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Operation Boyztown Results in Rare Life Sentence for Methamphetamine Distributor

May 05, 2020
… drug offenders.  Twenty-five years ago, if you wanted to buy wholesale quantities of drugs at wholesale prices, you … so infiltrated with Mexican cartel operatives, that you can buy pretty much any drug in any state in the country at …
May 05, 2020
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Owner Of Silver Spring Nightclub Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking

April 17, 2015
… at his Laurel restaurant, and used drug proceeds to buy an upscale restaurant/nightclub in Silver Spring … 2010 to 2012, Miskiri gave money to the Mullings DTO to buy marijuana in California and Arizona, which was shipped …
April 17, 2015
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Mexican National and California Man Charged Following Seizure of Over 45 Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills and Powder

June 06, 2025
… delivered the initial batch of pills, as well as a second delivery of over 90,000 pills later that same day, which was also coordinated by Gonzalez-Carrillo. After the second delivery, law enforcement officers arrested both …
June 06, 2025
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Kentucky Pill Mill Owner Convicted On 21 Counts – Including Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

June 21, 2013
… by Singleton, in turn owned Central Kentucky Bariatric and Pain Management; Central Kentucky Family Pharmacy of … medical purpose. Other evidence established that the pain clinics operated on a cash-only basis and did not …
June 21, 2013
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Doctor Who Owned McAllen Medical Clinic In Dallas Pleads Guilty In Pill Mill Case

January 13, 2017
… employment, including consulting, in or related to the pain management industry.  Andrews also agreed not to obtain … directly or indirectly, a financial ownership interest in a pain management clinic or home healthcare service. A … in a scheme to illicitly obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and …
January 13, 2017
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Owner/Operator Of GenPharm Pharmacy In Dallas Area Pleads Guilty

February 03, 2017
… employment, including consulting, in or related to the pain management industry.  He also agreed not to obtain or … directly or indirectly, a financial ownership interest in a pain management clinic or home healthcare service.  He … in a scheme to illicitly obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and …
February 03, 2017
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US Attorney’s Office Announces “The Right Prescription For New Jersey”Federal, State Agencies And Non-Profits Come Together To Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse

September 24, 2012
… today not only face local drug dealers peddling diverted pain pills on street corners, our unprepared loved ones can … that the death toll from overdoses of prescription painkillers has more than tripled in the past decade. More … 40 people die every day from overdoses involving narcotic pain relievers. According to the White House Office of …
September 24, 2012
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owners Of Three Pharmacies, Pharmacists, And Others For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Dollars’ Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers Nine Individuals Allegedly Used New York And New Jersey

October 23, 2013
… Of Millions Of Dollars’ Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers Nine Individuals Allegedly Used New York And New … a ring for the illegitimate distribution of prescription painkillers on the East Coast. Prescription drug abuse is … which they ordered bulk quantities of highly addictive painkillers such as oxycodone, hydromorphone, and morphine …
October 23, 2013
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Medical Professionals Performed Perfunctory Exams On Longshoremen And Filled Scripts For Narcotics In Elaborate Scheme To Rip Off Insurance Companies

December 18, 2013
… in the scam, which involved the prescription of painkiller oxycodone STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Special Agent in … dubbed "Operation Shore Thing," include Mihir Bhatt, a pain management doctor; Thomas E. Dinardo, a chiropractor; … that is exactly what happened here, longshoremen abusing painkillers prescribed to them by a pill peddling doctor and …
December 18, 2013
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Three members of Lockport fentanyl ring arrested

February 13, 2019
… officers, in June 2017, conducted two controlled buys of half a bundle of heroin from White. During each of … law enforcement officers made three additional controlled buys of heroin and fentanyl from Haney.   On Oct. 09, 2018, …
February 13, 2019
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Columbus Resident Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine

December 19, 2024
… referenced in court, DEA agents conducted a controlled buy of 55.64 grams of 100% pure methamphetamine from Thomas … 17, 2019, at a gas station in Columbus. Another controlled buy occurred on Sept. 6, 2019, when DEA agents purchased …
December 19, 2024
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Spokane Man Involved in Robbery of Large Amount of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Sentenced to Federal Prison

October 10, 2024
… 6, 2022, Baughman went to a stash house in Spokane to buy a large quantity of methamphetamine and fentanyl from a … trafficking organization. Immediately recognizing that the buy money was counterfeit, the sellers declined the sale. …
October 10, 2024
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DEA Busts Steroid Traffickers And Dismantles Laboratories Across The Nation

September 22, 2015
… located in Lithuania and Moldova. There is great danger in buying steroids, chemicals, and other illicit products on … extremely unsanitary, further illustrating the danger in buying these products illegally.  For example, recent lab …
September 22, 2015
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DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg Statement On Walgreens’ Prescription Drug Take Back Initiative

