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Reno Doctor Robert Rand Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter Of Patient And Unlawful Distribution Of Nearly 24,000 Oxycodone Pills

July 17, 2017
… Of Patient And Unlawful Distribution Of Nearly 24,000 Oxycodone Pills July 17, 2017 Los Angeles Contact Info … in 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg, and 30 mg dosages, Percocet, hydrocodone, fentanyl, as well as other substances, such as …
July 17, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

San Francisco man pleads guilty to crimes related to illegal fentanyl pill manufacturing operation

July 12, 2019
… 571-387-5018 Defendant admits advertising pills online as oxycodone while manufacturing and distributing thousands of … counterfeit pills that attempt to mimic the effects of oxycodone, and can typically be obtained at a lower cost … admitted that his role in the conspiracy included buying a pill press, using it to manufacture pills and …
July 12, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Five Defendants Sentenced For On-Line Trafficking Of Prescription Drugs

January 27, 2014
… substances, specifically Methylphenidate, Amphetamine, Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, alprazolam, and Diazapam, to others … and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stevan Buys. On …
January 27, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 7 Years for Operating Cocaine Delivery Service in Chicago Area

December 16, 2022
… Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 7 Years for Operating Cocaine Delivery Service in Chicago Area December 16, 2022 Chicago … bags for retail sale and dispatched drivers to complete deliveries to customers. One of the drivers was Tony …
December 16, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Bitcoin Exchanger Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Four Years In Prison For Selling Nearly $1 Million In Bitcoins For Drug Buys On Silk Road

January 20, 2015
… Prison For Selling Nearly $1 Million In Bitcoins For Drug Buys On Silk Road January 20, 2015 New York Contact Info … Road,” a black-market website designed to enable users to buy and sell illegal drugs anonymously and beyond the reach …
January 20, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Medical Director of Baltimore County Pain Management Clinic Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute and Dispense Oxycodone

June 16, 2022
… Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute and Dispense Oxycodone June 16, 2022 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact … by the Practice (which indicated the patient was likely buying medications off the street or was doctor-shopping); …
June 16, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Marin Doctor Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Prescribing Oxycodone Outside The Usual Course Of Professional Practice And Without A Legitimate Medical Purpose

July 19, 2016
… Doctor Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Prescribing Oxycodone Outside The Usual Course Of Professional Practice … guilty on March 8, 2016, to one count of distributing oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, outside the …
July 19, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Former CEO Of Bitcoin Exchange Company Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Two Years In Prison For Helping To Sell Nearly $1 Million In Bitcoins For Drug Buys On Silk Road

December 19, 2014
… For Helping To Sell Nearly $1 Million In Bitcoins For Drug Buys On Silk Road December 19, 2014 New York Contact Info … Road,” a black-market website designed to enable users to buy and sell illegal drugs anonymously and beyond the reach …
December 19, 2014
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Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

October 04, 2023
… Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning … text message, acting like a dispatcher, coordinating drug deliveries by messaging his couriers and his customers. In …
October 04, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Federal grand jury charges three men for distributing fentanyl-laced pills that caused death of rapper Mac Miller

October 02, 2019
… McCormick with 10 “blues” – a street term for 30-milligram oxycodone pills – as well as cocaine and the sedative … providing McCormick with genuine oxycodone when he made the delivery during the early morning hours of Sept. 5, Pettit … law enforcement is using informants and undercover to buy them on the street do they can start putting ppl in …
October 02, 2019
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Triad Residents Sentenced On Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges

December 01, 2016
… United States Postal Service to ship pounds of marijuana in overnight packages from Fresno, California, to … sender and receiver names and no signature was required for delivery. Once the marijuana was received in North Carolina, …
December 01, 2016
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Three Defendants Arrested for Operating Narcotics Delivery Service Responsible for Three Overdose Deaths from Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine

February 01, 2022
… Three Defendants Arrested for Operating Narcotics Delivery Service Responsible for Three Overdose Deaths from … contact who, like a dispatcher, coordinated narcotics deliveries with his couriers and his customers.   Rainey and …
February 01, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Former Union General Hospital CEO, ER Director, And Blairsville Physician Indicted For Illegally Prescribing And Obtaining Prescription Pain Pills

April 09, 2018
… Gowder allegedly conspired together to illegally obtain oxycodone, hydrocodone, and alprazolam. Dr. David Gowder unlawfully …
April 09, 2018
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Senior Citizens

December 23, 2024
… by drug traffickers to trick unsuspecting Americans into buying and using counterfeit pills that look identical to … they are purchasing real pharmaceutical drugs such as Oxycodone, Adderall, Xanax, and other drugs from legitimate …
December 23, 2024
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Mariah Ferry and Jose Torrez plead guilty to federal kidnapping charges for abducting and brutally beating two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

February 14, 2020
… contacted M.T. under a ruse that Smothermon wanted to buy marijuana from M.T. When M.T. arrived at Smothermon’s … to another location where those co-conspirators held M.T. overnight before releasing him. On Aug. 9, 2017, Ferry drove …
February 14, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $10 Million Civil Penalty Recovery Against New York Pharmaceutical Distributor Kinray, LLC.

