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Prescription Drug Take-Back To Be Held Saturday, April 26, 2014

April 24, 2014
… nofdoutreach@dea.gov MONTGOMERY, Ala. -  On April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local law enforcement and the Drug … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are …
April 24, 2014
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Springdale Man Sentenced To Over Eight Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine

March 13, 2015
… in the conspiracy.  Specifically, agents learned from a confidential source that on at least one occasion, … received methamphetamine after texting and requesting it from Torres-Rivas.  Homeland Security Agents were able to … corroborate this information by reviewing telephone records from Torres-Rivas’ phone, the confidential source’s phone, …
March 13, 2015
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New Jersey Doctor Convicted By Federal Jury For Writing Illegal Oxycodone Prescriptions In Drug Distribution Conspiracy

May 22, 2013
… here.” Durante was also captured on tape accepting $300 from Domando in exchange for prescriptions, as well as $100 … to Domando, Abato and others. Typically, Durante would omit from the progress notes for those patients many of the … FBI and IRS special agents; and law enforcement officers from the Essex County Sheriff’s Department and the …
May 22, 2013
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New Jersey Doctor Sentenced To More Than 11 Years For Writing Illegal Oxycodone Prescriptions In Drug Distribution Conspiracy Also Ordered To Pay Approximately $630,000 In Fines And Forfeiture

December 17, 2013
… here."   Durante was also captured on tape accepting $300 from Domando in exchange for prescriptions, as well as $100 … of Durante's purported exam. Durante repeatedly omitted from the progress notes for patients many of the additional … Investigation special agents; and law enforcement officers from the Essex County Sheriff's Department and the …
December 17, 2013
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McKesson Pays Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Pharmaceutical Drug Orders Including Opioids

January 17, 2017
… requires McKesson to suspend sales of controlled substances from distribution centers in Colorado, Ohio, Michigan and … are unusual in their frequency, size, or other patterns. From 2008 until 2013, McKesson supplied various U.S. …
January 17, 2017
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

September 27, 2012
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Four days after DEA’s first … DEA recognizes the solution involves a proactive response from all affected parties including parents, children and …
September 27, 2012
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Joint Methamphetamine Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 21 Individuals

November 15, 2012
… Office Group 62, which is composed of special agents from DEA and Drug Task (DTF) Officers from state and local agencies, opened an Organized Crime … Dallas, Texas to obtain large quantities of methamphetamine from a source of supply named Johnny Ybarra. Bouhamidi would …
November 15, 2012
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Alleged Colombian Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Drug Charges

August 29, 2013
… since his capture in Venezuela in June 2012, was extradited from Colombia on Wednesday, August 28, 2013.  He made his … and distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine from 1993 until February 2011, knowing that the cocaine … supplying and shipping numerous multi-ton loads of cocaine from South America to Central America and Mexico with an …
August 29, 2013
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Colombian Narcotics Kingpin Pleads Guilty To Decades-Long Drug Trafficking Charges

January 24, 2014
… Engage Ft. Lauderdale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … imported into the United States. Perez Henao was extradited from Colombia in August 2013 and has been in custody since … Judge Patricia A. Seitz, Perez Henao acknowledged that from 1994 until the January 2008 killing of his primary …
January 24, 2014
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Triad Residents Sentenced On Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges

December 01, 2016
… Service to ship pounds of marijuana in overnight packages from Fresno, California, to co-conspirators in the Middle … Wake Counties. Now that these criminals have been removed from the streets, the dangerous drugs that they would have … Investigation is committed with taking the profit away from the drug traffickers and putting those individuals in …
December 01, 2016
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Boston Attorney Charged In Money Laundering Conspiracy

March 23, 2011
… and money laundering. The complaint affidavit alleges that, from early 2009 to 2011, GEORGE - and a co-conspirator … - and his co-conspirator, that he had large amounts of cash from drug trafficking. It is alleged that, on two separate … him clients. GEORGE - allegedly then took $25,000 in cash from an undercover agent posing as a drug dealer client and …
March 23, 2011
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To More Than Nine Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine

October 12, 2011
… his role in a narcotics trafficking ring. This matter stems from “Operation Hammertime,” a four-month DEA Task Force … McNichol regularly purchased cocaine in 20-gram packages from co-defendant Gavin Hammett, and then redistributed the … times with Hammett and other members of the conspiracy from Connecticut to the Bronx, N.Y. to deliver thousands of …
October 12, 2011
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Successful 2013 National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In Puerto Rico And The U.S. Virgin Islands

November 06, 2013
… National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In Puerto Rico And The U.S. Virgin Islands November 06, 2013 Caribbean … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take-Back Days are presently …
November 06, 2013
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 87 Months For Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Involved In Spate Of Overdoses

November 29, 2016
… the day before the overdoses occurred, Pina was discharged from the hospital after having overdosed on the same drugs … said Special Agent in Charge Ferguson.  “Those suffering from the disease of fentanyl and heroin addiction need … Department.  The Tactical Diversion Squad includes members from the New Haven, Hamden, Greenwich, Shelton, Bristol, …
November 29, 2016
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Largest Settlement In DEA History: McKesson Pays $150 Million

January 17, 2017
… D. Weinreb announced today. The government alleges that, from 2009 forward, McKesson failed to maintain effective … an effective system to detect and report suspicious orders from independent and small chain pharmacy customers - i.e., … more than 10 times the average size of a pharmacy order from May 2008 through April 2013, but McKesson never …
January 17, 2017
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Lawrence Man Indicted In Connection With Major Drug Trafficking Operation

