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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27, 2019

April 23, 2019
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … of prescription drug abusers say they get their drugs free from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take Back Day is a unique …
April 23, 2019
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DEA Denver and partners in the Rocky Mountain Region hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27th.

April 24, 2019
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … of prescription drug abusers say they get their drugs free from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take Back Day is a unique …
April 24, 2019
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Chicago pharmacy technician sentenced to five years in prison for stealing opioids and selling them for profit

November 21, 2019
… located in the 2700 block of West North Avenue in Chicago. From October 2015 to December 2017, Cruz and a co-defendant, … and Green received at least $10,800 in proceeds from the sale of the stolen pills.  Cruz concealed the theft …
November 21, 2019
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DEA announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 20, 2020
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Collection sites will adhere … DEA will also accept vape pens or other e-cigarette devices from individual consumers, only after the batteries are …
October 20, 2020
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DEA and partners raid five illicit marijuana grow sites in eradication operation

August 27, 2020
… of August, 25, 2020, more than 70 law enforcement officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration Grand Junction Resident Office and law enforcement partners from 12 federal, state and local agencies conducted a … of Land Management. Alongside law enforcement partners from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, HSI, FBI, ATF, …
August 27, 2020
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United States reaches $200,000 settlement with Siskiyou County pharmacy for controlled substances act violations

July 28, 2020
… Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas … archived DEA-E-222 form for orders of controlled substances from a distributor, to properly document the quantity and/or date of controlled substances received from a distributor, and to conduct a complete and accurate …
July 28, 2020
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Judge in Del Rio sentences latin king gang member to federal prison for methamphetamine conspiracy

February 05, 2020
… with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Barajas is from Houston, Mendoza is from Austin, and the remaining co-defendants are from San Antonio. Sentencings for the codefendants ranged up …
February 05, 2020
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th Annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 07, 2018
… Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic Federal, state and local partners collect close to one million pounds … Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and federal partners, DEA collected and destroyed close to … - simply by disposing of unwanted prescription medications from their medicine cabinets,” said DEA Acting Administrator …
May 07, 2018
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Man Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

April 26, 2018
… imposed the sentence today in Trenton federal court. From June 2014 through December 2014, Zamora engaged in a … officers recovered an additional two kilograms of heroin from his home. Two other members of the conspiracy, Harry …
April 26, 2018
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America Responds To National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 07, 2018
… pounds, or 4,982 tons. “Removing unwanted medication from the home is an important step in preventing misuse.  We … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
May 07, 2018
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Ohio Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Distributing Fentanyl That Resulted In Fatal Overdose

April 26, 2017
… City - (571) 362-0443 Leroy Steele Obtained Fentanyl From China Before Distributing the Drug in Northern OH … years in prison for selling Fentanyl that had been obtained from China, and resulted in a fatal overdose.  Acting U.S. …
April 26, 2017
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Dallas Woman Sentenced In Opioid Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

April 10, 2017
… of Prisons on May 23, 2017.  Lewis’ guilty plea stemmed from her role in a pill mill operating during parts of … superseding indictments. The 2015 indictment alleged that from at least May 2013 through July 2014, the defendants … to drive a co-conspirator carrying 30mg oxycodone pills from Dallas to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in …
April 10, 2017
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Spring, TX Man Handed Significant Sentence In Large Scale Meth Conspiracy

November 06, 2014
… Spring, TX Man Handed Significant Sentence In Large Scale Meth Conspiracy … a very pure form known as “ICE,” which had been imported from Mexico. The Judge noted that Reyes possessed firearms, … lead a large-scale drug operation and benefited financially from the sale of narcotics. Judge Lake commented that his …
November 06, 2014
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Montana Doctor Arrested After Two Year Investigation

August 27, 2015
… patients, Christensen had patients who came to see him from eight other states. "These 400 felony charges relate to … patients of the more than 4,700 medical files seized from his office," said Ravalli County Attorney Bill … said Kara Philbrick-Lenker, 43, of Missoula, died in 2013 from a prescription drug overdose, including methadone. In …
August 27, 2015
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Texas Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 18 Years In Prison And Forfeits More Than $1.2 Million

February 20, 2015
… had used various modes of transportation to move the drugs from Texas to Ocala, and had employed a series of drivers, … a traffic stop of a truck Tovar was driving on his way from Texas. During the stop and ensuing search of the … Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, with assistance from the Unified Drug Enforcement Strike Team, which is …
February 20, 2015
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Ocala Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years For Distributing Cocaine And Money Laundering

April 02, 2015
… Mexico. For more than seven years, he obtained cocaine from Rolando Pinon and then redistributed the multi-kilogram … drivers, including Jose Manuel Tovar, to drive the cocaine from south Texas to Ocala. Swoll received profits of … Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, with assistance from the Unified Drug Enforcement Strike Team, which is …
April 02, 2015
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Orlando Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Heroin And Fentanyl That Resulted In Death

March 20, 2017
… purchase heroin, bragging about the potency of the heroin. From January 2015 through October 7, 2015, Margenat-Castro … contacted Margenat-Castro and arranged to purchase heroin from him. The buyer drove to Orlando from Georgia and …
March 20, 2017
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British National Admits Role In Cocaine Smuggling Conspiracy

