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Search of Concord warehouse leads to re-arrest of dark web vendor

… as allegations he violated conditions of supervised release from his 2015 conviction OAKLAND, Calif.  – Jeremy Donagal … to have violated the conditions of his supervised release from his 2015 conviction, where he was originally charged in … § 331(i)(3).    Donagal already was on supervised release from a previous conviction.  Donagal’s previous sentence …
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Sureno street gang member sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking

… a five-year term of court supervision after he is released from federal prison.   According to information disclosed … street gang member, had been released back to Spokane from Washington State prison after serving a term of … attempted first degree assault. The prior conviction arose from an incident where Mullenix shot an individual he …
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DEA and partners hold 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… the Pacific Northwest SEATTLE – This Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, the Drug Enforcement … sites which resulted in 15,279 pounds (7.6 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho – 34 collection sites which resulted in 3,269 pounds (1.6 tons) removed from circulation. Oregon – 60 collection sites which …
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Lorain Man And Federal Prison Inmate Convicted For Conspiracy To Commit Murder For Hire And To Distribute Cocaine

… was an outstanding effort by investigators and prosecutors from multiple states and jurisdictions who came together to … this significant murder-for-hire plot paved a twisted path from New York City to Lorain, Ohio.  Law enforcement collaboration helped prevent another murder from occurring.  I commend the dedicated and talented team …
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Maryland Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty In Connection With Plattsburgh Heroin Distribution Ring

… Jimolo Coates continued to direct heroin distribution from jail PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Jimolo Coates, a.k.a. “Lo,” … Kiara Scott, to provide the heroin to and collect payment from Kusalonis.  Coates also admitted to selling … heroin to Charles Adams, who frequently transported heroin from Annapolis to Plattsburgh with Kusalonis. United States …
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… in Charge Karen Flowers.  “You prevented prescription drugs from being used incorrectly, mistakenly or deliberately by … to stop drug abuse and prevent the disease of addiction from spreading.” Now in its 9th year, National Prescription … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and …
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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

… in America.” According to evidence presented at trial, from March 2015 through July 2017, Craig, a licensed doctor, … each day’s cash proceeds, often in excess of $15,000, from the sale of the unlawful prescriptions. Faithful and Craig made great efforts to prevent law enforcement from investigating Gulfton, the evidence showed. For …
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Four Plead Guilty In Multi-State Drug & Money Laundering Conspiracy

… of Vallejo, California, have pled guilty to charges arising from a multi-state drug and money laundering conspiracy. … 2017, Nguyen shipped packages of cocaine and marijuana from California to the Booker Brothers in Pensacola. Using … of packages of cocaine and marijuana that he was shipping from California to Pensacola. Postal records show that the …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … W. Patterson. “This is a crisis that must be addressed from multiple angles.  Educating the public and removing these medications from households across the Unites States prevents misuse …
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Kentucky Pain Clinic Owners Plead Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

… -Cantrell and Lackey agree to forfeit $500,000 in proceeds from the distribution conspiracy Date: April 26, 2013 … a total of approximately $500,000 which represents proceeds from the conspiracy.  Judge Atkins remanded Cantrell into …
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Meth Cookers Who Burned Down Trailer Sentenced

… intent to distribute methamphetamine in Marquette County from July 2013 to May 8, 2014. U.S. District Judge R. Allan … trailer was a complete loss and eventually had to be towed from the trailer park. Upon arrival, firefighters … in early December, fewer than four weeks after his release from the hospital. While they were engaged in this …
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Two Michigan Doctors Plead Guilty To Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substance Painkillers And Health Care Fraud

… Hussein “Sam” Awada, 45, of Royal Oak, admitted that from late 2010, through early 2012, he conspired with James … paid Awada for those prescriptions, then bought the pills from the “patients” and re-sold them to street dealers. … need for the medications. McQuade said, "More people die from overdoses of prescription drugs in America than from …
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Suburban Detroit Doctor Receives 7 Year Sentence For Writing Unlawful Prescription For Controlled Substances Including Oxycodone

… was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds. From 2010 through early 2012, he conspired with James Lyons, … medical purpose. The marketers then bought the pills from the “patients” and re-sold them to street dealers. …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Potentially Dangerous Prescription Drugs As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … W. Patterson. “This is a crisis that must be addressed from multiple angles. Educating the public and removing these medications from households across the Unites States prevents misuse …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Potentially Dangerous Prescription Drugs As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … W. Patterson. “This is a crisis that must be addressed from multiple angles. Educating the public and removing these medications from households across the Unites States prevents misuse …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Potentially Dangerous Prescription Drugs As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … W. Patterson. “This is a crisis that must be addressed from multiple angles. Educating the public and removing these medications from households across the Unites States prevents misuse …
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“El Gallo” And Others Sentenced

