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DEA Arrests Former King County Deputy - Charged With Methamphetamine Conspiracy And Distribution

… officer employed by the King County Sheriff's (KCSO) from 2002 to July 9, 2013.  In 2009, Wright was assigned to … violations of the Controlled Substances Act.  He resigned from office in July 2013.  The investigation was led by the … is pending trial in King County on state charges stemming from his 2013 conduct as a DEA Task Force Officer prior to …
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… of communities participate in this weekend’s event from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO - DEA reprises one of … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
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Rideout Health To Pay Civil Monetary Penalties To Resolve Controlled Substance Act Claims

… sufficient security controls. This settlement arises from a Drug Enforcement (DEA) investigation that began after DEA received information from the California State Board of Pharmacy that Fremont … Medical Center’s DEA Registration had expired, and that from October 23, 2012, to October 23, 2014, pharmacy …
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Prescription Drug Take-Back Day On Saturday April 26

… Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division Info Community … on Drug Use and Health.  And more Americans died in 2010 from overdoses of prescription (22,134, including 16,651 …
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Marijuana Cases Update

… by the DEA and IRS Criminal Investigation with assistance from the Treasury Inspector General of Tax Administration, … Enforcement Team. 907 Marijuana Plants/Firearm Seized from Stanislaus County Riverside Grow (1:12-cr-342 AWI) - … California beside the San Joaquin River. Water was diverted from the San Joaquin River to irrigate the illegal …
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Leader of cocaine trafficking organization admits guilt

… to transport kilogram-quantities of cocaine and other drugs from Texas and California and into the Savannah area from as early as February 2014 until his capture in March … to Savannah, and distributed to mid-level dealers operating from several Savannah-area residences. On March 5, 2018, law …
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Highlands County Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

… of members at all levels of the criminal enterprise - from top leaders, to people who cooked crack cocaine, to … to distribute cocaine.  McCray has a prior conviction from the Southern District of Florida for possession with … of cocaine base.  The senior McCray has a prior conviction from the Southern District of Florida for conspiracy to …
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Drug Seizure Provides Local K-9s with Great Training Opportunity

… West Palm Beach - 561-684-8000 presser.JPG K-9 handlers from West Palm Beach Police Department (PD); Palm Beach … Juno Beach PD; and Port St. Lucie PD accept an opportunity from DEA to train their canines on a very large cocaine … but also the purity.  MIAMI  — K-9 law enforcement officers from South Florida got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to …
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Charges Unsealed Against Specially Designated Global Terrorist Mohammad Bazzi and Talal Chahine

… alleged activities in the United States, as directed from Lebanon. Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the … he could secretly move hundreds of thousands of dollars from the United States to Lebanon without detection by law … millions of dollars to Hizballah over the years, generated from his business activities in Belgium, Lebanon, Iraq and …
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Mercer County man charged with possessing heroin with intent to distribute

… and the surrounding area. Based on information received from a reliable source, law enforcement officials determined … Law enforcement officials followed Bell in his vehicle from Trenton to Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Bell drove to an apartment complex, retrieved a bag from the trunk of his vehicle and entered an apartment. …
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Baton Rouge man indicted for international money laundering in furtherance of an international drug conspiracy and other related charges

… who had purchased the substances online, to accept payments from the individual buyers, and to transmit funds from the sales to others operating outside the United … transactions to promote the conspiracy, by wiring funds from his business bank accounts in Baton Rouge to India. The …
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Gang Member Sentenced to Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking

… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States … Jae W. Chung Domestic Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina Additional Division Info Community … Additional photos of firearms and ammunition recovered from Takedown.jpg AUGUSTA, Ga. --  A member of a violent …
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Warren County Man Indicted on Charges Including Machine Gun Possession, Methamphetamine Trafficking

… of illegal drugs in our communities, and to remove firearms from those who are prohibited from owning them,” said U.S. Attorney Estes. McGahee was … followed a recent search of his residence where agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and deputies …
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Two Convicted for Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization with Ties to Mexican Cartel

… of the organization who coordinated fentanyl shipments from Sinaloa, Mexico to Massachusetts and the laundering of … the delivery of $150,000 which was ultimately seized from Heraux as he attempted to deliver the money on behalf … in February 2021, 197 grams of fentanyl was seized from Heraux as he attempted to deliver the drugs to a …
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New Britain Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Fentanyl

… kilogram-quantities of narcotics, primarily fentanyl, from a source in Mexico, and then distributed the drug to … Members of the organization delivered cash generated from the sale of narcotics to a money broker in Brooklyn, … 2019, investigators seized more than $200,000 in cash from members of the drug trafficking organization. Gonzalez …
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Covetrus Agrees To Pay $1,125,000 for Failing to Adequately Address Suspicious Opioid Orders and for Inadequate Recordkeeping Practices

