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Kentucky Man Receives 20 Year Prison Sentence For Distributing Powerful Opiate Fentanyl That Resulted In Overdose Death

… a minimum of 20 years, and a maximum of life in prison, without parole.  Garrett’s drug supplier and co-defendant, … “He exploited her addiction in order to make a few dollars without regard for the tragic consequences of his criminal …
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Suburban Detroit Doctor Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Distribution Of Prescription Pills

… August 16th, 2017, to writing prescriptions for oxycodone without medical justification. Lemisch was joined in the … that the street value of the oxycodone she prescribed without justification exceeded $2 million. Boris Zigmond, …
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New Jersey Doctor Indicted On Charges He Sold Oxycodone Prescriptions To Patients With No Legitimate Need For The Drug

… continued to write prescriptions until Justice’s death, without medical justification. “Doctors are supposed to … his patients’ addictions and kept prescribing oxycodone without justification, which resulted in the death of …
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As Part Of Nationwide Health Care Fraud Takedown, DEA Arrests Orange County Doctor Who Illicitly Sold Over 1.2 Million Narcotic Pills

… addicts and drug dealers in exchange for fixed cash fees, without any medical basis for the prescriptions. During the … prescriptions to addicts in other states, such as Oregon, without ever seeing the “patients” for an in-person …
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Lake Worth Doctor Arrested On Fifty-Five Counts Of Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone At Lake Worth Clinic

… highly addictive oxycodone and other controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual … The indictment alleges that Deleon prescribed oxycodone without appropriate documentation establishing a valid …
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Local Residents Indicted In Multi-Million Dollar Ketamine Conspiracy

… fraud scheme involving the sale of ketamine to patients without a valid prescription, announced U.S. Attorney … of dollars per month to provide pre-signed prescriptions without examining patients. Diamond and Save Rite then …
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Santa Barbara Doctor Known As ‘Candy Man’ Pleads Guilty To Illegally Writing Prescriptions For Huge Quantities Of Dangerous Narcotics

… guilty to 10 counts of distributing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and one count of … act outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.” Court documents …
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Doctor Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Selling Oxycodone Prescriptions To Addicts And Dealers For Cash And Gifts

… of Oxycodone pills and other highly addictive painkillers without any legitimate medical purpose. U.S. District Judge … dispense oxycodone, known by the brand name of OxyContin, without a legitimate medical purpose. Watson admitted that …
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DEA Albany Locates And Arrests Wanted Felon

… William J. Fisher and remanded to the Otsego County Jail without bail pending her arraignment in the Otsego County … Judge Brian D. Burns and remanded back to the County Jail without bail.  She is scheduled to reappear in the County …
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St. Charles, Republic Women Sentenced For Meth Conspiracy

… Paluczak was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison without parole. Courtois was sentenced to four years in federal prison without parole. Both Paluczak and Courtois pleaded guilty to …
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Kansas Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Grow Marijuana: Thousands Of Plants Found In Buchanan, Clinton Counties

… mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 40 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $2 million. A sentencing …
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Eagle Dentist Sentenced For Prescription Drug Fraud

… in any capacity related to dentistry or pharmaceuticals without the permission of his probation officer. … Akhtar further admitted the prescriptions were written without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual …
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Los Angeles Man Pleads Guilty to Kern Valley Prison-Based Drug Conspiracy

… guilty Tuesday to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, two … approximately 48 pounds of methamphetamine intended for delivery in Oklahoma and Alabama. The fentanyl and … of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, …
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Illegal Alien and Mexican National Convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Kilograms of Meth

… Illegal Alien and Mexican National Convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Kilograms of Meth May 05, 2025 … Mexico, was convicted of Possession and Attempt to Possess with Intent to Distribute 500 grams or more of … law enforcement under the guise of a United States Postal delivery. The Defendant accepted the package from law …
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Twelve people charged in long-running investigation of Newark G-Shine Bloods

… or through runners. On numerous occasions, large narcotics deliveries took place in and around the Rotunda Recreation …
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Thirteen Defendants Charged in Imperial Valley Takedown of Drug Trafficking Network

… defendants then used cars, the U.S. Mail, and commercial delivery services like FedEx to distribute that …
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Sinaloa drug cartel distributor sentenced to 180 months in prison

… revealed that Salazar would routinely arrange narcotics deliveries and money pick-ups with his Mexico-based Sources …
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New Haven Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Cocaine Trafficking Ring

… on August 10, 2021, after investigators made a controlled delivery of a parcel containing a kilogram of cocaine to his …
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Former Somerville Man Sentenced for Distributing Methamphetamine and Illegally Possessing a Firearm

… April 2019, a parcel mailed from Phoenix and addressed for delivery to Stout was intercepted by law enforcement and …
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Alleged dark web narcotics trafficker indicted for distributing heroin and methamphetamine in exchange for bitcoin

… Frank A. Tarentino III Domestic New York state with offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long … in federal court in Brooklyn on an indictment charging her with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to … shipping to addresses in the United States, and “stealth” delivery options ranging from “Basic Stealth” and “Better …
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‘Mayor of Mexico’ is sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in operating a multi-million dollar Continuing Criminal Enterprise

… ‘Mayor of Mexico’ is sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in operating a multi-million dollar Continuing … on at least two occasions to arrange for the set-up and delivery of illegal narcotics to Buffalo and other cities. …
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Georgia Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Armed Fentanyl Trafficking

… - (910) 815-4513 ALBANY, Ga.  –A Southwest Georgia resident with a lengthy criminal history who distributed kilograms of … age 18 resides; one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute at a premises at which a person … and has been previously convicted of armed robbery and delivery of a controlled substance in Saginaw, Michigan, as …
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Kissimmee Felon Sentenced to More Than 15 Years for Unlawful Possession of Firearms and Ammunition

… multiple felony convictions, including four convictions for delivery of cocaine and one conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to sell or deliver. As a multi-time, convicted … Administration and the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, …
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South Texas Man Sentenced for Selling Fentanyl-Laced pills Causing Death

… Corpus Christi man has been ordered to federal prison for delivery of fentanyl resulting in death, announced Drug … the cooperative law enforcement effort targeting fentanyl with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigations, Jim …