… to pay a $300,000 fine.  The investigation revealed that from 2007 to 2013, Reyes Gonzalez headed a drug trafficking … of kilograms of cocaine. The narcotics were transported from the Rio Grande Valley to Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama … time of his guilty plea, Padilla admitted he received cash from Reyes Gonzalez in exchange for providing information to …
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Head Of The Quintero Drug Trafficking Enterprise Sentenced To Federal Prison

… enterprise whose operations spanned the Western Hemisphere from the United States to the Caribbean, Central America and … numerous multi-ton loads of marijuana to the United States from Mexico, using specially altered natural gas tanker … Paso, Texas. Multi-ton quantities of cocaine were acquired from Columbia and Peru for smuggling into Mexico by …
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Los Zetas Kidnappers Plead Guilty

… indicating that a person had been kidnapped at gunpoint from a residence on Eistetter Street in Laredo and that … Garza as one of the kidnapers who took her by force from her residence. The next day, Cerda received a call from Zaragoza who reported “his friends already have the …
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Aspen And Los Angeles Residents Indicted For Cocaine Distribution

… - (307) 778-1500 DENVER, CO. - DENVER - Ten defendants, six from Aspen and four from Los Angeles, were charged in a sealed indicted returned … title and interest in property constituting and derived from any proceeds obtained directly and indirectly as a …
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Owner Of Colorado Car Dealership Sentenced For Structuring And Money Laundering

… requirements as required by law.  Daily cash receipts from the business Chopeque Auto Sales, which is owned by … various banks to avoid the $10,000 reporting requirements.  From February 26, 2008 through May 29, 2012, they structured …
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New Jersey Doctor, 11 Others Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

… Diversion Squad. Domando will be arrested upon his release from a medical facility. The defendants arrested today are … prescriptions for oxycodone in exchange for cash, including from an undercover DEA agent he believed to be a patient. … he told a co-conspirator that the pills would resell for from $1,000 to $1,200 per bottle, and that based on the …
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Texas Businessman Found Guilty Of Laundering Millions Of Dollars For A Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organization

… and the evidence presented during the two-week trial: From June 2009 until January 2011, Datta operated a business … millions of dollars in cash that had been generated from drug sales in the United States. After the drugs were …
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Twelve Indicted In Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy; Two Charged With Distribution Resulting In Death

… one kilogram or more of heroin in the New Orleans area from January 2011 to the present.  The indictment was … deadly drug and to bringing to justice those who profit from the misery created by heroin."  "The St. Tammany Parish … we do together is helping remove life- threatening drugs from our communities and making sure that those who would …
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U.S. Postal Service Employee Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Mailing And Receiving Packages Of Cocaine Husband Who Was Charged With Her Sentenced Last Month

… role in a scheme to intercept cocaine-laden packages mailed from Puerto Rico to New Jersey.   Christina Nunez, 30, of … had been receiving packages of cocaine, which were mailed from Puerto Rico to delivery addresses along her mail route. … lawfully seized approximately 1,300 grams of cocaine from an express mail package that was supposed to be …
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12 Members Of Heroin Drug Trafficking Organization Operating In Manhattan, Bronx, And New Jersey Charged In Manhattan Federal Court

… this organization transported large quantities of heroin from Washington Heights and the Bronx across the Hudson to … conspired to distribute significant amounts of heroin from May 2017 to August 2017, as members of a drug … trafficking (the “DTO”) that obtained narcotics for resale from Washington Heights, New York, and the Bronx, New York, …
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Southern Indiana Indictments Charge Alleged Marijuana Traffickers

… responsible for obtaining large quantities of the drug from sources in Texas, Arizona and Mexico, for subsequent … the proceeds of marijuana sales by the group, was seized from defendant Zefferino Trejo’s residence in Seymour, … excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana over several years, from Mexico to Southern Indiana and Kentucky. If convicted, …
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Hartford Man Sentenced To 66 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Heroin

… dealers in New Haven who regularly obtained heroin from Crucetts and Martin Rodriguez, 50, in Hartford.  The … that Crucetts was receiving kilogram quantities of heroin from Carlos Gabriel Estevez, 23, of Ozone Park, N.Y.; Jimmy … calls and texts, investigators surveilled Ortiz as he drove from Connecticut to a parking lot in New Rochelle, N.Y., …
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Fairfield Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone

… To Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone October 14, 2016 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … obtained forged prescriptions for opioid medications from Bellofiore’s former medical assistant and, as a result, … for a friend or relative of the couple to pick up from Bellofiore’s office.  It was Bellofiore’s understanding …
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McAllen Medical Clinic Operator Pleads Guilty In Pill Mill Case

… and pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge stemming from his involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced … drug distribution conspiracy.  That indictment alleged that from at least May 2013 through July 2014, the defendants … their DEA registration numbers, preventing Dr. Andrews from issuing prescriptions for controlled substances and …