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Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

… engine, also contained methamphetamine and was destined for delivery to an automotive shop in the Charlotte area. … On February 4, 2016, the day the shipment was scheduled for delivery, law enforcement approached Diaz-Fernandez who was …
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Drugs Sent From Puerto Rico To Buffalo Led To Man’s Conviction

… the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted a controlled delivery of the package. During the delivery, the defendant arrived at the address and placed …
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Federal Prison Inmates Among Group Charged In Drug Conspiracy

… officers by telephone and negotiated a price for the delivery of large quantities of methamphetamine.  Defendants … from California to meet with the “buyers” and discuss the delivery.  On February 20, 2013, it is alleged that … Lopez, who drove from Oklahoma to Philadelphia, to accept a delivery of methamphetamine.    In addition to the …
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District Attorney Vance And White House Drug Policy Director Kerlikowske Host Panel Discussion In Washington Heights On Drug Abuse Prevention Rates Of Death Declining In NYC In All Major Drug Categories Except Prescription Drugs DA’s Office To Partner

… policy experts is the rise in the abuse of prescription pain medication. More than half of the respondents to the … in NYC in all major drug categories except prescription pain medications and prescription (benzodiazepines). Source: … • Among persons aged 12 or older in 2009-2010 who used pain relievers non-medically in the past 12 months, 55 …
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2 Mobile Doctors Get Long Sentences For Running “Pill Mills”

… and throughout the nation. The diversion of prescription pain killers contributes to the widespread abuse of opiates … May 20, 2015, Couch and Ruan jointly owned and operated two pain management clinics under the name Physicians Pain …
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Drug Dealer Heads to Prison for Selling Fentanyl to Overdose Victim

… victim left McMikle’s home at approximately 6 a.m., after buying a capsule containing fentanyl. The victim, who had … fentanyl. Another man pleaded guilty last year and admitted buying fentanyl from McMikle. The Drug Enforcement …
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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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Federal judge sentences Charlotte man to nine years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy

… - (910) 815-4513 Defendant used the drug proceeds to buy multiple homes and luxury vehicles CHARLOTTE, N.C. – … around Mecklenburg County, and used the drug proceeds to buy multiple residences and luxury vehicles. On April 3, …
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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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Wisconsin woman receives federal prison sentence for conspiracy to deal methamphetamine in multi-agency investigation

… 2018, the undercover officer conducted seven controlled buys of methamphetamine from Moore and one from Peterson, … totaled more than 60 grams. During the course of these buys, Moore stated that Peterson set the prices and weighed …
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Laredo Resident Sentenced For Distributing Controlled Substances Near School

… An undercover agent then conducted several controlled buys of cocaine, cocaine base and marijuana from Serna Sr., … On March 7, 2013, after attempting another controlled buy of cocaine (crack cocaine), law enforcement then …
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Bolton, Mississippi Resident Sentenced To Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… both the local and national economy.  Robinson attempted to buy a vehicle using illegal drug proceeds, which is a … an active role in the war on drugs.  Individuals guilty of buying assets for the purpose of laundering their illegal …
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DEA Issues Nationwide Alert On Fentanyl As Threat To Health And Public Safety

… on the streets during the course of enforcement, such as a buy-walk, or buy-bust operation. Fentanyl cases in 2014 have been …
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Third Dealer Sentenced In Colorado River Indian Tribes Community Undercover Takedown

… at the tribe’s Farms Office in Poston, Ariz. Over three buys, Leivas sold the informant 43.9 grams of “actual” … grams of actual methamphetamine for $1,180 over three drug buys to the same buyer on the Colorado River Indian Tribes …
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Independence Man Sentenced For Meth Conspiracy

… an ounce of methamphetamine for $1,400 in a controlled drug buy on Jan. 12, 2016. Law enforcement officers then executed … well as drug paraphernalia and approximately $1,200 of the buy money that had been used by a cooperating individual to …
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Nevada Woman Sentenced For Taking ‘Food Stamps’ For Meth, Cash

… then used the EBT cards and PINs belonging to others to buy her own food. Vernon County Sheriff’s Department … of the EBT cards admitted he used his EBT benefits to buy methamphetamine from Drake. He told investigators that a …
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Pawan Kumar Jain Arrested On Charges Of Unlawfully Dispensing Prescription Drugs And Health Care Fraud

