospital visit. Peplinski also admitted to withdrawing fentanyl from three vials from Sept. 1, 2022, … subject to a sentence of up to four years in federal prison without parole. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed …
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Meth Trafficker Since 2013 Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

… Harpool on Thursday, Feb. 29, to 12 years in federal prison without parole. On Oct. 12, 2023, Mercer pleaded guilty to …
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Mother of Three Children Sentenced to 23 Years for Meth Trafficking

… Ketchmark on Aug. 31, 2023, to 23 years in federal prison without parole. On Nov. 17, 2022, Gonzales pleaded guilty to …
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29 Guns, Fentanyl, Meth Behind Indictment of Kansas City Man

… Dunne on Sept. 20, 2023. Dunne remains in federal custody without bond. Today’s indictment charges Dunne with one …
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Drug Dealer Who Claimed Fentanyl Was Heroin Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

… Springfield, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than four kilograms of heroin and/or fentanyl. Marquise … on Wednesday, June 14, to 12 years in federal prison without parole. On Nov. 3, 2022, Martin pleaded guilty to …
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Man Indicted for Meth, Fentanyl, Illegal Firearm

… Feb. 13, 2023. Moore has been detained in federal custody without bond since his arrest. The indictment charges Moore …
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Missouri Man Sentenced to 21 Years for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

… R. Bough to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison without parole. On May 23, 2022, Evans pleaded guilty to one …
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Springfield Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

… Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 20 years in federal prison without parole. On Feb. 8, 2022, Robinson pleaded guilty to …
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Joplin Physician Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud

… pleaded guilty in federal court today to providing false information in order to receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to … subject to a sentence of up to five years in federal prison without parole. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed …
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Former Aryan Brotherhood Member Sentenced to 18 Years for Meth Trafficking

… was sentenced to 18 years and four months in federal prison without parole. On Dec. 16, 2021, Pinkley pleaded guilty to …
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Southwest Honkeys Gang Member Sentenced to 20 Years for Illegal Firearms, Meth Trafficking

… Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 20 years in federal prison without parole. Lake was sentenced as a career offender due …
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Final Defendant Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines

… subject to a sentence of up to five years in federal prison without parole. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed …