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Long Island Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Controlled Substances

May 21, 2014
… wrote hundreds of prescriptions for thousands of opioid pain pills without legitimate medical need BROOKLYN, N.Y. - … with illegal distribution of thousands of prescription pain pills, including oxycodone, oxymorphone, methadone, and … Squad on charges of illegally distributing prescription pain pills between January 2009 and September 2013. The …
May 21, 2014
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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

September 22, 2011
… 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 …
September 22, 2011
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2 Mobile Doctors Get Long Sentences For Running “Pill Mills”

May 26, 2017
… 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 …
May 26, 2017
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Drug Dealer Heads to Prison for Selling Fentanyl to Overdose Victim

August 20, 2024
… 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 …
August 20, 2024
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Retaliatory Drug Murder

November 30, 2022
… 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 …
November 30, 2022
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Federal judge sentences Charlotte man to nine years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy

February 04, 2019
… - (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, …
February 04, 2019
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 110 Months for Meth Trafficking

September 13, 2022
… 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 …
September 13, 2022
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Wisconsin woman receives federal prison sentence for conspiracy to deal methamphetamine in multi-agency investigation

December 03, 2019
… 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 …
December 03, 2019
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Laredo Resident Sentenced For Distributing Controlled Substances Near School

January 28, 2015
… 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 …
January 28, 2015
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Bolton, Mississippi Resident Sentenced To Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

May 15, 2014
… 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 …
May 15, 2014
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DEA Issues Nationwide Alert On Fentanyl As Threat To Health And Public Safety

March 18, 2015
… on the streets during the course of enforcement, such as a buy-walk, or buy-bust operation. Fentanyl cases in 2014 have been …
March 18, 2015
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Third Dealer Sentenced In Colorado River Indian Tribes Community Undercover Takedown

February 11, 2011
… 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 …
February 11, 2011
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Independence Man Sentenced For Meth Conspiracy

May 16, 2017
… 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 …
May 16, 2017
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Nevada Woman Sentenced For Taking ‘Food Stamps’ For Meth, Cash

May 16, 2017
… 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 …
May 16, 2017
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Pawan Kumar Jain Arrested On Charges Of Unlawfully Dispensing Prescription Drugs And Health Care Fraud

April 17, 2014
… 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 …
April 17, 2014
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Jury Convicts Physician Of Illegally Prescribing Pills That Led To Deaths Of Four People

May 10, 2011
… 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 …
May 10, 2011
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Former Heart Surgeon Convicted Of Unlawfully Prescribing And Dispensing Oxycodone

September 30, 2015
… 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 …
September 30, 2015
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Insys Regional Manager Pleads Guilty To Kickback Conspiracy

July 13, 2017
… 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 …
July 13, 2017
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Federal Jury finds Buffalo man guilty of multiple cocaine charges

July 02, 2019
… 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 …
July 02, 2019
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Providence Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Fentanyl And Heroin Trafficking

May 04, 2022
… 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 …
May 04, 2022
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10-year sentence for cocaine trafficker in Buffalo

April 27, 2020
… 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 …
April 27, 2020
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More than Seven Years in Prison

February 25, 2021
… 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 …
February 25, 2021
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Western Illinois Man Charged for Trafficking 10,000 Fentanyl Pills, Illegal Gun Possession

June 15, 2022
… 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), …
June 15, 2022
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More Los Zetas Money Launderers Convicted, Others Head To Prison

October 30, 2012
… 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 …
October 30, 2012
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Investigation Into Cocaine Trafficking Organization Leads To 10 Year Sentence For Major New Haven Distributor

February 24, 2017
… On February 11, 2016, Polanco-Mendez arranged for the delivery of approximately two kilograms of cocaine, which … On March 2, 2016, Polanco-Mendez arranged and took delivery of one kilogram of cocaine. On March 11, 2016, … possession of approximately two kilograms of cocaine, the delivery of which had been arranged by Lopez.  On March 24, …
February 24, 2017
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Chicago Area Pizzeria Owners Among Those Charged In Drug Conspiracy

December 09, 2011
… during the operation captured the defendants arranging the delivery, sale and transportation of the narcotics to their … 21 when investigators learned they would be making a delivery of heroin and marijuana and stopped their vehicle. …
December 09, 2011
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Four Men Indicted In 75-Liter Methamphetamine Seizure

June 06, 2013
… drug and money laundering charges for their roles in the delivery of liquid methamphetamine to a residence in … for a Mexican drug trafficking cartel, was coordinating the delivery of a shipment of liquid methamphetamine to the … the early morning hours of May 12, 2013, agents tracked the delivery of liquid meth, made by Munoz using a Ford F-350 …
June 06, 2013
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DEA Drug Task Force, Providence Police Investigation Results In Seizure Of Record 19 Kilos Of Heroin

November 02, 2012
… to cooperate with law enforcement to arrange controlled deliveries of heroin. According to the Affidavit, two deliveries of a kilo of heroin arranged by the informant … informant with two fake kilos of heroin and watched as the delivery was allegedly made. During the investigation, two …
November 02, 2012
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Meriden Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

November 08, 2012
… Ariz. to Meriden. The DEA then conducted a controlled delivery of the cocaine in Meriden. On December 12, 2009, Cardona arranged by telephone for the delivery of the cocaine, and then had an associate accept delivery of the cocaine at a predetermined location in …
November 08, 2012
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Two Sentenced To Federal Prison In Record Seizure Of Heroin

May 14, 2013
… to cooperate with law enforcement to arrange controlled deliveries of heroin. Two deliveries of a kilo of heroin took place on the evening of … informant with two fake kilos of heroin and watched as the delivery was made. A search of Estrada’s Providence …
May 14, 2013