… indictment alleges that Jain’s over-prescribing of opioid pain medication resulted in the deaths of two patients LAS … of Las Cruces, N.M., with the unlawful dispensing of opioid pain medication and health care fraud charges, announced by … physician with a neurology subspecialty who operated a pain management medical practice in Las Cruces.  Jain’s …
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Jury Convicts Physician Of Illegally Prescribing Pills That Led To Deaths Of Four People

… Volkman of illegally prescribing and dispensing millions of pain pills outside the scope of a legitimate medical … a brief visit with him, they received a prescription for pain medicine. The clinics opened their own dispensary in …
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Former Heart Surgeon Convicted Of Unlawfully Prescribing And Dispensing Oxycodone

… narcotics at a Cartersville, Georgia, “pill mill” pain clinic that served as a front for the mass distribution of addictive pain killers. Daniel R. Salter, Special Agent in Charge of … Chapman relentlessly and aggressively prescribed controlled pain killing medication to patients who were addicted to …
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Insys Regional Manager Pleads Guilty To Kickback Conspiracy

… is only FDA approved for “the management of breakthrough pain in cancer patients 18 years of age and older who are … to opioid therapy for their underlying persistent cancer pain.”  Despite this very limited FDA indication, Insys initially tasked Hill with getting pain management doctors in Florida to prescribe Subsys to …
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State and federal authorities dismantle major Philadelphia gun trafficking ring that sold guns and methamphetamine in Camden

… traffickers profit from a trade that brings nothing but pain, suffering, and death, whether it’s from the bullets of … obtained guns illegally by paying “straw purchasers” to buy guns in Pennsylvania at dealerships and gun shows. …
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Columbia Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Fatal Quantity of Fentanyl to USC Student

… a counterfeit pill to the victim, which she believed to be Percocet but actually contained fentanyl. Following the … Field Division. “The victim thought they were purchasing Percocet, but they were handed fentanyl, a synthetic opioid …
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Operation Snake Oil Pill Mill Doctor Sentenced

… earned as a result of his involvement as a physician at All Pain Management in Dania Beach. Between February 16 and … 17, 2010, Becker was employed as a clinic doctor at All Pain Management which, at the time, was owned by … According to a review of medical records, while at All Pain Management, Becker prescribed 932,259 oxycodone, 30 …
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Doctor Arrested For Providing Prescriptions In Exchange For Sex Acts

… - (619) 671-4500 SAN DIEGO - Physician Naga Raja Thota, a pain specialist with an office in El Cajon, was arrested … to treat her but documented that his treatment was for pain even though this victim did not suffer from any medical condition that caused chronic or ongoing pain. This victim also stated that Thota kept increasing the …
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Federal Jury finds Buffalo man guilty of multiple cocaine charges

… On July 28, 2017, the DEA and USPIS conducted a controlled delivery of the package. A package of sham cocaine was … Avenue residence. Within five minutes of the package’s delivery, Greene arrived at the residence and departed with …
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Providence Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Fentanyl And Heroin Trafficking

… and heroin. In June 2019, Gonzalez Reyes coordinated the delivery of 200 grams of fentanyl to an individual and, in August 2019, coordinated the delivery of another 300 grams of fentanyl and 40 grams of … Gonzalez Reyes directed another individual to make both deliveries on his behalf.  “Fentanyl is causing deaths in …
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10-year sentence for cocaine trafficker in Buffalo

… On July 28, 2017, USPIS and the DEA conducted a controlled delivery of the package. A package of sham cocaine was … Avenue residence. Within five minutes of the package’s delivery, Greene arrived at the residence and departed with …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More than Seven Years in Prison

… informed law enforcement that they had made multiple drug deliveries from California to Charlotte. Over the course of … that Romero was involved in numerous previous drug deliveries, including a drug delivery worth over $800,000.  On July 23, 2020, Romero …
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Western Illinois Man Charged for Trafficking 10,000 Fentanyl Pills, Illegal Gun Possession

… Juan Montemayor, 30, of Kewanee, Illinois, was charged with delivery of over 900 grams of fentanyl, possession of a … County Jail and was held on the preliminary charges of delivery of a controlled substance and possession of a … Henry County State’s Attorney Office with the offenses of delivery of over 900 grams of fentanyl (Class X Felony), …
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More Los Zetas Money Launderers Convicted, Others Head To Prison

… the drug proceeds to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, for ultimate delivery to the Zeta organization. Casarez was implicated in … drug proceeds for the organization and coordinated the cash deliveries from the Chicago area to Laredo totaling … destined to be transported to the Republic of Mexico for delivery to the Zeta Drug Trafficking Organization. The case …