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Two California Jet-Setters Plead Guilty To Conspiring To Transport Marijuana Into Ohio Aboard Private Jet

… 14 separate shipments of large quantities of marijuana from Los Angeles to Columbus, Ohio on a private jet. Carter … Airport on a private jet chartered to fly them from Van Nuys, California. Agents found 23 bales of … of marijuana in 13 large suitcases that had been offloaded from the private plane carrying Lee. She has been in custody …
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Six Mexican Men Among Those To Plead Guilty To Large-Scale Marijuana Growing Conspiracy In Ohio

… City - (571) 362-0443 3,675 marijuana plants seized from two rural Ohio locations DAYTON, OH - Three men … the growing operation after a tip was received in June 2010 from two mushroom hunters who stumbled upon dozens of … officers recovered a total of 3,675 marijuana plants from both grow sites. Stewart commended the cooperative …
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Kentucky “Black Mafia Family” Member Convicted Of Distribution Of Up To 100 Kilos Of Cocaine

… including Sims, Johnson and three other individuals from the Louisville area. The October 19, 2005, grand jury indictment from Louisville charged Sims, Johnson, Demond Ealy, Henry … the national television program America’s Most Wanted. Tips from the program led to his arrest on March 14, 2006, in an …
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Prescription Drug Conspiracy Dismantled In Northern Kentucky

… Internal Revenue Service, along with Task Force Officers from 13 law enforcement agencies from Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky, have been … Office in conjunction with agents and police officers from the Northern Kentucky Strike Force, Norwood Police …
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Kentucky Pharmacy Owner Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For Role In Conspiracy To Distribute Controlled Substances

… and six cars that were proceeds or purchased with proceeds from a drug conspiracy.  In that conspiracy, the pharmacy … Those in the healing arts deserve special attention from law enforcement authorities when they choose to betray … professional duties in favor of the ill-gotten gains made from drug trafficking." Charles Tenhet admitted he filled …
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Former Kentucky Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegal Distribution Of 25,000 Controlled Substance Prescription Pills

… Operation Engage Toledo Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … District Judge Amul Thapar. According to court documents, from January 2009, until December 2012, Bofill conspired … approximately $1.3 million, which represents proceeds from the conspiracy.  The investigation into this case …
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Michigan Pharmacist And Kentwood Pharmacy CEO Guilty On Charges Related To The Illegal Restocking And Re-dispensing Of Recycled Controlled Substances

… Total of 18 people convicted of criminal offenses stemming from the illegal practices at Kentwood Pharmacy GRAND … of 18 people were convicted of criminal offenses stemming from the practices at Kentwood Pharmacy, including the … rules and federal law by recycling drugs that were returned from nursing homes and adult foster care homes. These …
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Michigan Heroin Trafficker Receives 17 Year Federal Prison Sentence

… years of supervised release following his return to society from prison. Judge Quist noted that Jackson was “a major … between 50 and 65 grams of heroin per week in Benton Harbor from 2013 to the date of his arrest. Jackson, 44, of Benton … to seek appropriate penalties for those who would profit from it,” he said. U.S. Attorney Miles announced these …
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Detroit Police Lieutenant, Officer Convicted Of Drug, Robbery, Extortion, Firearm Offenses

… - A Detroit Police Lieutenant and a second police officer from the now-disbanded Narcotics Unit of the Detroit Police … arrests, and then stole drugs, money and personal property from their victims. Hansberry and Watson used their status … their power as police officers to steal money and drugs from criminals who have no recourse,” McQuade said. “In …
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Detroit-Area Drug Trafficking Organization Charged For Fentanyl Overdose Deaths

… Sadler, 28; Darreyl Coneal, 28; and Randy Stewart, 25, all from Detroit. All were charged with conspiracy to distribute … being a felon in possession of a firearm. "Overdose deaths from heroin and fentanyl are becoming a national epidemic, … victims. This initiative was started by the Warren Police from my request to Commissioner Jere Green to institute a …
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Final Defendant In Kalamazoo Heroin Conspiracy Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

… in which Howell pled guilty to, was in operation from 2013 through August of 2015. Heroin distribution has … that root out and hold accountable those who would profit from spreading this poison in our communities.  However, we … of opioids and to discuss what they can do to save others from the awful consequences of spiraling addiction.  Please …
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Three Major Amarillo Methamphetamine Traffickers Arrested

… have been charged by a federal criminal complaint stemming from their role in selling large quantities of … on them.  The residence was used as a conversion lab from liquid to crystal methamphetamine. The investigation … Administration investigated the case with assistance from the Randall County Sheriff’s Office, the Potter County …
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Local Residents Arrested In Drug Trafficking And Money Remitting Conspiracy

… aka Chaparro, 34, and Juan Gonzalez aka Popo, 38, all from Brownsville, Texas, as well as Emmanuel Leal Mancha, … also seeks a money judgment in the amount of $1 million from several defendants as well as the forfeiture of certain … with intent to distribute more 100 kilograms of marijuana from approximately January 2009 until May 2012. All but Leal …
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Two Indicted By Federal Grand Jury Following Additional Marijuana Raids In Western Colorado

… Investigations continue into criminal organizations from out-of-state conducting illegal grows and cultivation … defendants, and a second on September 30, 2015, four miles from the first location, where six people were arrested.  … have charged a total of 12 individuals, many here illegally from Mexico, for tending to these marijuana grows.” “The …
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Colombian Narcotics Kingpin Sentenced To 360 Months In Prison

… and distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine from 1993 until February 2011, knowing that the cocaine … airplanes and semi-submersibles to ship the cocaine north from South America to points in Central America and Mexico - … international drug kingpin who for years profited from the shipment and sale of illegal drugs,” said Ken Sena, …
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Four Tampa Residents Plead Guilty In Conspiracy To Import XLR-11, A Synthetic Cannabinoid, A/k/a "Spice"

… Engage Ft. Lauderdale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … a/k/a “Spice,” and paraphernalia to the United (U.S.) from China, before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Frank J. … Ahmed Yehia Khalifa, 28, and Ahmed Maher Elhelw, 25, both from Tampa, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a …
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New Jersey And New York Doctors, 20 Others Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

… wrote the prescriptions in exchange for cash payments from Erwin and others, knowing that the pills were to be … with a portion of the oxycodone tablets that were obtained from the pharmacies, then sold the remaining tablets at a … commitment to the citizens of New Jersey is to protect them from legal controlled substances which help people daily but …
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Prescription Drug Take-Back To Be Held Saturday, April 26, 2014

… Oxford - (662) 234-8542 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 …
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Springdale Man Sentenced To Over Eight Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine

… 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, …
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New Jersey Doctor Convicted By Federal Jury For Writing Illegal Oxycodone Prescriptions In Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… 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 …
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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

… 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 …
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McKesson Pays Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Pharmaceutical Drug Orders Including Opioids

… 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. …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… 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 …
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Joint Methamphetamine Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 21 Individuals

… 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 …
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Alleged Colombian Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Drug Charges

… 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 …
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Colombian Narcotics Kingpin Pleads Guilty To Decades-Long Drug Trafficking Charges

… 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 …
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Triad Residents Sentenced On Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges

… 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 …
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Boston Attorney Charged In Money Laundering Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To More Than Nine Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine

… 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 …
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Successful 2013 National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In Puerto Rico And The U.S. Virgin Islands

… 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 …