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Buffalo Man Going to Prison for More than 20 Years for Selling Heroin and Fentanyl that Resulted in Two Deaths

November 09, 2023
… investigators conducted a combined total of 13 controlled buys of suspected controlled substances from Spain. Following each controlled buy, the suspected controlled substance was analyzed and …
November 09, 2023
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Charlotte Car Dealership Owner and Sales Manager Plead Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy

August 16, 2024
… Martin further facilitated the fraud by allowing G.D. to buy the vehicles using the names of straw purchasers in … and received at least $100,000 in cash from G.D. to buy The Scorpio nightclub, while concealing G.D.’s ownership …
August 16, 2024
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Two Green Bay Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Disguised as Percocet

June 08, 2023
… brother—had negotiated with an Arizona-based source to buy thousands of counterfeit Percocet® “M30” pills … fentanyl. James flew to Arizona in early January 2022 to buy at least 15,000 pills. While there, he sent a video to a large-scale buyer in the Green Bay area. The video showed that James had …
June 08, 2023
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35 Years for Second Drug and Weapons Conviction

August 12, 2021
… calling Mr. Lopez to schedule a $1,000, two-ounce meth buy. Two days later, equipped with an audio/video recording … Mr. Lopez was prohibited by law from possessing – including buying, borrowing, carrying, storing, or shooting – …
August 12, 2021
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 300 Months for Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth

August 08, 2022
… methamphetamine and 98 grams of fentanyl in five controlled buys with law enforcement. Knox also provided a firearm to a felon during one of the controlled buys. In addition, Knox maintained a residence where …
August 08, 2022
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Former Miami-Dade County resident sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for bank fraud and money laundering schemes

September 27, 2018
… an FDIC-insured financial institution for the purpose of buying an apartment in Aventura, Florida. He submitted a … belonging to co-conspirators and accomplices, and by buying property through shell corporations, in order to …
September 27, 2018
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Shawnee Auto Dealer Sentenced To 30 Months For Illegal Deals With Drug Traffickers

July 05, 2011
… to 30 months in federal prison for helping drug dealers buy vehicles used for drug trafficking without attracting … marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine from California to buyers in Kansas and Missouri. Crow introduced Lenie to … another instance, undercover officers talked to Lenie about buying a 2006 Acura TSX for $15,950 in cash. They told him …
July 05, 2011
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Major Drug Trafficker and 12 Others Arrested:

June 17, 2022
… events that occurred on June 15 and 16, including the delivery of cocaine to a Bronx location and search warrants … counterfeit fentanyl pills imprinted to look like 30 mg oxycodone, Adderall, and other prescription drugs. A search …
June 17, 2022
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Two Convicted for Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization with Ties to Mexican Cartel

May 24, 2023
… money launderers. In August 2020, Castillo coordinated the delivery of $200,000 to a separate New York-based money laundering organization, as well as the delivery of $100,000 to an undercover officer in December 2020. In January 2021, Castillo coordinated the delivery of $150,000 which was ultimately seized from Heraux …
May 24, 2023
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St. Louis man sentenced to 60 months

June 26, 2020
… to the truck and Robinson approached the driver to request delivery of the package. Robinson said that he was picking … package in an effort to determine the correct address for delivery of the package. A plastic tote was inside the … and informed Robinson that the package was out for delivery. On January 23, 2019, Robinson returned to the UPS …
June 26, 2020
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Massachusetts Man Convicted of Trafficking Four Tons of Cocaine Hidden Inside Furniture

December 20, 2022
… shipments who managed the recipients of the organization’s deliveries of cocaine shipments and the distribution of the … from Massachusetts to Florida to be present for a cocaine delivery, then flew or drove back to Massachusetts to handle additional cocaine deliveries there.  In total, Montilla coordinated at least a …
December 20, 2022
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High Level Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Leadership Role in Drug Distribution Conspiracy

August 29, 2023
… and often directed other drug ring members to make the deliveries or made the deliveries himself. In intercepted phone calls, Vazquez-Limon was heard arranging delivery of thousands of fentanyl pills and multi-pound …
August 29, 2023
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Thirteen charged, eight search warrants, more than a thousand grams of fentanyl, three firearms seized in Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation

November 19, 2019
… alleged that within the next several weeks two additional deliveries of fentanyl were delivered jointly by Ferrer and Rivera. Each delivery of fentanyl was immediately seized by law … that drugs were allegedly being stored and prepared for delivery by members of the conspiracy in at least two …
November 19, 2019
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Federal & state charges announced in long-term methamphetamine investigation

October 04, 2019
… repeater; 3. Mai Xiong, 32, Wausau, is charged with delivery of methamphetamine (10 to 50 grams), as a party to … has been charged in Marathon County Case 19CF1033 with delivery of methamphetamine (3 to 10 grams) and delivery of methamphetamine (10 to 50 grams), both as a …
October 04, 2019
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Narcotics Charges Against New York City Department Of Education Employee

