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Second of Two Defendants Sentenced in Scheme to Steal, Sell Drugs from Nursing Home Patients

April 19, 2021
… while Gibson was sentenced in March. “The distribution of pain pills for non-medical reasons continues to be a major … those who traffic these addictive and sometimes deadly pain medications.” “All too often, the source of …
April 19, 2021
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Tampa doctor pleads guilty to distributing opioids outside DEA registration

July 13, 2018
… resigned from the VA in June 2017 and began working at a pain management clinic in Tampa, without first obtaining a … August 2017 through March 7, 2018, while working at the pain management clinic, Abraham wrote more than 2,000 …
July 13, 2018
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Agencies Host Community Showing Of Chasing The Dragon: The Life Of An Opiate Addict

February 23, 2017
… die every day in America from an overdose of prescription painkillers. Since 2014, more than 14,000 people have died … Outpatient Specialty Clinics, Nikki Phillips - BSN, Benefis Pain Management Clinic, and A Representative From The …
February 23, 2017
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Multi-Agency Working Group Addresses Heroin Problem In Colorado

April 06, 2017
… employed. Seventy percent of respondents said prescription pain killers played a role in their decision to use heroin. … they might not have used heroin if they had never taken pain pills, had different friends or had more education …
April 06, 2017
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Four Ohio Physicians Lose Licenses To Prescribe Controlled Substances

May 17, 2011
… 362-0443 Doctors prescribed hundreds of thousands of opiate pain-killers in region hard hit by Rx abuse; Dr. Temponeras … both have worked at one time at Southern Ohio Complete Pain Management in Portsmouth, Ohio, and are responsible for …
May 17, 2011
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Cincinnati Man Receives 12 Year Prison Sentence For Oxycodone Distribution Scheme

May 29, 2014
… from Ohio to Florida, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Kansas pain clinics to obtain and fill oxycodone prescriptions; … oxycodone.  He was responsible for directing trips to pain clinics in Florida, in which numerous individuals from …
May 29, 2014
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New Jersey Leaders Encourage Residents To Spring Clean Their Medicine Cabinet In The First New Jersey Prescription Drug Spring Cleaning Initiative

April 24, 2015
… that the death toll from overdoses of prescription painkillers has more than tripled in the past decade and … 40 people die every day from overdoses involving narcotic pain relievers. According to the White House Office of … Control Policy, 70 percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers obtained them from friends or relatives, and …
April 24, 2015
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DEA Sponsoring 11th National Prescription Take Back Day

April 26, 2016
… into a national program.  Easy access to these prescription pain relievers in the house is a leading cause of misuse and … new heroin users begin their addictions with prescription pain medications.  Getting these drugs out of the house can … due to abuse of prescription drugs, particularly opioid painkillers.  6.5 million Americans abuse prescription …
April 26, 2016
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Mallinckrodt Agrees To Pay $35 Million Settlement

July 11, 2017
… the distributors then supplied various U.S. pharmacies and pain clinics, an increasingly excessive quantity of … distributors to independent and small chain pharmacy and pain clinic customers.    The government also alleged that …
July 11, 2017
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Head Of New Haven-Area Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Federal Prison

April 04, 2013
… ring that trafficked in oxycodone, a powerful prescription pain killer. This matter stems from “Operation Big Blue,” a … for large amounts of oxycodone at unscrupulous pain clinics, commonly referred to as “pill mills.”  He also …
April 04, 2013
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Alabama Doctor Arrested For Unlawful Distribution Of Prescription Drugs And Money Laundering

May 12, 2016
… Dr. Ritchea with writing prescriptions for Schedule II pain medications-such as hydrocodone and methadone-knowing … used the proceeds of his pill mill to purchase Schedule II pain medication-specifically, hydromorphone and …
May 12, 2016
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Doctor Sentenced In White Plains Federal Court To Over 3 Years In Prison For Distributing Oxycodone

July 03, 2013
… accepted medical practice. Oxycodone is a powerful painkiller with a high potential for addiction and abuse. In … Preet Bharara stated: “The abuse of diverted prescription pain medication is the fastest growing drug problem in our … to those doctors engaged in the criminal distribution of pain killers that they too, like dealers of illegal street …
July 03, 2013
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Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcements Launched In New York

October 29, 2015
… 46 people die each day from an overdose of prescription painkillers in the United States.  The rate of prescription painkiller overdoses has more than quadrupled since 1999 and … higher among those who reported prior use of prescription pain relievers than among those who did not report such …
October 29, 2015
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MS-13 Gang Members Indicted For Six Murders On Long Island

