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Leader Of Large Prescription Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison

July 09, 2015
… that smuggled large quantities of Alprolazam (Xanax) from Mexico to Kentucky and Tennessee dating back to 1996 … trafficking organization, which brought prescription drugs from Mexico to eastern Kentucky and northern Tennessee for … firearms, vehicles, and other property. King admitted that, from around 1996 until September of 2013, he developed a …
July 09, 2015
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DEA To Hold 10TH National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

September 22, 2015
… and Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th DETROIT - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
September 22, 2015
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Seventh Member Of Ohio Oxycodone Money Laundering Conspiracy Pleads

September 13, 2016
… to participating in a conspiracy to launder the proceeds from the illegal sale of dangerous painkillers, including … According to court documents, Castro deposited the proceeds from the illegal sale of oxycodone to a bank account in … by someone Castro knew was illegally trafficking pills from Las Vegas to Columbus. Castro pleaded guilty to one …
September 13, 2016
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Two Defendants Sentenced In Opioid Pill Mill Case

March 24, 2017
… by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater stemming from their involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced … drug distribution conspiracy.  That indictment alleged that from at least May 2013 through July 2014, the defendants … in Brady, Texas, he and Barron transferred the oxycodone from the prescription bottle labelled for the other …
March 24, 2017
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

April 22, 2014
… unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 national, tribal, and community law … on Drug Use and Health.  And more Americans died in 2010 from overdoses of prescription (22,134, including 16,651 …
April 22, 2014
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“Shrek” Receives Significant Sentence In Operation El Patron

December 22, 2014
… drug and international money laundering charges resulting from a long-term Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task … organization. He assisted with a drug conspiracy, existing from 2006 to 2010, that shipped cocaine, marijuana and U.S. currency from Mexico through Laredo to Atlanta, Ga., and throughout …
December 22, 2014
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More Los Zetas Money Launderers Convicted, Others Head To Prison

October 30, 2012
… who transported bulk cash drug proceeds in tractor trailers from the Chicago, Ill., area to Laredo. Casarez then … as a commercial truck driver who transported drug proceeds from the Chicago area to Laredo. Santos was implicated in … for the organization and coordinated the cash deliveries from the Chicago area to Laredo totaling approximately $6 …
October 30, 2012
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19 Arrested In Connection With Austin-Based Cocaine Distribution And Bulk Cash Smuggling Operation

February 21, 2013
… count of bulk cash smuggling. The indictment alleges that from January 2009 to the present the defendants conspired to … multiple sources of cocaine smuggled into the United States from Mexico. Authorities allege that in addition to … Florida and Alabama for further distribution. Proceeds from the sale of the cocaine were transported back to Austin …
February 21, 2013
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Denver Woman Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Prescription And Illicit Drugs

October 17, 2012
… of confidants who would obtain controlled substances, all from the same medical doctor.  The confidants would then … officers observed Hee and a co-defendant sell the narcotics from an SUV in various parking lots.  As part of the … (commonly known as ecstasy), cocaine, and marijuana from Hee and her co-defendant.  Some of the sales took place …
October 17, 2012
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Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

May 02, 2013
… David S. Olesky Domestic Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah Additional Division Info Salt Lake City District … to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers. … (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,829 locations …
May 02, 2013
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Longmont Police Department And DEA Arrest Doctor For Oxycodone Distribution

August 19, 2015
… Indictment alleges doctor illegally distributed from his practice LONGMONT, Colo. - The Longmont Police … of Oxycodone, a schedule II controlled substance, from his medical practice.  The arrest was based on a Grand Jury Indictment from the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office.  The …
August 19, 2015
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Sets New Record

May 06, 2016
… or approximately 17.7 tons of medicines that were prevented from being diverted for abuse, misuse, or accidental … drug abusers report in surveys that they get their drugs from friends and family.  Americans understand that cleaning out old prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, kitchen drawers, and bedside tables …
May 06, 2016
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Naples Man Pleads Guilty In Connection With Sunshine Pharmacy Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

February 19, 2015
… been scheduled.           According to the plea agreement, from February 2009 through July 2012, Adam Parrish conspired … and caused claims to be submitted for reimbursement from the Medicaid, Medicare, and TRICARE programs for … and caused claims to be submitted for reimbursement from these programs for prescriptions for beneficiaries and …
February 19, 2015
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Three Sentenced In Methamphetamine Conspiracy

June 03, 2015
… approximately two to four kilograms of methamphetamine from Atlanta to Panama City Beach on approximately 10 … up at Love’s apartment carrying cash in amounts ranging from approximately $4,000 to $13,900, for the purchase of methamphetamine from Love.  Kreis and Bettinger admitted that they had …
June 03, 2015
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Head Pharmacist Of West Orange Pharmacy Sentenced To 37 Months In Prison For Selling Oxycodone Without Prescriptions

July 10, 2014
… $1.5 million, consisting of illegal profits obtained from his illegal sales of oxycodone and his submission of … substance when presented with a written prescription from a doctor.   On at least six separate occasions from Feb. 1, 2012, to August 6, 2012, Stefanelli sold …
July 10, 2014
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Former NY Law Firm Partner Admits To Conspiring To Defraud Two Law Firms Out Of More Than $7 Million