September 22, 2015
… to tackle the heroin and prescription drug epidemic from all angles, including getting these lethal drugs off of … drug organizations around the state.” In June, authorities from the State Police TDU began an investigation into an … Enterprise and Major Crimes Division, with assistance from State Police assigned to the AG’s Office, the …
September 22, 2015
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Woonsocket Resident Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Trafficking, Firearm Charges

October 28, 2015
… Drug Trafficking, Firearm Charges October 28, 2015 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … and local law enforcement upon his return to New England from Texas and Florida with three kilos of cocaine and a … to distribute. In late April, detectives and officers from the Providence and Woonsocket Police Departments …
October 28, 2015
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Three Cape Cod Men Plead Guilty To Heroin Trafficking And Firearms Charges

September 20, 2016
… on Cape Cod.  Pratt purchased large quantities of heroin from Chisholm and sold it to other distributors.  During a … heroin and a firearm.  Roderick regularly purchased heroin from Wilkins for distribution and personal use.  On March 7, … officers recovered approximately 400 grams of heroin from Serriello that he stowed in his motorcycle.  Earlier …
September 20, 2016
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Twenty Arrested For Roles In Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

November 15, 2013
… special agents of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and officers from the Stephenville Police Department, on conspiracy and … individuals distributing for, or obtaining methamphetamine from, that DTO.  The investigation involved undercover … substantial amounts of methamphetamine and cash were seized from the DTO.  Law enforcement learned that this DTO, based …
November 15, 2013
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11 Defendants Arraigned In The Eastern District Of Oklahoma For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

April 16, 2014
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info … was incarcerated in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections from December 24, 2009, until January 8, 2014.   Beginning … of methamphetamine in Eastern Oklahoma.  Upon release from incarceration up to and including April 14, 2014, …
April 16, 2014
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Home Of The Brave

March 24, 2016
… the following individuals were indicted on charges stemming from a drug conspiracy.  All defendants are charged with … The Superseding Indictment alleges that from beginning in or about the end of 2013, and continuing … drug organization’s criminal operations.  The charges arose from a joint investigation entitled “Home of the Brave” …
March 24, 2016
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Three Schaumburg Police Officers Accused Of Operating Drug Ring In Cook And DuPage Counties

January 17, 2013
… investigators, the men routinely confiscated drugs from drug dealers.  It is further alleged that instead of …  It is further alleged that the men also stole $20,000 from a storage facility believing the money belonged to a … to thank the DEA for their outstanding work in this case from beginning to end as well as Assistant State’s Attorney …
January 17, 2013
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Dekalb And Sterling Doctor And His Wife Charged With Illegally Dispensing Prescription Drugs And Income Tax Fraud

May 15, 2013
… failed to report a total of $1,256,486 in cash received from Sauk Medical Clinic and rental receipts.  The … dispensing a controlled substance carries a maximum penalty from up to 5 years in prison to a maximum penalty of life … or serious bodily injury, in addition to a fine ranging from $250,000 to $1 million.  Each count of filing a false …
May 15, 2013
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Indianapolis Doctor Charged In Illegal Painkiller Distribution

August 19, 2013
… @DEAChicagoDiv Shane Catone Domestic Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … General and the DEA after the DEA began receiving calls from pharmacists about concerns of Dr. Rasaki's prescribing … a legitimate medical purpose. A twentieth charge stems from the alleged prescription for Hydrocodone to an …
August 19, 2013
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DEA Task Force Investigation Dismantles Hartford-Based Heroin And Fentanyl Distribution Ring

June 29, 2017
… were receiving bulk quantities of heroin and fentanyl from out-of-state suppliers.  They then stored, processed … at epidemic levels across New England and those suffering from opioid addiction need access to treatment and … Administration’s Hartford Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office and the Bristol, …
June 29, 2017
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Vermont Man Charged With Five Counts Of Sex Trafficking

April 28, 2017
… upon the drug addictions of his victims, withholding drugs from them until they were in withdrawal so severe that they … demeaning story about a woman who allegedly stole narcotics from him, interspersed with still photographs of her in … however, would be determined by the court with guidance from the advisory Federal Sentencing Guidelines. The United …
April 28, 2017
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Two Men Charged With Cocaine Trafficking

June 17, 2011
… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States Atlanta … Filed court documents indicate that the allegations stem from a traffic stop of a Ford F-150 pickup truck that … prevented several million dollars worth of cocaine from polluting the streets of North Carolina’s cities and …
June 17, 2011
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DEA’s Seventh Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In South Carolina

November 07, 2013
… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States Atlanta … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take-Back Days are presently …
November 07, 2013
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Anderson, S.C. Attorney Pleads Guilty To Obstruction

January 13, 2014
… facing federal drug charges in South Carolina stemming from a large-scale cocaine conspiracy. Court records indicate that on five occasions from February 21 to March 15, 2013, Anderson lied to federal … possessed the Chevelle but then lied about the location from where he had obtained the vehicle. Harry S. Sommers, …
January 13, 2014
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DEA And The Museum Of Science And Industry Open Powerful New Exhibit

September 16, 2011
… Coordinator: (571) 362-2942 Miami.Training@dea.gov Exhibit from the Drug Enforcement Administration explores the many … 4801 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Target America , located in the …
September 16, 2011