… for Failing to Adequately Address Suspicious Opioid Orders and for Inadequate Recordkeeping Practices October 30, 2024 … worldwide. Under the settlement, Covetrus NA admitted that, from March 29, 2016 through June 18, 2019, its internal …
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Former Mexican Lawyer Who Became Major Meth Supplier to Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Prison

… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Stalled During the Pandemic Tacoma – A former attorney from Mexico was sentenced June 21, 2024, to 90 months in … U.S. District Judge David G. Estudillo rejected arguments from the defense that Castellanos-Tapia played a minor role …
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Leader of International Drug Trafficking Organization Operating in Oregon Sentenced to Federal Prison

… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … of DEA, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and our many partners from law enforcement agencies across Oregon led to the … trafficking organization, whose sole purpose is to profit from addiction and suffering. This far-reaching …
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East Bay Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Opioids Outside the Scope of Medical Practice

… sentencing memorandum, Karimi practiced medicine from an accessory dwelling unit on the grounds of her suburban home from roughly 2011 to 2022. Her practice operated under the … investigating Karimi after receiving concerning information from the family of one of Karimi’s former patients, who had …
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Five Individuals Sentenced to Prison for Meth Trafficking and Money Laundering

… He obtained large quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico and paid couriers, including Darius Robinson, to … and distributed several hundred pounds of methamphetamine from 2021 through 2022. Court documents established that … frequently received large quantities of methamphetamine from Mario Rodriguez Diaz. Specifically, they received …
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Savannah Woman Pleads Guilty to Laundering ‘Pill Mill’ Money

… our communities.” "Whipple-Duncan profited significantly from this clinic. Her greedy actions directly contributed to … of opioids." “Jamesetta Whipple-Duncan directly profited from the pain Dr. Frank Bynes caused to the community,” said … military and their families, at times seeking pain relief from an injury, have been substantially impacted from the …
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Leader of Cocaine Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Two Decades in Federal Prison

… “The cocaine distributor in this case has been removed from the streets and will now serve well-deserved time in … more than 35 kilograms of cocaine and other drugs from Texas and California destined for the Savannah area, from as early as February 2014 until his capture in March …
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Arizona Man Sentenced for Role in International Drug Trafficking Ring Targeting Alaska

… Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Smuggled Meth, Heroin and Cocaine from Mexico ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Arizona man was sentenced … smuggled over a dozen kilos of meth, heroin and cocaine from Mexico into Alaska for six years. As part of his role … has entered a plea of guilty and it is awaiting acceptance from the Court. Serena Joseph, 41, pleaded guilty to drug …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… @DEALouisville Jim Scott Domestic Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia Additional Division Info Community … our communities, but we’re essentially drinking water from a firehose,” said Special Agent in Charge J. Todd … a potentially deadly dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from 4 out of 10 pills in 2021 and 6 out of 10 pills in …
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Former Employee of San Francisco Money Services Business Charged with Conspiring to Launder Drug Proceeds

… numbers depicted in the photograph she had earlier received from her unnamed co-conspirator. The complaint further alleges that records received from the money services business confirm Barrientos … example, the complaint alleges that surveillance footage from the money services business from April 25, 2023, shows …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 136 Months for Drug Trafficking in the Tri Cities

… more of pure methamphetamine. De La Mora Cardenas, who is from Colima, Mexico, also will serve 5 years of federal supervision after he is released from custody.  According to information disclosed during … arrangements for a ten-pound delivery of methamphetamine from Muniz-De La Mora, who brought a four-year-old child to …
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Aryan Brotherhood Associate Pleads Guilty to a Racketeering Conspiracy

… Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas … 387-3956 Includes Murders, Assaults, and Drug Trafficking from Within California Prisons SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Justin … heroin and methamphetamine trafficking operation from their shared prison cell. They used smuggled cellphones …
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Fort Myers Felon Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Federal Prison for Firearms and Drug Offenses

… According to court documents, on October 16, 2020, deputies from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a hotel in … of the firearms to Berklin, who had recently been released from a 10-year prison sentence. As a convicted felon, he is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition. Approximately three …
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Berkeley Brothers Plead Guilty to Selling Fentanyl in San Francisco's Tenderloin

… time and again with his older brother David Ordonez, 20, from an apartment they shared in Berkeley to the Tenderloin … March 9, 2022, he and his brother David Ordonez travelled from their Berkeley apartment to the Tenderloin to sell … again travelled with his brother David Ordonez from their Berkeley apartment to the Tenderloin. …
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Perry Man Convicted of Drug Trafficking Charges

… source purchased approximately ¼ ounce of methamphetamine from Basha at his residence; on August 12, 2021, a second … source purchased approximately ¾ ounce of methamphetamine from Basha at his residence; on August 20, 2021, the second … confidential source purchased an ounce of methamphetamine from Basha at his residence; and on August 25, 2021, an …