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Suicide Prevention Month

December 23, 2024
Suicide Prevention Month Suicide is a serious and preventable public health problem in the United States. While multiple factors influence suicidal behaviors, substance use is a significant factor that is linked to a substantial number of suicides and …
December 23, 2024
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Ohio Man Sentenced For Marijuana Conspiracy, Money Laundering And Gun Charge Convictions

… by paying cash. In addition, Spriggs used pre-paid debit cards which he funded in another person’s name as his personal credit card and used them to purchase air travel, rent vehicles and …
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Two Sentenced In Pill Mill Case

… and wanted to know if a “patient” could use a green card to fill a prescription at a pharmacy.  Robinson told … Banks that he thought so because it is an identification card.  Banks told Robinson that the prescriptions he had to …
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St. Louis Man Pleas Guilty of Meth Distribution

… investigated, conducting a total of five undercover purchases of methamphetamine from Jones beginning in May 2020. Investigators successfully introduced an undercover detective to Jones, who made the purchases of methamphetamine from Jones over an approximately two-month period between May and July …
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St. Louis Man Sentenced for Attempting to Purchase Cocaine

… make the purchase, Equere and the distributor were pulled over on I-270 in Madison County. Officers searched the car …
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Jury Finds Pair Guilty on Drug Trafficking Charges

… tampering. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey presided over the trial, which lasted more than two weeks. The …
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Wright City man charged with distribution of fentanyl at the Ameristar Casino

… the criminal complaint, investigators began conducting an overdose death investigation after a victim was found … Charles, Missouri, on August 2, 2020. The investigation uncovered surveillance video from the Ameristar Casino in St. … sold fentanyl while at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles over the weekend of August 1-2. The Drug Enforcement …
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California man sentenced for smuggling heroin and meth to Kansas City

… January 5, 2019, when the Kansas Highway Patrol pulled him over on I-70 in Thomas County. In DeJesus’ vehicle, a …
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Pomona Woman Sentenced For Methamphetamine Offense

… it was determined that Elliot was responsible for over 142 grams of pseudoephedrine. Co-defendants Toni …
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DEA NEWS: St. Louis County Woman Sentenced For Selling Heroin

… convicted of distribution of heroin, was sentenced to over 7 years in federal prison. Shirl Driver, 55, of St. …
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One Of The Largest Methamphetamine Distributors In New England Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison

… for distributing more than 660 pounds of methamphetamine over the course of six months BOSTON – The leader of a … in federal court in Boston. During the investigation over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an … drug trafficking organization that pushed massive amounts of methamphetamine onto New England streets, and …
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Regional Drug Distributor and His Assistant Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Drugs

… (DTO) based in Spring Hill, Florida. Each week, over multiple years, they distributed more than 20 kilograms … of highly pure methamphetamine, as well as smaller amounts of other drugs, to their network of kilogram-level … home. Inside they found, among other items, 29.5 pounds (over 13 kilograms) of liquid pure methamphetamine, 380 grams …
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Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 115 Months For Drug Trafficking And Attempting To Assassinate Criminal Associate Over Drug Debt

… And Attempting To Assassinate Criminal Associate Over Drug Debt January 10, 2014 New York Contact Info … dispute between Bajram Lajqi and another syndicate member over the payment of a drug debt led to Lajqi stalking the …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… - 571-362-1180 Tucson - 571-324-7218 Yuma - 571-324-7324 Over 6 Million Counterfeit Pills Have Been Seized in Arizona …
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New York News 2006

July 15, 2021
… Money Manager Pleads Guilty to Laundering Drug Proceeds in Government Sting NOV 16, 2006 Cali Cartel Leaders Plead … Ecstasy Trafficker of Conspiracies to Distribute and Import Millions of Dollars of Ecstasy Pills JUN 5, 2006 DEA NY …
July 15, 2021
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NEFD announce 645 arrests and seizure of 17.9 kilograms of fentanyl, 7,800 illicit fentanyl pills, 13.9 kilograms of cocaine, 3.1 kilograms of heroin, 51 firearms and $1.2 million in cash during two-week New England surge

… of cocaine, 3.1 kilograms of heroin, 51 firearms and $1.2 million in cash during two-week New England surge December … 38.1 kilograms of marijuana, 51 firearms and $1.2 million in cash, announced Special Agent in Charge Brian D. …
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Heroin Pipeline Stretching From Mexico To NYC And Long Island Dismantled