June 18, 2013
… Suspicious Pharmaceutical Activities: (973)776-1172 Towanda Thorne-James Special Agent In Charge View Towanda … that smuggled cocaine aboard commercial airlines from the West Indies to England via the United States. Prine … Britain, for allegedly transporting narcotics directly from St. Lucia to Great Britain. Jones was extradited from …
June 18, 2013
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New Jersey Residents Turn In Nearly 15,000 Pounds Of Expired And Unwanted Prescriptions

October 01, 2015
… drugs.  The nine previous Take-Back events nationwide from 2010-2014 resulted in 4.8 million pounds or 2,400 tons … the expired, unused, or unwanted prescription medications from their homes.  The first step in the prevention of abuse … did just that.”  Every day approximately 120 people die from a drug overdose, about half from prescription opioids …
October 01, 2015
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Trenton Man Admits Intent To Distribute Over 100 Grams Of Heroin

February 10, 2016
… had been the target of an investigation led by detectives from the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, Special Investigations Unit, and officers from the Trenton Police Department, in cooperation with the … Law enforcement seized approximately 130 grams of heroin from Brown’s home, where detectives also discovered a loaded …
February 10, 2016
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California Man Sentenced To 46 Months For Laundering Drug Proceeds

December 13, 2017
… imposed the sentence today in Trenton federal court. From June 2014 through November 2014, Madrid conspired with … to distribute four kilograms of heroin that were recovered from a hidden compartment in his vehicle. Dany …
December 13, 2017
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Two Individuals Arrested For Illicit Prescription Drug Trafficking In Seminole County

September 05, 2013
… (571) 362-2942 Miami.Training@dea.gov A Sergeant from the Sanford Police Department has been put on administrative leave stemming from this investigation ORLANDO, FL - Mark R. Trouville, … to traffic hydromorphone. Based on the charging documents, from June to August 2013, Tillman sold approximately 240 …
September 05, 2013
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Colombian Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges

September 26, 2013
… count.  Torres-Martinez was extradited on April 25, 2013, from Colombia to the Middle District of Florida to face … these charges.            According to court documents, from 2001 until June 2012, Torres-Martinez and his drug … or fishing vessels to transport the cocaine shipments from Colombia to Honduras, for distribution into the U.S.  …
September 26, 2013
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Two Sentenced In Connection With Sunshine Pharmacy Health Care Fraud

March 31, 2014
… in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud that operated from Sunshine Pharmacy in Naples, Florida.  Delmer Holmes … to the State of Florida.     According to court documents, from in or around February 2009, through in or about July … and caused claims to be submitted for reimbursement from the Medicaid, Medicare, and TRICARE programs for …
March 31, 2014
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Chicago Man Sentenced To 90 Months On Heroin And Firearms Charges

January 27, 2017
… approximately 40 grams of heroin and a loaded firearm from a hotel room Hill was using in Chattanooga.  Hill … and firearm were his and that he was sent to Chattanooga from Chicago to sell heroin for the Vice Lords, a violent … to impose a sentence that would deter future drug dealers from Chicago and elsewhere from traveling to the Eastern …
January 27, 2017
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Joseph Zapatero Sentenced To Fourteen Years In Prison For Selling Drugs In Windsor And Burlington, Vermont

September 28, 2011
… years of supervised release to be served after his release from prison. According to Court records, between November of … in both Windsor and Burlington. On many occasions, couriers from Vermont traveled to New York City to pick up drugs from Zapatero and to transport money to him there. Money …
September 28, 2011
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Second Nationwide Drug Take Back Surpasses Last Year’s Totals

May 06, 2011
… accepted unused, expired, and unwanted prescription drugs from community members in every state, Puerto Rico, and the … of teens believe that prescription drugs are easy to get from the medicine cabinet of friends and family. … massive amount of unused, unwanted, and expired medications from homes. Collectively working together, community members …
May 06, 2011
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Ledyard Man Who Distributed Heroin Involved In Overdose Death Pleads Guilty

December 20, 2016
… to one count of distribution of heroin. This matter stems from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics … revealed that the victim had arranged to purchase heroin from Paprocki.  Paprocki then purchased the heroin from Rudy Hernandez and sold it to the victim.  Paprocki has …
December 20, 2016
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Waterbury Man Sentenced To More Than 4 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin

February 16, 2017
… revealed that the victim purchased heroin and other drugs from at least two sources in the days leading up to her … law enforcement made four controlled purchases of heroin from Weaver.  Weaver was arrested on August 9, 2016.  On … M35, a 2007 Lexus ES350, and $1,956 in cash that was seized from him at the time of his arrest. This matter was …
February 16, 2017
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New York City Man Sentenced For Trafficking Heroin In Vermont

April 03, 2017
… Goodwin was bringing quantities of heroin and cocaine base from New York City to Vermont via bus in order to distribute those drugs. On June 28, 2016, agents from the DEA arrested Goodwin and his co-defendant, Annette …
April 03, 2017