October 17, 2014
… of several of these packages. Once Paulino received delivery of the packages, he brought them to Rodriguez’s … At least three of these packages were intercepted prior to delivery and found to contain in excess of five kilograms of … the Bronx using the DOE IP Address. After Paulino accepted delivery of the package, he was observed delivering the …
October 17, 2014
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July 15, 2021
… Pharmacy Owners Convicted of Illegally Selling 10 Million Hydrocodone Pills June 30, 2008 26th - Annual IDecember to …
July 15, 2021
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Pill mill doctor sentenced to 13 years for conspiracy to distribute narcotics

May 13, 2019
… clinics – all merely fronts for the illegal distribution of hydrocodone and alprazolam.  “The DEA will continue to … always prescribed a cocktail of medications, including hydrocodone and Xanax, generally for the highest dosages …
May 13, 2019
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Denton Physician Sentenced for Over-Prescribing Opioids

May 19, 2023
… unlawfully prescribed approximately 370,000 dosage units of hydrocodone outside the usual course of professional … repeatedly able to obtain the strongest prescription for Hydrocodone from Evans and one of the nurses without ever …
May 19, 2023
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Arlington Doctor and Nurse Practitioner Found Guilty of Operating a Pill Mill

July 07, 2021
… issued prescriptions for controlled substances – including hydrocodone, alprazolam, acetaminophen with codeine, … prescriptions, 17,000 of which were for the powerful opioid hydrocodone. “Dr. Battle and his coconspirators knowingly …
July 07, 2021
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Arlington Doctor Sentenced to 12 Years in Pill Mill Case

March 25, 2022
… issued prescriptions for controlled substances – including hydrocodone, alprazolam, acetaminophen with codeine, … prescriptions, 17,000 of which were for the powerful opioid hydrocodone. “Dealers of illegal drugs come in many forms.  …
March 25, 2022
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Texas clinic owner and clinic employee sentenced to prison for conspiring to unlawfully prescribe hundreds of thousands of opioids

December 10, 2020
… dispensed prescriptions for over 200,000 dosage units of hydrocodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and over … a Schedule IV controlled substance. The combination of hydrocodone and carisoprodol is a dangerous drug cocktail …
December 10, 2020
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Houston Physician And Pain Management Clinic Owner Convicted Of Running “pill Mill” That Provided Unlawful Prescriptions For Millions Of Doses Of Opioids And Other Controlled Substances

March 29, 2018
… 18,252 prescriptions for over 2.1 million dosage units of hydrocodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and … a Schedule IV controlled substance. The combination of hydrocodone and carisoprodol is a dangerous drug cocktail …
March 29, 2018
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Conviction & Guilty Plea To Internet Drug Trafficking

January 05, 2017
… $1.9 million. These transactions included methamphetamine, hydrocodone, marijuana, steroids, cocaine, and other …
January 05, 2017
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Santa Barbara Methamphetamine Distributor Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison

November 12, 2021
… Info Community Outreach: Ruth Morales (571) 387-6555 Buy-bust narcotics.jpg Seized narcotics  IMG_0455.JPG Seized …
November 12, 2021
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Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Death Resulting from Gun Crimes

November 19, 2024
… of his mother, Lynn Hooks, and his friend, Dakota Carr, to buy a gun for himself and one for his girlfriend from Piazza … pawn shop, and he, Hooks and Carter conspired to have Hooks buy the guns to get around a background check requirement … Hooks lied on a form and falsely claimed to be the guns’ buyer. Carr processed that form, knowing that it contained …
November 19, 2024
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison in Connection with Fentanyl Death

January 26, 2024
… a week. On those occasions Brewer and/or Houston would buy 20 to 40 pills at $10 to $20 per pill. The investigation … facility and contacted Houston and Brewer via Snapchat to buy “Percocet pills.” Matthews disputed that he provided the …
January 26, 2024
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Hayesville, N.C. man sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison for trafficking in methamphetamine

March 25, 2020
… of the investigation, law enforcement conducted controlled buys and seized significant quantities of methamphetamine … sentencing hearing, investigators made three controlled buys of methamphetamine from Jones and seized …
March 25, 2020
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Columbus Convicted Felon Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Attempting to Sell “Meth” in Harris County, Georgia

March 02, 2021
… County Sheriff’s Office and DEA arranged a controlled buy of “ice” methamphetamine from McBride on September 20, … of methamphetamine remaining to sell. The controlled buy occurred at a gas station in Fortson, Georgia (Harris …
March 02, 2021
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Three Fentanyl Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

January 09, 2023
… fentanyl and a controlled purchase was set up by the DEA to buy an additional half kilogram of fentanyl. Rosa Cotto arrived at the buy location with the drugs, and he was arrested. A bag …
January 09, 2023
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Operation Boyztown Results in Rare Life Sentence for Methamphetamine Distributor

May 05, 2020
… drug offenders.  Twenty-five years ago, if you wanted to buy wholesale quantities of drugs at wholesale prices, you … so infiltrated with Mexican cartel operatives, that you can buy pretty much any drug in any state in the country at …
May 05, 2020