… heroin, cocaine, MDMA, & steroids on streets and over Craigslist MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District … yesterday afternoon to announce the dismantling of a multi-million dollar illegal drug pipeline which ran directly from … J. Hunt said, “The nation is being besieged by heroin - over a two year period U.S. heroin overdose deaths have more …
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Lowell Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Trafficking More Than 11,000 Meth Pills Disguised as Adderall

… pills, 280 fentanyl pills and 100 oxycodone pills over two 30-day periods. Intercepted calls also revealed … prescription pills containing deadly narcotics were seized over the course of the investigation. In August 2024, …
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Six Members of St. Louis Drug Ring Linked to Murders Plead Guilty

… who at the height of the conspiracy were selling over 20,000 doses per week. Lee supplied the methamphetamine … on May 8, 2017, Lee’s plea agreement says. The men fired over 100 rounds. Fisher disposed of his weapon, but Silas …
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DEA New England Field Division sets record collecting over 57 tons of prescription drugs, electronic vaping devices and cartridges during the 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… DEA New England Field Division sets record collecting over 57 tons of prescription drugs, electronic vaping … New England Field Division and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 115,944.24 pounds or over 57 tons of expired, unused, unwanted prescription …
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Drug Law Enforcement Kicking Off The New Year With Record Breaking Heroin Seizures

… a message by denying them what they most want - $23 million in illicit profit.  While we continue to enforce … cartels and local trafficking groups reap hundreds of millions of dollars in profits off the epidemic of opioid … the Northeast.   148 kilograms is approximately twice the amount of heroin that was seized throughout the entire …
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Three Butte County residents indicted for trafficking in fentanyl-laced pills

… morphine and can be extremely dangerous due to the small amount of the substance needed for the user to overdose. … penalty of 40 years in prison, and a fine of up to $5 million. Any sentence, however, would be determined at the …
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DEA Seizes 25 Kilograms Of Heroin And Eight Kilograms Of Cocaine In Newark

… today with possession with intent to distribute large amounts of heroin and cocaine. Wilfredo Rodriguez Escobar, … in prison, a maximum potential penalty of life, and a $10 million fine. On …
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Former North Texas Pharmacist Sentenced For Federal Drug Trafficking Violations

… of the pharmacy’s inventory records suggested a large amount of oxycodone with a street value of approximately $2.9 million was unaccounted for.   Esparza was indicted by a …
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Fresno Men Plead Guilty To Shipping Marijuana To Alabama

… occurs when cash is deposited or withdrawn from a bank in amounts of $10,000 or less to avoid the filing of a currency … years and a maximum of life, along with a fine of up to $5 million. Vincent Graves faces a maximum penalty of five …
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Alaska Resident Pleads Guilty To Drug Dealing, Money Laundering

… cash into a Wells Fargo account held by MacDougal in amounts designed to avoid bank reporting requirements. … a maximum statutory penalty of 40 years in prison and a $5 million fine. The actual sentence, however, will be …
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Anchorage Attorney Arrested, Charged with Drug Trafficking, Firearm Offenses

… and murder charges in October 2023, and to date, over 60 other defendants have been charged in connection …
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Man Caught Three Times with Dealer Quantities of Fentanyl Indicted Federally

… Medics Saved the Life of an Infant Suffering From Opioid Overdose During One Encounter SEATTLE – A 37-year-old man … the early hours of August 15, 2023. Huisa said his car had overheated and he and a passenger were waiting for the … fentanyl pills. On Huisa they found fentanyl powder and over $16,000 in cash. The infant was taken to Mary Bridge …
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Major fentanyl and heroin mill dismantled in Harrison, N.J.

… Public Safety, New Jersey State Police, was awarded a $2.8 million grant for this Task Force from the Department of … deployed a new State Police task force, supported by a $2.8 million federal COPS grant, to target drug mills and other … Enforcement Task Force and our new strategy.”    “The amount of heroin and fentanyl that was seized during this …
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Pain Management Doctor Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion

… Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Defendant Claimed More Than $1 Million in Fraudulent Tax Deductions for False Business … legitimate business expenses and claimed deductions in the amount of the checks, thereby substantially understating his …