PRESS RELEASE

Orange County Doctor Arrested On Charges Of Illegally Prescribing Addictive Pain Medications, Often Meeting With 'Patients' At Starbucks

October 26, 2011
… “outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.” “The abuse of … by brand names that include OxyContin, Vicodin, Xanax, Adderall and Suboxone, according to court documents. A …
October 26, 2011
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Undercover Operation Leads To Arrest Of Larchmont Psychiatrist

September 05, 2013
… such as:  Clonazepam, Lorazepam, Zaleplon, Lunesta, Adderall, Zolpidem, Oxycontin, Oxycodone, Diazepam, Xanax, … Ambien, Valium were routinely written to be dispensed without proper patient examination. A search warrant was …
September 05, 2013
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Leader of Savannah-Area Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison

August 03, 2023
… in court documents and the December 2020 indictment in USA v. Bulloch et al., infiltrated the drug trafficking … Premises. Collins managed “stash houses” and coordinated deliveries to lower-level drug dealers. Jontae Keel, a/k/a …
August 03, 2023
GENERAL INFORMATION

Sunshine Week

January 19, 2025
… Your Right to Know March 12-18, 2023 “A popular Government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, … you to review the information contained in the FOIA Library available at: https://www.dea.gov/foia/foia-library .  The records you seek may already be publicly available in the FOIA Library.  The FOIA Library contains a …
January 19, 2025
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Former lawyer for Mexico’s attorney general sentenced for drug trafficking

October 14, 2022
… to undercover authorities as a sample of the product he had available for purchase. The next day, undercover authorities again meet with Velasco to buy an additional two kilograms of cocaine. Law enforcement …
October 14, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program Receives National Recognition

June 29, 2011
… of the Miami Homestead office. The investigation began as a buy-bust, and developed into an international, … efforts. Additional information about the HIDTA program is available on the ONDCP Web site: …
June 29, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases 2015 Drug Threat Assessment: Heroin And Painkiller Abuse Continue To Concern

November 04, 2015
… the safety and security of our communities. They profit by buying drugs from regional Mexican criminal affiliates and … these dangerous drugs.   Other 2015 NDTA findings: Heroin availability is up across the country, as are abusers, …
November 04, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Kingpin Indicted In New York

March 27, 2018
… Criminal Court on November 29, 2017 and ordered held without bail. NYC Fentanyl Seizures Spike by Over 1000% - … undercover, indicating in each instance that a kilogram was available. Quiroz-Zamora connected the undercover officer … of mainstream fentanyl overdoses, Quiroz-Zamora oversaw the delivery of multi-kilogram loads of fentanyl to New York, …
March 27, 2018
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Three Missouri Men Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Nearly 83 Pounds of Fentanyl

October 17, 2023
… sentenced to 23 years and eight months in federal prison without parole. Freeman was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison without parole. Huddleston was sentenced to five years in … guilty in state court to involuntary manslaughter and delivery of a controlled substance in connection with this …
October 17, 2023
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Texas man pleads guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 720 kilos of cocaine

February 07, 2020
… Texas man pleads guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 720 kilos of cocaine February 07, 2020 St. Louis … at least five kilograms of cocaine each time he made a delivery to the drug-trafficking organization. A … mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 40 years in federal …
February 07, 2020
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Milton woman arrested for running multimillion-dollar black market marijuana enterprise

April 02, 2019
… and management of Northern Herb, a black-market marijuana delivery service that operated in Massachusetts from 2015 to … more than $300,000 towards the mortgage on her house and to buy a 2017 Porsche Boxster, among other things.  It is …
April 02, 2019
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Israeli National Indicted And Extradited To Boston On Cocaine Conspiracy And International Money Laundering Charges

February 16, 2017
… Altarabeen and his co-conspirator allegedly negotiated to buy 50 kilograms of cocaine from an undercover officer … to Beersheba, Israel, where the defendants expected to take delivery of the cocaine.  Altarabeen agreed to make an …
February 16, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Twenty-Four Defendants Facing Federal Drug Charges For Transporting Heroin And Cocaine To Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

October 27, 2016
… the trafficking of drugs into our communities.” In U.S.A. v. Roque et al, 15 CR 485, 12 defendants were … of approximately $5 million in cash.             In U.S.A. v. Aragon Contreras et al, 15 CR 447, six defendants … Daniel Douglas, 43, of Blue Island, were indicted in U.S.A. v. Griffin et al, 15 CR 484, with theft of goods from …
October 27, 2016
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Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Wiring Drug-Trafficking Profits to Mexico

July 01, 2024
… Gonzalez-Celestine participated in four controlled drug buys that were monitored by law enforcement. She sold more … subject to a sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison without parole. Gonzalez-Celestine is subject to a mandatory …
July 01, 2024
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Seven Charged With Oxycodone Conspiracy In Broward County Pill Mill Operation

July 03, 2013
… prescriptions for oxycodone and other controlled substances without any legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual … including drug addicts and traffickers, seeking to buy large quantities of oxycodone and other controlled … oxycodone and other controlled substances to patients without regard to medical necessity, with only a cursory …
July 03, 2013
GENERAL INFORMATION

