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Hayesville, N.C. man sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison for trafficking in methamphetamine

… of the investigation, law enforcement conducted controlled buys and seized significant quantities of methamphetamine … sentencing hearing, investigators made three controlled buys of methamphetamine from Jones and seized …
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Columbus Convicted Felon Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Attempting to Sell “Meth” in Harris County, Georgia

… County Sheriff’s Office and DEA arranged a controlled buy of “ice” methamphetamine from McBride on September 20, … of methamphetamine remaining to sell. The controlled buy occurred at a gas station in Fortson, Georgia (Harris …
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Three Fentanyl Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

… fentanyl and a controlled purchase was set up by the DEA to buy an additional half kilogram of fentanyl. Rosa Cotto arrived at the buy location with the drugs, and he was arrested. A bag …
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Operation Boyztown Results in Rare Life Sentence for Methamphetamine Distributor

… 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 …
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Owner Of Silver Spring Nightclub Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking

… 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 …
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Mexican National and California Man Charged Following Seizure of Over 45 Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills and Powder

… 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 …
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Kentucky Pill Mill Owner Convicted On 21 Counts – Including Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… 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 …
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Doctor Who Owned McAllen Medical Clinic In Dallas Pleads Guilty In Pill Mill Case

… 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 …
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Owner/Operator Of GenPharm Pharmacy In Dallas Area Pleads Guilty

… 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 …
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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

… 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 …
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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

… 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 …
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Medical Professionals Performed Perfunctory Exams On Longshoremen And Filled Scripts For Narcotics In Elaborate Scheme To Rip Off Insurance Companies

… 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 …
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Three members of Lockport fentanyl ring arrested

… 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, …
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Columbus Resident Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine

… 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 …
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Spokane Man Involved in Robbery of Large Amount of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Sentenced to Federal Prison

… 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. …
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DEA Busts Steroid Traffickers And Dismantles Laboratories Across The Nation

… 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 …
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DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg Statement On Walgreens’ Prescription Drug Take Back Initiative

… 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 …
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Third Ward Narcotics Dealer Heads to Prison

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

… crack cocaine, marijuana and prescription pills, including Percocet and Xanax.  Mendez was arrested on May 17, 2016, …
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Former Physician Sentenced To Nearly Six Years In Prison On Drug Charge For Trading Prescription Drugs For Sex And Cash

… various prescription drugs, including Adderall, Norco, Percocet, Xanax, Vicodin, Ativan, Ritalin, Darvocet, …
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San Diego Neighborhood Pharmacist Pays $150,000 Penalty For Mishandling Drugs

… commonly known by its brand names OxyContin, Roxicodone, or Percocet. In another instance, the government contends that …
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Former City Pharmacist Sentenced To 10 Years For Dealing Illegal Drugs

… drugs containing controlled substances, such as Percocet, Lorcet, and Xanax, and the frequently abused …