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Bonita Drug Dealer Sentenced to More Than 21 Years for Supplying Fentanyl that Resulted in Death of 15-Year-Old Girl

February 28, 2025
… for providing the fentanyl pills that resulted in the fatal overdose of a 15-year-old girl in 2022. According to court … the girl was underage. On November 12, 2022, she fatally overdosed from pills that Chavez provided. According to the government’s sentencing memo, the victim was in the ninth …
February 28, 2025
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Convicted Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drug and Firearms Offenses

March 02, 2025
… of the residence where Diaz was staying resulted in the recovery of a black Taurus G2S 9mm firearm, a 9mm magazine … 9mm rounds, a 9mm magazine containing one live 9mm round, over 40 grams of fentanyl, several plastic bags containing …
March 02, 2025
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Dominican National Charged With Methamphetamine Trafficking

February 18, 2025
… federal court in Boston on Feb. 27, 2025. On Jan. 14, 2025, over a text exchange, Arias Ubri allegedly agreed to supply … upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.  …
February 18, 2025
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Florence Doctor Sentenced for Distributing Oxycodone in “Sex for Scripts” Scheme

February 12, 2025
… that  Rodriguez provided 15 prescriptions for Oxycodone over an eight-month period to a patient who felt pressured … stated, “DEA investigators did remarkable work in uncovering this doctor’s unlawful acts. The DEA will continue …
February 12, 2025
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Dominican Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Cocaine and Fentanyl Conspiracy

February 05, 2025
… were seized. At the time of his arrest in October 2020, over a kilogram of fentanyl and a loaded firearm from a …
February 05, 2025
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Lexington Man Sentenced for Trafficking in Fentanyl and Carfentanil

January 28, 2025
… found plastic bags in the apartment, which contained over 7,000 fentanyl tablets, and four semi-automatic …
January 28, 2025
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Justice Department Sues Stockton-based Nurse Practitioner to Stop Her Sale of Illegal Opioid Prescriptions

January 14, 2025
… for cash, often during brief text message conversations over the encrypted messaging application Telegram. The … and litigation of this matter illustrates the government’s continued emphasis on combating opioid abuse. …
January 14, 2025
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West Haven Woman Who Diverted Narcotics from Dying VA Medical Center Patients is Sentenced

December 22, 2024
… introduced fentanyl to this patient approximately 19 times over a nine-day period so that she could divert some for … pain medication from him before he died. In order to cover up her crimes, Severino misrepresented in VA medical …
December 22, 2024
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Two Aryan Brotherhood Prison Gang Members Sentenced to Two Consecutive Life Terms in Prison for RICO Conspiracy and Murder in Aid of Racketeering

December 18, 2024
… The trial evidence showed that Aryan Brotherhood members oversaw a significant heroin and methamphetamine trafficking … to direct drug trafficking activities, order murders, and oversee other criminal activities inside and outside of the … after the murder, DEA intercepted calls made by Yandell over a contraband cellphone in which he bragged about …
December 18, 2024
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Multistate Kilo-Level Fentanyl Trafficker with Network from Philadelphia to Raleigh Sentenced to 10 Years

November 14, 2024
… in the network. His arrest resulted in the seizure of over 10 kilograms of cocaine, $7,591 in cash, and an AR-15 …
November 14, 2024
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Alabama Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Selling Fentanyl Pills that Resulted in Another Man’s Death

November 14, 2024
… there are serious consequences for those who choose profit over people.” The Drug Enforcement Administration and the …
November 14, 2024
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DEA Hosts the 27th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday to Remove Unneeded Medications from Homes

October 25, 2024
… expired, and unused prescription medications at over  4,100 collection sites across the United States to …
October 25, 2024
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Arkansas Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking & Firearms Offenses

October 01, 2024
… Offense. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District …
October 01, 2024
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Eight Sentenced in Laredo Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

September 20, 2024
… into the interior of the United States.  Authorities seized over 14 kilograms of meth, 12 kilograms of heroin, 10 …
September 20, 2024
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Boston Physician Resolves Allegations Of Improper Prescribing Practices Involving Controlled Substances