Operation Engage Kansas City

March 28, 2025
… Operation Engage Kansas City Kansas City Kansas City Learn more about illicit fentanyl and fake pills below. The One Pill Can Kill website can provide facts for families wanting to learn more about the dangers of fake pills and fentanyl.  One Pill …
March 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Former Deputy US Marshal Pleads Guilty To Felony Distribution Of Unapproved New Drugs And Felony Distribution Of Misbranded Drugs

September 04, 2014
… Marshals Service in the Eastern District of New York, without authorization, to operate Nutrition Dome, Inc. … Brooklyn, New York, was charged with the introduction and delivery for introduction of an unapproved new drug into … violation of 21 U.S.C. § 331(d), and the introduction and delivery for introduction of a misbranded drug, in violation …
September 04, 2014
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Texas doctors are served temporary restraining orders from illegally prescribing highly addictive opioids

May 10, 2019
… complaint, the defendants issued thousands of prescriptions without apparent regard for patient harm, including … Civil Division. “The Department of Justice will use every available tool to stop doctors who fail to uphold their …
May 10, 2019
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DEA Announces Significant Fentanyl Seizure in New York

October 13, 2022
… About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic In collaboration with New York law enforcement partners, DEA makes … drugs such as Oxycontin, Hydrocodone, Percocet, Xanax, and Adderall.  They are also hiding fentanyl in other drugs such … to sell more drugs at any cost.  Rainbow fentanyl is often available in pill form and in block form as powder.  Any …
October 13, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Two Day Stretch in Omaha Nets 32,000 Fake Fentanyl Pills

July 12, 2022
… look like legitimate prescription medications, are readily available on the streets of Nebraska,” DEA Omaha Division … ®, Percocet ®), hydrocodone (Vicodin ®) and alprazolam (Adderall ®). In Nebraska, fake pills can sell for as low as …
July 12, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Eldon Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Meth Conspiracy, Attempted Jail Escape

January 24, 2014
… on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2013, to 20 years in federal prison without parole. On Aug. 15, 2013, Atterberry pleaded guilty … charges and is serving three consecutive life sentences without parole. Deputies discovered that the cell window had … made references to picking up the two after the escape and buying them clothes to wear. On Nov. 13, 2012, Atterberry …
January 24, 2014
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Joplin Man Sentenced to 19 Years for Meth Conspiracy

May 07, 2021
… Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 19 years in federal prison without parole. On June 23, 2020, Taylor pleaded guilty to … sentenced on Aug. 13, 2018, to 10 years in federal prison without parole. Taylor and Conant admitted they had a … methamphetamine. A federal agent conducted a controlled delivery of the package to its Seneca destination on May 7, …
May 07, 2021
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Mississippi man pleads guilty to smuggling meth in cookie box, heroin in sneakers

September 17, 2020
… and heroin aboard a train from Los Angeles, California, for delivery in St. Louis. Inside the suitcase, five bundles … mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 80 years in federal prison without parole. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed …
September 17, 2020
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Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

March 09, 2020
… grams of methamphetamine. Inspectors conducted a controlled delivery of a duplicate package, which contained rock salt, … a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of life in federal prison without parole. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed …
March 09, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Firearms Traffickers Sentenced To Federal Prison

December 18, 2015
… on September 18, 2015, to conspiracy to deal firearms without a license, dealing firearms without a license, being felons in possession of a firearm … The ongoing negotiations led to a series of sales and the delivery of a total of 15 illegal firearms and ammunition …
December 18, 2015
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Amherst Doctor Pleads Guilty To Obtaining Controlled Substances By Fraud And Health Care Fraud

January 28, 2016
… Frank A. Tarentino III Domestic New York state with offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long … or corner drug dealers,” said U.S. Attorney Hochul. “With this being the third case this week involving a medical … an individual who then went to local pharmacies and had the scripts filled. The individual retained some of the …
January 28, 2016
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Amherst Doctor Sentenced For Obtaining Controlled Substances By Fraud And Health Care Fraud

February 02, 2017
… Amherst Doctor Sentenced For Obtaining Controlled Substances By Fraud … Frank A. Tarentino III Domestic New York state with offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long … an individual who then went to local pharmacies and had the scripts filled. The individual retained some of the …
February 02, 2017
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 05, 2020
… medications were collected at nearly 4,587 sites made available across the United States. I would like to thank … Back Day, safe and secure drug disposal continues to be available at any of the 11,000 DEA authorized collectors … other ways they can dispose of unwanted prescription drugs without having to leave their homes. Both the U.S. Food and …
November 05, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 05, 2020
… medications were collected at nearly 4,587 sites made available across the United States. I would like to thank … Back Day, safe and secure drug disposal continues to be available at any of the 11,000 DEA authorized collectors … other ways they can dispose of unwanted prescription drugs without having to leave their homes. Both the U.S. Food and …
November 05, 2020
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Cumberland Man to Plead Guilty in Largest Meth-Laced Pill Seizure

September 21, 2022
… Diversion/Medical Practitioner 571-362-9171 650,000 fake Adderall® pills; eleven kilos of meth powder; seven firearms … of approximately 660,500 methamphetamine-laced counterfeit Adderall® pills, the largest known seizure of its kind in … of approximately 660,500 methamphetamine-laced counterfeit Adderall® pills, weighing a total of approximately 660 …
September 21, 2022