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Boise Nurse Practitioner and Patient/Medical Assistant Charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Opioids

… in health care fraud and opioid abuse schemes that included over $2.5 billion in alleged fraud. In the Idaho case, a … chain in an effort to continue the fight to reduce the overwhelming drug poisonings occurring across the United …
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Fentanyl Distributors Charged Following Fourth Fatal Juvenile Overdose

… Distributors Charged Following Fourth Fatal Juvenile Overdose June 23, 2023 Dallas Contact Info Contact Us (214) … The victim, is the fourth child to die of a fentanyl overdose in the area since September 2022.   Lizbeth Prieto, … was pulling up to the home to deliver the pills.   An undercover officer immediately reached out to Ms. Prieto and asked …
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Leader of Multi-State Drug Trafficking Group Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl, Meth, and Heroin

… drugs up from California to Oregon and Western Washington. Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement seized … a ten-year sentence, prosecutors noted the huge increase in overdose deaths. According to the CDC, 107,735 Americans …
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Supplier in Juvenile Fentanyl Overdoses Case Charged with Drug Conspiracy

… Supplier in Juvenile Fentanyl Overdoses Case Charged with Drug Conspiracy February 15, … TEXAS - A top source of supply in the Carrollton fentanyl overdoses case has been charged with a federal drug crime, … be compared to anything else on the streets today. The overdose and poisoning margin of error between life or death …
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Armed Drug Trafficker with Multiple Criminal Convictions is Sentenced to 26 Years in Prison

… in the nearby woods, and fled on foot. Law enforcement recovered the bag, and inside they found more firearms and ammunition, over 1,100 pills containing fentanyl, methamphetamine, … drugs, firearms, and ammunition. Law enforcement also discovered a marijuana grow operation and removed more than 135 …
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Oklahoma Prison-Based Drug Trafficking Organization Resulted in 21 Defendants Being Convicted

… City Police Department. Public records reflect that over the course of this investigation, federal, state, and …
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Final Han Gil Defendant Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison

… exited. Her corpse was dumped in a park in Oak Cliff and recovered a month later. During the hearing, Judge Scholer … former Coppell High School students, both age 22, died of overdoses during the summer of 2018, and the body of an … to a close. We know, however, that our work is far from over. We will continue our crack down on violent drug …
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Multiple Defendants Charged in Federal Investigation that Dismantled Telephone Drug Hotline in Chicago

… recently unsealed in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Over a three-month period this summer, law enforcement made two dozen undercover purchases of fentanyl-laced heroin and crack cocaine … Office, and IRS Criminal Investigation Division.  The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kalia …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… that last year, more than 93,000 people died of drug overdoses in the United States, marking the largest number … year. Opioid-related deaths accounted for 75 percent of all overdose deaths in 2020. For more than a decade, DEA’s … directly in line with DEA’s priority to combat the rise of overdoses plaguing the United States. “The United States is …
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Indictment charges five men for involvement in Bridgeport Courthouse shooting

… courthouse located there.  Upon arrival, investigators discovered that four victims – Trevon Wright, Khalil Heard, … in quelling violence in Bridgeport, our work is far from over.  We continue to jointly investigate other violent acts …
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Defendant Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine from Prison

… drugs while he was incarcerated in Smith State Prison. Over the course of the investigation, agents learned that … a federal wiretap of Silva’s contraband cellphone, to uncover his drug trafficking activities. During the …
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Two MS-13 Leaders Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders

… area had a dispute with a local high school student over marijuana. In response, Alvarado-Requeno and Corea-Diaz … of talking to the police. The boy’s remains were discovered eighteen months later in the woods outside of …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… that last year, more than 93,000 people died of drug overdoses in the United States, marking the largest number … year. Opioid-related deaths accounted for 75 percent of all overdose deaths in 2020. For more than a decade, DEA’s … directly in line with DEA’s priority to combat the rise of overdoses plaguing the United States. “The United States is …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… that last year, more than 93,000 people died of drug overdoses in the United States, marking the largest number … year. Opioid-related deaths accounted for 75 percent of all overdose deaths in 2020. For more than a decade, DEA’s … directly in line with DEA’s priority to combat the rise of overdoses plaguing the United States. “The United States is …
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Eleven arrested in DEA and AZDPS joint enforcement operation targeting Tucson drug traffickers