February 09, 2016
… is key.  Over 50 percent of persons 12 or older who abused pain relievers in the past year got them from a friend or … including from the home medicine cabinet.  Those who abuse pain relievers often turn to heroin as a cheaper alternative …
February 09, 2016
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DEA Reports Significant Increase in Counterfeit Pills in Minnesota

August 12, 2020
… 2018, with pill numbers increasing each year. Counterfeit pain pills and sedatives are flooding the illegal drug … Xanax or other medications often prescribed for pain or anxiety. Based on a sampling of tablets seized … at 30 milligrams. Each time someone takes a counterfeit pain pill, they are playing Russian roulette with their …
August 12, 2020
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against 10 Individuals In Multi-Million Dollar Internet Pharmacy Fraud Scheme Two Pharmacists Were Allegedly Paid At Least $13 Million By Bogus Online Pharmacy Operators For Filling Invalid Prescriptions Issued By

November 29, 2012
… website operators to peddle massive quantities of addictive pain pills without valid prescriptions. We will not tolerate … operated websites that allowed customers to order pain medication without the valid prescriptions required by … until November 2012, customers seeking certain prescription pain medications including, Fioricet, Soma, Ultram, and …
November 29, 2012
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Las Vegas Doctor Arrested And Charged With 29 Counts Of Unlawful Distribution Of Fentanyl And Health Care Fraud

February 13, 2018
… Outreach: Ruth Morales (571) 387-6555 LAS VEGAS - A pain management doctor practicing in Las Vegas was arrested … benefit program. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid painkiller that is 100 times more potent than morphine and … for TIRF medicines is for use to manage breakthrough pain in adults with cancer. Dr. Holper routinely prescribed …
February 13, 2018
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Queens Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

March 20, 2013
… highly-addictive prescription medicine used to treat severe pain. Dr. Gracia L. Mayard is scheduled to be arraigned this … abused his position as a licensed doctor by prescribing pain medications to people with no legitimate medical need … New York State Police to put a stop to this diversion of pain medication." Nassau County Police Commissioner Dale …
March 20, 2013
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owners Of Three Pharmacies, Pharmacists, And Others For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers

October 23, 2013
… Of Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers October 23, 2013 New York Contact Info Contact … a ring for the illegitimate distribution of prescription painkillers on the East Coast. Prescription drug abuse is … which they ordered bulk quantities of highly addictive painkillers such as oxycodone, hydromorphone, and morphine …
October 23, 2013
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Seven Arrested In Major New York City Prescription Forgery Ring

January 23, 2017
… Ciara A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Pumped Nearly $3 Million in Painkillers Onto the Black Market: Ringleaders Face Charge … scheme to forge prescriptions for addictive opioid painkillers and illegally obtain pills from pharmacies for … prescriptions bore the name of a physician who operates a pain management practice in Astoria, Queens. During the …
January 23, 2017
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Third Ward Narcotics Dealer Heads to Prison

January 08, 2025
… from a drug house in Third Ward. Jerry sold counterfeit Percocet pills containing fentanyl and ecstasy pills …
January 08, 2025
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces the Seizure of Over 379 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

December 20, 2022
… to real prescription medications—including OxyContin®, Percocet®, and Xanax®—but only contain filler and fentanyl …
December 20, 2022
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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 16, 2021
… identical to legitimate prescriptions—such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other …
December 16, 2021
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Distributor of fake pills containing fentanyl sentenced to more than three years in federal prison

January 28, 2021
… substances with markings such as “Xanax,” “Lortab,” “Percocet,” or “Watson.” In the summer of 2015, Walthour …
January 28, 2021
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Longtime Hollywood Resident Ran A Drug Trafficking Ring

March 12, 2015
… purchased and re-sold diverted pharmaceutical (oxycodone, Percocet) and (alprazolam), as well as cocaine and cannabis. …
March 12, 2015
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Monmouth County, N.J., Doctor Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Distribution And Conspiracy

October 22, 2012
… in brand name pills such as Oxycontin, Roxicodone and Percocet. It is a Schedule II controlled substance - meaning …
October 22, 2012
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New York Doctor Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison For Oxycodone Distribution And Conspiracy

July 22, 2013
… in brand name pills such as Oxycontin, Roxicodone and Percocet, is a Schedule II controlled substance - meaning …
July 22, 2013
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Norwalk Man Sentenced To 70 Months In Federal Prison For Illegally Selling Prescription Narcotics

July 18, 2011
… of Sandalo’s residence revealed 731 OxyContin pills, 683 Percocet (which contain oxycodone and acetaminophen), 190 …
July 18, 2011
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New York Plastic Surgeon To Pay $150,000 To Settle Allegations Under The Controlled Substances Act

December 03, 2015
… involve claims that she wrote at least 15 prescriptions for Percocet, a Schedule II Narcotic drug, outside the course of …
December 03, 2015
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Bridgeport Woman Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Drug And Gun Offenses

June 23, 2016
… crack cocaine, marijuana and prescription pills, including Percocet and Xanax.  Mendez was arrested on May 17, 2016, …
June 23, 2016