November 20, 2017
… litigation support companies to obtain millions of dollars from two law firms where she was a partner. Keila Ravelo, … for a company identified in the indictment as “Law Firm 1” from July 1, 2005, through October 2010. She then became …
November 20, 2017
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DEA New Jersey Welcomes New Special Agent In Charge

December 18, 2017
… first female SAC for DEA in New Jersey.  “I am originally from the Boston area and I am glad to be back in the … In 2016, approximately 1,900 residents of New Jersey died from an opioid overdose.  SAC Nickerson said, “We will … in as a Special Agent in the Boston Division, and graduated from the DEA Academy in Quantico, Virginia.  Upon graduating …
December 18, 2017
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Guatemalan Drug Smuggler Convicted

September 23, 2013
… According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, from a date unknown to September 2011, Hernandez-Preciado … organized a series of maritime cocaine smuggling shipments from Ecuador to Guatemala. Specifically on May 19, 2011, a …            Evidence presented at trial included testimony from members of the USCG, wiretap intercepts conducted by …
September 23, 2013
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Bahamian And Jamaican Nationals Charged With Marijuana Importation

December 16, 2013
… announce the indictment of Quinton Jamal Mitchell, 31, from Sweeting's Cay Settlement, Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas, and LeRoy Anthony Edwards, 56, from Kingston, Jamaica. Mitchell and Edwards were arraigned … Mitchell. Upon arriving to shore, Mitchell ran away from the scene. A second male later identified as LeRoy …
December 16, 2013
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

April 23, 2014
… Engage Ft. Lauderdale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than … on Drug Use and Health. And more Americans died in 2010 from overdoses of prescription (22,134, including 16,651 …
April 23, 2014
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Chattanooga Drug Dealer Whose Heroin Led To Death Pleads Guilty

July 03, 2017
… Rachels.  Rachels gave a portion of the heroin she received from Corbett to Logan Whiteaker, who drove her to the drug … was found on the bathroom counter. Whiteaker graduated from Hamilton County Drug Court less than 24 hours prior to … Enforcement Administration, and its task force partners from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, the Tennessee …
July 03, 2017
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Central Falls Man Charged With Conspiring To Traffic Five To Seven Kilos Of Cocaine

January 28, 2011
… R.I., man in a conspiracy to arrange for a drug runner from Rhode Island to travel to England and then Aruba to … traffic between five and seven kilograms of cocaine from Aruba to England. As part of the alleged conspiracy, … in England last summer to arrange for a person to travel from Boston to England and then on to Aruba to pick up a …
January 28, 2011
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Doctor, Physician Assistant Charged With Fraudulently Obtaining And Distributing Prescription Medicines

August 03, 2011
… Rhode Island Hospital. According to the affidavit, an agent from the DEA learned in June that Dr. Villarreal was … that the prescriptions were written on prescription pads from Rhode Island Hospital and were allegedly forged with … show at least 89 prescriptions filled at various pharmacies from July 2009 through June 2011. This matter is being …
August 03, 2011
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Drug Trafficker Receives Seventeen-Year Sentence For Distributing Drugs In Vincennes Area

October 06, 2011
… Methamphetamine, Cocaine, and Marijuana Transported from Mississippi to Indiana INDIANAPOLIS, MN. - A 17-year … that operated in the Washington and Vincennes area from April, 2009 through July, 2010. Eason obtained methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana from the Coldwater, Mississippi area and had the substances …
October 06, 2011
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Hartford Heroin Distributor Sentenced To 8+ Years

February 24, 2017
… and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction. According to court … documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from a DEA Hartford Task Force investigation into a drug … On May 13, 2015, one of Jerrick’s associates traveled from Hartford to New York City where law enforcement …
February 24, 2017
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

September 22, 2015
… Practitioner 571-362-9171 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th BOSTON - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
September 22, 2015
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Firearms Traffickers Sentenced To Federal Prison

December 18, 2015
… Providence today for trafficking more than a dozen firearms from North Carolina into Providence between November 2014 … February 2015, and the interruption of the flow of firearms from North Carolina to an apartment in the Hartford Park … of the flow of illegal firearms into Providence from Greenville, North Carolina, and the arrest of Kinmonte …
December 18, 2015
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Brothers Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Heroin

February 02, 2016
… Prison For Trafficking Heroin February 02, 2016 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … a controlled purchase of approximately 50 grams of heroin from Jimmy and Miguel Estevez.  On November 25, 2013, the brothers travelled from New York to a location in Trumbull, Connecticut, to …
February 02, 2016
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Hartford Grocer, Two Others, Charged With Heroin Trafficking

March 02, 2016
… with heroin trafficking offenses.   This matter stems from an ongoing investigation being conducted by the Drug … Hartford Task Force, which includes participants from the Bristol, East Hartford, Hartford, Manchester, New … trafficking organization that Beltre has been operating from his business, the Beltre Family Grocery store located …
March 02, 2016
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Ellington Man Sentenced To 61 Months In Federal Prison For Stealing Firearm, Selling It To Heroin Dealer

April 25, 2016
… he had just discovered that the revolver had been stolen from his truck.  He also stated Ashline had been his employee.  Analysis of the cellular telephone seized from Pantojas revealed approximately 72 incoming and … by a previously convicted felon.  Ashline was detained from the date of his arrest until June 2015 when he was …
April 25, 2016