… operation, agents and detectives seized the following:  Over a pound of heroin, small quantities of methamphetamine, …
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Nine defendants charged in international drug trafficking conspiracy

… includes excerpts from calls and text messages intercepted over federally-authorized wiretaps. According to the … of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. § 3553.    …
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Eight Defendants Arrested For Drug Trafficking In Operation Three Amigos

… and several rounds of ammunition, four vehicles and over $10,000 in United States currency from members of the …
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Caribbean Corridor Strike Force Seizes Two Tons Of Cocaine

… avoiding interdiction, one of the Zodiac crew members fell overboard while in the process of throwing bales into the water.  A total of three bales were recovered from the ocean along with the man that had fallen over board.  The Zodiac type boat was detained with a total …
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25 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking At Santa Catalina Public Housing Project In Yauco, Puerto Rico

… violent drug trafficking organizations to take control over the lives of innocent people who live in Santa Catalina …
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Fourteen Indicted In Large-Scale Heroin Trafficking Ring

… “Hollywood” and “Donald Trump” stamped heroin connected to overdose deaths OCT 14 - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Fourteen … brand of heroin has been associated with a number of overdose deaths in western New England that occurred in late … quantities of the narcotic.  Between 2000 and 2014, opioid overdose deaths have more than tripled with a spike in …
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Oxycodone Drug Trafficking Ring Faces Federal And State Operating From Massachusetts, Florida And Puerto Rico

… charged with: Count 1: Conspiracy to Traffic in Oxycodone over 28grams, a first degree felony mandating a 25 year …
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Top Department Of Justice Award Recognizes Federal, State, Local Law Enforcement Efforts Along The “Heroin Highway”

… heroin to street level drug dealers and drug users. Over the past two years, law enforcement agents and officers …
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Two Aryan Brotherhood Of Mississippi Gang Members Convicted On Federal Racketeering Charges

… that incubates in our prison systems and spills over to our streets," said Special Agent in Charge Alway. …
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DEA And Louisiana State Police Dismantle Local Drug Trafficking Organization

… seizure of an AR-15 rifle, a half kilogram of heroin, and over $400,000 in cash. Staggers and Session also are charged …
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Medical Doctor Indicted For Causing Patient’s Overdose Death In Staten Island

… Medical Doctor Indicted For Causing Patient’s Overdose Death In Staten Island December 21, 2017 New York … legitimate medical purpose, which resulted in Benedetto’s overdose death on March 5, 2016 in Staten Island. Dr. Tesher … abusing those narcotics. Benedetto died of a drug overdose on March 5, 2016, two days after he had been …
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Former Top Leaders Of Venezuela’s Anti-Narcotics Agency Indicted For Trafficking Drugs To The United States

… when they served as the top officials for ONA, Venezuela’s government agency charged with combating narcotics … documents, Kotosky and Villasana allegedly used official government vehicles to transport more than seven metric tons … efforts. Drug law enforcement working in the U.S. and overseas will continue to stop those at every level and …
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Members Of Queens-Based Drug Trafficking Crew Indicted For Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy, Kidnapping, And Firearms Offenses

… arrested in another case in order to enforce their control over the crew’s activities. As this prosecution … imprisonment and a maximum of life imprisonment. The government’s case is being prosecuted by the Office’s …
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Operation OG Style Knocks Out Violent Street Gang Members

… Administration and the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. Over the past several months, investigators have monitored … were served across the valley as part of this undercover operation coined “Operation OG Style.” Dozens of …
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Gang Alliance That Ravaged West Bronx With Gunfire And New England Towns With Drugs Is Dismantled

… these four gangs battled on the streets of the Bronx over drug profits made in New England, or purely for the … also were seized.           Fifteen firearms have been recovered, as well as large capacity feeding devices and …
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Long Island Doctor Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Distribution Of Oxycodone

… Service Criminal Investigation, New (IRS). At trial, the government’s evidence established that Stambler provided … Stambler’s vehicle shortly after the drug deal. The government’s evidence also established that on a separate … prescription drug sales and abuse.  Sixty percent of overdose deaths nationwide involve prescription drugs, and …