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Sixth Madison-Area College Student Sentenced For Conspiracy To Import & Distribute Marijuana In Wisconsin

… campus.  pleaded guilty to this charge on November 3, 2015. From September 2012 to February 2015, Israeli and six other … of as many as 19 loads of marijuana, ranging in quantity from five to 50 pounds, from California and Colorado to …
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Hardin County Man Sentenced For Drug Violations

… cocaine powder into crack cocaine, and $1,050 in cash from controlled substance sales.  On Feb. 17, 2015, Turner … 20 grams of crack cocaine and another $2,013 in his pocket from illegal crack cocaine sales.  Turner was indicted on … with co-defendants responsible for dealing crack cocaine from a Beaumont residence on Avenue A for over 10 years.  …
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Two Local Marijuana Traffickers Sentenced To Prison

… serve a five-year-term. The investigation revealed that from 2008 through 2013, Alaniz and Romo conspired to transport large amounts of marijuana from the Rio Grande Valley to various destinations via … agents seized hundreds of thousands of dollars in currency from both defendants as part of the investigation. Alaniz …
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Old Town Man Sentenced To 4¾ Years For Bath Salt Distribution Conspiracy

… between April and December 2011.  He obtained MDPV from other members of the conspiracy and traded, sold or otherwise distributed it from his Old Town residence using cellular telephones and … by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Old …
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Heroin Trafficker Sentenced To Three Years In Prison

… one kilogram of heroin to an individual and then traveled from Porterville to Foster City to make the sale.  … Ramos-Lopez was arrested after retrieving the drugs from a hidden compartment of his pickup truck.  On January … Nikhil Bhagat is prosecuting the case with assistance from Ana Guerra.  The prosecution is the result of an …
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Elk Grove Man Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Distribution Of Prescription Pills And Heroin

… 2014 that Mathews was purchasing prescription medications from individuals in the Sacramento area. At the same time, … was receiving cash deposits into various bank accounts from another state. The investigation revealed that Mathews … and paying those individuals in exchange for pills obtained from pharmacies. Mathews would then transport the pills to …
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Canadian Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 81 Months In Prison

… large amounts of Ecstasy or MDMA into the United States from Canada. He also worked with these organizations and others in the United States to export cocaine from the United States to Canada. The importation and … the process of purchasing a six-kilogram sample of cocaine from a Los Angeles-based source of supply with the $126,000 …
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Fowler Meth Dealer Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

… that agents seized another 2.5 pounds of methamphetamine from Penaloza’s Orange Cove residence during the execution … indicated the drug had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico. The remaining defendants, Javier Lopez-Estrada, … DEA and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) Office of …
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Tulsa “Pill Mill” Doctor Pleas Guilty to Opioid Drug Conspiracy

… opioids. We won’t turn a blind eye while you seek to profit from turning Oklahomans into opioid addicts.” U.S. District … Joel-lyn McCormick prosecuted the case with assistance from AUSA Vani Singhal, AUSA Melody Nelson, and AUSA Reagan …
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360 Strategy: DEA Philadelphia Hosts Youth Drug Summit at Temple University

December 07, 2018
… of the Division’s 360 Strategy program.  Over 350 students from the Alexander K. McClure Elementary School, the Isaac … “They were teaching us to avoid drugs and how to stay away from them.” “Our efforts to educate children about the …
December 07, 2018
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Two Sacramento Men Sentenced for Fentanyl Pill Trafficking

… Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division Info Community … of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone “M-30” pills from Mexico and distributing them in northern California and …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Returns April 26 to Help Prevent Prescription Drug Misuse

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering communities across the … safely remove expired, unwanted, or unused medications from their homes—medications that might otherwise be … - frequently starts when family members take drugs from their parent’s or grandparent’s medicine cabinet.  …
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San Diego Drug and Money Laundering Cell Leader Sentenced to 17 Years

… Felix pleaded guilty in August of 2018, admitting that from 2014 until 2017, Felix coordinated the receipt of … that were used to receive cash deposits of drug proceeds from throughout the United States and then withdrawn from the San Diego area for bulk transport to drug suppliers …
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

… will continue to attack these callous and immoral criminals from top to bottom until they no longer exist.” The Justice … “Menchito,” and second in command of CJNG, was extradited from Mexico to the United States on charges of alleged drug … impact on the fabric of our local communities. The proceeds from the local distribution of these narcotics are …
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Second hash oil extraction laboratory explosion in San Diego County within two week period