December 23, 2016
… controlled substances, including Schedule II (such as oxycodone and its derivatives), to pharmacies, doctors, and … during the relevant period, Kinray had shipped oxycodone or hydrocodone to more than 20 New York-area pharmacy locations … to improve the processes that govern its handling and delivery of controlled substances to its customers.    This …
December 23, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Sentenced to 144 Months for Drug Trafficking in the Tri Cities

March 29, 2023
… 2020, Madrigal-Deniz made arrangements for a ten-pound delivery of methamphetamine from Muniz-De La Mora, who …
March 29, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Local Doctor And Pharmacist Arrested In Pill Mill Investigation

January 20, 2016
… charges numerous individuals in conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone and Hydrocodone at Dallas pill mill DALLAS - A local doctor and …
January 20, 2016
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Oxycodone

January 24, 2025
Narcotics (Opioids)
Oxycodone is a semi-synthetic narcotic analgesic and historically has been a popular drug of abuse among the narcotic abusing population.
January 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Eight Arrested On Federal Steroid And Prescription Narcotic Distribution Charges

May 15, 2015
… of, various controlled substances including steroids and oxycodone: Steven Santucci - , 38, of Waterbury, and a … steroids.  Santucci frequently used an application called WhatsApp to communicate with his customers.  Chickos, Mase … of steroids and prescription (including Roxicodone, Oxycodone, Suboxone and Opana).  Gentile is alleged to be a …
May 15, 2015
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DEA Issues Warning About Illegal Online Pharmacies

October 04, 2024
… they are purchasing real pharmaceutical drugs such as Oxycodone, Adderall, Xanax, and other drugs from legitimate … discounts to deceive customers into believing they were buying from a reputable business. Often these illegal, …
PRESS RELEASE

Two Dallas Women Sentenced In Opioid Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

April 24, 2017
… obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and then distribute those controlled substances … Cornelius Robinson that a customer wanted to purchase 30mg oxycodone pills and 10mg hydrocodone pills from her. Cane …
April 24, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Former Union General Hospital CEO and two Blairsville doctors sentenced to federal prison for illegally prescribing and obtaining pain pills

June 29, 2020
… after presenting to two local pharmacies three forged oxycodone prescriptions purportedly issued by a hospital … Heaton had illegally prescribed increasing quantities of hydrocodone and oxycodone to Mike Gowder between 2012 and … learned that Heaton issued prescriptions for hydrocodone, oxycodone, and methadone to two female patients outside the …
June 29, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Brothers Sentenced To Federal Prison For Delivery Of Heroin Resulting In Death

May 19, 2015
… Brothers Sentenced To Federal Prison For Delivery Of Heroin Resulting In Death May 19, 2015 Seattle …
May 19, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 23 Members Of Bronx Drug Trafficking Crew With Distributing Crack Cocaine, Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Oxycodone

August 08, 2013
… Distributing Crack Cocaine, Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Oxycodone August 08, 2013 New York Contact Info Contact Us … cocaine, marijuana, (commonly known as ecstasy), and Oxycodone. The defendants allegedly controlled the areas … from drug dealers in the area controlled by BMG. During the buys, officers were able to purchase significant street …
August 08, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Special Delivery Dismantles International Interstate Drug Ring

June 15, 2011
… Operation Special Delivery Dismantles International Interstate Drug Ring June …
June 15, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges In Manhattan Federal Court Against Former Physician’s Assistant For Minor League Hockey Team And Former Player For Team Relating To The Distribution Of Oxycodone

September 09, 2014
… And Former Player For Team Relating To The Distribution Of Oxycodone September 09, 2014 New York Contact Info Contact … identified two people who allegedly supplied him diverted oxycodone, Jordan Hart and Oscar Johnson.  Let this be …
September 09, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

May 08, 2023
… cartels are hiding fentanyl in fake pills that look like oxycodone, Xanax, and Percocet. The cartels are also mixing … TikTok, and Snapchat—and encrypted platforms—including WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Wire, and Wickr—to sell pills …
May 08, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Woman Who Managed On-Demand Drug Delivery Service that Catered to Students and Young Professionals Sentenced to Over Four Years in Federal Prison

April 18, 2025
… Woman Who Managed On-Demand Drug Delivery Service that Catered to Students and Young … 2023, Gonzalez managed an on-demand drug trafficking delivery service known as “The Shop” that supplied a broad …
April 18, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Murder-For-Hire Plot Foiled Againist a DEA Task Force Officer

July 15, 2020
… Martinez, and his sister, Garcia, to arrange for delivery of the murder-for-hire fee. Gomez advised them that … photo of the DEA task force officer via the messaging app, WhatsApp. The following day, she flashed the image during a …
July 15, 2020

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