July 15, 2020
… Sweeney. “But it means a tremendous amount of relief to the communities on Long Island they've terrorized …
July 15, 2020
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Bristol Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut

November 28, 2022
… occasions, investigators conducted surveillance of the delivery of suspect parcels and the scheduled delivery of seized parcels.  During surveillance, …
November 28, 2022
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‘Drug Runner’ Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison

August 31, 2022
… sold. In at least three instances he used Fernandes to make deliveries; in another instance he allegedly had his girlfriend make a delivery. Anthony Medeiros pleaded guilty on May 6, 2021, to …
August 31, 2022
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Two Indicted After Drug Shipment Intercepted on Interstate 44 in St. Louis County

February 17, 2023
… 4200 block of Delor Street in St. Louis to meet the drug delivery, the affidavit says. A kilogram of suspected …
February 17, 2023
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Two men indicted in cocaine pipeline operating between Puerto Rico and Buffalo

March 11, 2020
… Inspection Service and the DEA involving a controlled delivery was conducted targeting 192 Grant Street. That … leading to the defendants. On Feb. 12, 2020, a controlled delivery of a package containing sham cocaine was conducted …
March 11, 2020
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Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for 42 Months for Distributing 25 Pounds of Meth via a Rideshare

October 08, 2024
… price was $2200 per pound, with a separate $3000 delivery fee, for a total cash price of $58,000. The delivery was made to the undercover agent by the defendant. …
October 08, 2024
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Southern Indiana Meth Trafficking Operation Disrupted; Trio Sent to Federal Prison

July 08, 2024
… on the package and instructed her to be present for the delivery. Law enforcement officers intercepted the package, … the methamphetamine inside, and conducted a controlled delivery. January, Minor, and Lundburg were at the apartment …
July 08, 2024
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California Woman Sentenced to Nearly Four Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Meth in Rhode Island

May 23, 2024
… incarcerated in a Maine prison, participated in the delivery of four pounds of methamphetamine to a courier who … Reyes, 52, of Huntington Park, CA, participated in the delivery of a paper bag that contained four pounds of …
May 23, 2024
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Defendant Sentenced to Federal Prison for Operating Illegal Pill Factory

July 16, 2021
… Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Investigation started after delivery of commercial pill press to home AUGUSTA, GA:   A … and Brown began in January 2020 when DEA agents tracked the delivery of a commercial pill press to their Midville …
July 16, 2021
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Osceola County Convicted Felon Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Firearm and Drug Offenses

November 16, 2023
… Kissimmee, was shipped from Puerto Rico and scheduled for a delivery the next day. A controlled delivery of the parcel to Arroyo-Rivera’s mailbox was …
November 16, 2023
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Providence Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison

November 07, 2023
… 571-362-9171 PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who took delivery of a locked case inside of which he expected to … now contained thirteen replica “kilos” of cocaine. Upon delivery of the case to Nolasco on June 22, 2020, DEA agents …
November 07, 2023
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Atlanta Man Sentenced to more than Six Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Using Laundry Detergent Boxes

May 22, 2023
… $5,700, with more quantities of the drug to follow via deliveries from his drug courier. A drug courier drove from … $11,000 of drug monies owed to him for the methamphetamine delivery. The following week, Galvan and a drug courier …
May 22, 2023
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Puerto Rico Man Sentenced to Prison For Trafficking Cocaine to Connecticut

November 19, 2021
… occasions, investigators conducted surveillance of the delivery of suspect parcels and the scheduled delivery of seized parcels.  During surveillance, …
November 19, 2021
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Conspirator in fentanyl, cocaine trafficking organization sentenced to 60 months in federal prison

April 15, 2019
… to prepare kilogram “bricks” of fentanyl and cocaine for delivery, to discussions between Delossantos and Diaz that …
April 15, 2019
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New Jersey firefighter and Puerto Rican man convicted of heroin conspiracy

December 20, 2018
… Jimenez told the cooperator that he drove for the drug delivery, because it was less likely that he would get in …
December 20, 2018
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Alabama man sentenced to life in prison for federal drug trafficking and firearms crimes

June 26, 2018
… the trunk. Law enforcement, who had knowledge of the drug delivery, followed Talley from his home to the house in …
June 26, 2018
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Two Afghan heroin traffickers sentenced in Manhattan federal court for conspiring to import heroin into the United States

September 18, 2018
… recorded calls, Lajaward, Said, and the UC agreed that the delivery of the three-kilogram heroin sample would occur in … and one of Lajaward’s associates in Kabul and received delivery of the three-kilogram heroin sample.  In parallel, …
September 18, 2018