… with Agent for Size Comparison.JPG Marijuana Taken from Inside Building.jpg EL CAJON, Calif. – Yesterday, DEA’s … of removing THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, from marijuana plant material using a solvent. The final …
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DEA New Orleans Division Announces the Seizure of Over 20 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … worked to seize over 20.2 million deadly doses of fentanyl from communities across this four-state region,” said Brad … secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China. In 2021, the DEA issued a  Public Safety Alert …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, … . “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent drugs from being misused,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
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Montgomery “pill mill” doctor receives over 12 year sentence for drug distribution, health care fraud, and money laundering offenses

… 12 year sentence for drug distribution, health care fraud, and money laundering offenses August 23, 2018 New Orleans … these unnecessary examinations so that he could get money from the patients’ insurance companies.  This scheme led to … care fraud conviction.  The money laundering charges stem from Dr. Sanchez’s spending the proceeds of his operation of …
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Three Fugitives Arrested on Federal Drug Charges in Westmore, Vermont

… Jones and Douchette distributed controlled substances from the Barton residence of codefendant Erika Desormeaux. … Investigators arranged the purchase of cocaine and fentanyl from the defendants on multiple occasions between August and … however, would be determined by the Court with guidance from the advisory United States Sentencing Guidelines and …
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Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty To Role In Drug Trafficking And Violent Kidnapping Conspiracy

… Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty To Role In Drug Trafficking And … health and safety of our communities. They will be removed from the neighborhoods they terrorize and harm.” “As we all … to justice those that commit these crimes.” This case arose from a 2018 investigation into a wide-ranging heroin …
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Holyoke, Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Armed Drug Trafficking

… to court records and proceedings, Jones repeatedly traveled from Holyoke to Bennington County, Vermont in mid-2020 to … in Manchester, Vermont and stored and distributed narcotics from there.  Throughout this period, Jones also obtained and … in May 2020, another man purchased two Glock handguns from a federally licensed firearms dealer in Belmont, …
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Brockton Man Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison For Role In Violent Drug Trafficking Organization

… role in a wide-ranging drug trafficking conspiracy reaching from Boston to Brockton to Cape Cod. Cody Goncalves, 28, was … base and marijuana throughout southeastern Massachusetts from a base of operations on Addison Avenue in Brockton, … of heroin, fentanyl, cash and a loaded firearm were seized from Cody Goncalves, who had previously been convicted of …
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Laurence Doud, Former CEO of Pharmaceutical Distributor, Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Unlawfully Distribute Controlled Substances and Defrauding the DEA

… responsibility as CEO of RDC to prevent dangerous opioids from making their way to pharmacies, drug dealers, and … evidence at trial: Violations of the Federal Narcotics Laws From 2012 through March 2017, Doud knowingly and …
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Leader of “Mike’s Candyshop” Drug Delivery Service Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison In Connection with the Overdose Death of Colin Kroll

… Mike’s Candyshop generally operated seven days per week, from approximately 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., with the … DTO stored heroin, cocaine, a fentanyl analogue, and cash from drug sales in various stash locations maintained by the … of the DTO to maintain order and eliminate competition from within the organization.   On or about December 16, …
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Former Mexican Federal Police Commander Sentenced to 10 Years’ Imprisonment for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… El Seguimiento 39, a Mexico-based cartel, ship cocaine from Mexico to the United States. The El Seguimiento 39 … for their crimes. Their badges will not shield them from accountability.” Mr. Peace expressed his appreciation …
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DEA and U.S. Attorney’s Offices throughout New York Promote National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… indicating a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets, clearing out unused medicine is … resulted in many people spending more time alone, distanced from loved ones and friends making this year’s National …
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Staten Island-based International Narcotics Trafficker and Money Launderer Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison

… LaCola conspired with others to import kilograms of cocaine from Mexico into the United States. Unbeknownst to LaCola, … informed the individual that the sample he provided came from a 10-kilogram shipment he had received and that he … provide the individual with 10 to 15 kilograms of cocaine from his sources of supply in Mexico. LaCola also offered …
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Criminal homicide charges announced in the disappearance of Jose Herran

… Pa.C.S.A. § 902 (Felony-1)   Herran’s family has not heard from him since before November 17, 2015, which was his … evidence including blood samples and bone fragments from the suspected site of Herran’s killing and … will answer for their crime and for what they have stolen from Virginia Rodriguez and the rest of Jose’s family and …
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Staten Island doctor pleads guilty to illegally distributing oxycodone

… Staten Island doctor pleads guilty to illegally distributing oxycodone … can net an illicit distributor $5,400 in cash or more.   From at least approximately 2006 until his arrest in October …
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Twenty-Seven Members of Little Rock Drug-Trafficking Organization in Custody Following Arrest Operation

… both of which were involved this case.” The arrests stem from an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, or … 2023. Most the defendants listed in the indictment are from Little Rock and surrounding towns. The investigation, … the DEA, involved numerous controlled purchases of fentanyl from members of the conspiracy, as well as the seizure of 19 …