September 11, 2024
… patient’s requests. After multiple hospitalizations and an overdose, the hospital arranged for another physician to take over Ross’s treatment of the patient.   As part of the …
September 11, 2024
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Hot Springs Woman Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking Offense

August 20, 2024
… Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in …
August 20, 2024
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Mexican National Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Illegal Reentry After Deportation

August 02, 2024
… a series of controlled purchases from Ramon. Ramon sold over a kilogram of pure methamphetamine to the confidential …
August 02, 2024
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Former Division Chief of Logistics for Kootenai County EMSS Sentenced in Drug Diversion Scheme

August 01, 2024
… relate to a drug diversion scheme that Higgins carried out over multiple years while employed as the Division Chief of …
August 01, 2024
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Arizona Man Sentenced to 90 Months in Federal Prison for Meth Distribution in New Hampshire

July 22, 2024
… defendant to his Lakes Region co-conspirators, containing over 600 grams of methamphetamine. Law enforcement arrested …
July 22, 2024
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Dark Web Fentanyl Distributor Receives 20-Year Sentence

January 28, 2022
… Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) discovered the source of these packages—Holcomb’s home in … Holcomb into custody and seized several bags of fentanyl; over 1,500 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl; a 3D …
January 28, 2022
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Wilmington Doctor to Pay $170,000 to Resolve Allegations of Unlawful Prescribing of Opioids

June 23, 2023
… for Schedule II controlled substances, like oxycodone, over that two-year time-period.  The United States’ …
June 23, 2023
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Derry Man Sentenced to 36 Months in Federal Prison for Importing, Manufacturing, and Distributing Steroids

April 03, 2024
… networks, including those that import unapproved drugs from overseas and distribute those drugs with reckless disregard … residence on March 23, 2023, federal investigators recovered the raw materials and machines used to manufacture … numerous bins and shelves with finished products—in total over 3,000 vials and 64,000 pills of controlled substances …
April 03, 2024
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Pawtucket Man to Serve Six Years in Federal Prison for Selling Fentanyl Pills

March 21, 2024
… witness thousands of fentanyl pills, for a total of $9,250 over a period of less than two months. Doran was sentenced …
March 21, 2024
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Providence Man Admits Role in Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy, Plot to Kidnap a U.S. Postal Worker

March 19, 2024
… chemist who determined that they contained a total of over 3 kilograms of cocaine.  In addition to admitting his …
March 19, 2024
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Federal Jury Convicts Heavily Armed Meth Dealer

January 26, 2024
… case. U.S District Court Judge James R. Sweeney presided over the trial and will sentence Brown at a later date. …
January 26, 2024
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Georgia Man Convicted of Trafficking Methamphetamine

February 25, 2022
… than $7,900 in cash. Trial evidence also established that, over the course of the conspiracy, Lee was responsible for …
February 25, 2022
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Drug Network Supplier Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

November 10, 2021
… distributing more than 19 kilograms of methamphetamine and over three kilograms of heroin. On October 30, 2020, Wondra …
November 10, 2021
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Craven County Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced in Excess of 28 Years

October 12, 2021
… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 NEW BERN, N.C. –A Dover man was sentenced today to 340 months in prison for … activities of Miller at his residence on Sand Hill Road in Dover. On August 14, 2014, members of the Craven County … Office executed a search. In the living room, deputies recovered hydrocodone and oxycodone pills, cocaine, electronic …
October 12, 2021
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N.C. Woman Sentenced to 10 Years for Trafficking Meth, Fentanyl and Other Narcotics

October 12, 2021
… of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which oversees the Asheville Post of Duty, and Chief Joshua Taylor … methamphetamine and other narcotics in and around Cherokee. Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement … sold fentanyl on multiple occasions, including to an undercover law enforcement officer. On July 14, 2020, law …
October 12, 2021
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Drug Trafficker Involved in Night Club Shoot Out Sentenced

October 12, 2021
… weapon at the car.  Davis struck the officer and then ran over a person who was leaving the Night Club.  This person … the car and wrecked.  Law enforcement arrested Davis and recovered the firearm from the car.  Davis had previously been … Administration (DEA), the Craven, Duplin, New Hanover, Pamlico and Wayne County Sheriff’s Offices and the …
October 12, 2021