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DEA and FBI offices dismantle drug trafficking organizations in New York and Connecticut

… DEA and FBI offices dismantle drug trafficking organizations in … on our communities.  As alleged, these defendants profited from trafficking cocaine and methamphetamines at the expense …
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29 Alleged Penn North Drug Dealers Facing Federal Indictments

… defendants are fugitives and a sixth defendant absconded from pretrial release.  The indictments were announced by … Kevin Riggins is a fugitive and Vincent Davis absconded from his pretrial release. The second indictment (20-0269) … intent to distribute fentanyl using the name “Special,” from August 2019 through at least December 2019.  Green, …
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Organized Drug Crime Ring Attempted to Flood Alaskan Villages with Fentanyl, 54 Indicted

… distributors of the drug trafficking enterprise in Alaska. From February 2022 to July 2023, law enforcement intercepted … to send drug packages through the U.S. Postal Service from Oregon and California to Alaska. Distributors located …
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Sinaloa-based narcotics distributor designated under the Kingpin Act for trafficking fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine in Oregon

… under the Kingpin Act for trafficking fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine in Oregon May 12, 2021 Seattle Contact … role in trafficking fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine from Mexico to the Pacific Northwest. Efrain Mendivil … active trafficker of heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl from Mexico to Oregon. Together, these drugs, particularly …
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Six Charged In Multi-state Cocaine Trafficking Scheme: Upper West Side Apartment Served As Base Of Operation

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … Division Office Task Force Group D-13, with assistance from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Manhattan District … Gonzalez, an alleged cocaine distributor who operated from an apartment at 472 Columbus Avenue in Manhattan’s …
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Forty-Four Michigan And Ohio Residents Indicted In Scheme To Illegally Divert And Distribute Rx Drugs Along “US-23 Pipeline”

… Forty-Four Michigan And Ohio Residents Indicted In Scheme To Illegally Divert And Distribute Rx Drugs Along “US-23 Pipeline” March 21, … never provided. Other times, the pharmacists accepted cash from the recruiters for filling and dispensing medications. …
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New Jersey Division Of Consumer Affairs Launches “Project Medicine Drop,” Providing Consumers Opportunity To Dispose Of Unused Prescription Medication Throughout The Year Pilot Program Important Component Of The Division’s Fight To Prevent Prescription

… show teenagers who abuse these drugs often take them from relatives, or get them from friends. Many people mistakenly believe prescription … throughout the year in a safe and secure manner.” Consumers from anywhere in New Jersey may deposit their medications in …
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Drug Law Enforcement Kicking Off The New Year With Record Breaking Heroin Seizures

… significant change in drug overdose death rates from 2013-2014: New Hampshire’s drug overdose rate increased … nationwide and hit the Northeast like a tidal wave, from Maine to Montauk.  New York drug law enforcement has … huge loads of heroin and thereby prevent this deadly drug from further flooding our region. While a public health …
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Drug Enforcement Task Force Uncovers Heroin Mill In The Bronx, NY: $8 Million Worth Of Heroin Seized

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County Additional Division Info Community … worth $8 million last night. On January 30th, 2014, a team from the DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force - …
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Three Current And Former Rikers Island Correction Officers Indicted For Trafficking In Narcotics, Bribery And Smuggling Contraband In Jail

… Three Current And Former Rikers Island Correction Officers Indicted For … with cash “courier fees.” The fees that were charged ranged from $500 to $900. The pair then smuggled this contraband to … pills to an inmate in February 2014. Gifth resigned from the Corrections Department in April 2014. Special …
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High-Ranking CJNG Leader Charged with Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy, Firearm Offenses, and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… methamphetamine and conspired to launder drug proceeds from the United States back to Mexico. Before his capture on … their global operations, and protect the American people from the violence, poison, and chaos they spread.” “Audias … to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. An indictment is merely an …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day with Extended Museum Hours

… will show its support for  “Song for Charlie” and our many valued partners in law enforcement, public … Fentanyl Awareness Day will include extended museum hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.  The Faces of Fentanyl memorial … taking it. The only safe medications are ones that come from licensed and accredited medical professionals. For more …
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Louisville, Kentucky Man Found Guilty of Methamphetamine Distribution

… and Joshua Porter are prosecuting the case, with assistance from paralegal specialist Aaron Cooper. This conviction is a … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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Bridgeport Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Firearm Offenses

… controlled purchases of fentanyl, heroin, and crack cocaine from Herman. Herman was arrested on September 15, 2022.  At … state court to narcotics and manslaughter charges stemming from an overdose death investigation. The DEA’s HIDTA Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Bridgeport Resident Office, the Connecticut …
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Cumberland County man admits conspiring to distribute opioids, launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds

… suspended Chatmon’s pharmacist license for two years. From January 2017 until August 2018, Chatmon obtained large quantities of Tramadol pills from suppliers outside the United States by having the pills …
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Pharmacist Admits Filling Counterfeit Prescriptions Selling Oxycodone and Codeine in Exchange for Cash

… they were false or counterfeit and that he was prohibited from dispensing controlled substances without a valid prescription. Duncan accepted cash payments from his conspirators in exchange for filling the fraudulent …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… Suspicious Pharmaceutical Activities: (973)776-1172 Towanda R. Thorne-James Special Agent In Charge View Towanda R. … are inextricably linked,” said Acting Administrator Shea.  “From the extreme levels of violence in Mexican cartels, to …
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Leader of international money laundering organization in Dominican Republic arraigned on federal charges

… other charges related to the same international conspiracy. From August 2016 through July 2020, Velazquez-Cordero … York, and Florida to pick up millions in cash drug proceeds from drug trafficking organizations operating in the U.S. …
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

… Suspicious Pharmaceutical Activities: (973)776-1172 Towanda R. Thorne-James Special Agent In Charge View Towanda R. Thorne-James Bio Division Social Accounts X Towanda …   “While families are doing all they can to stay safe from the coronavirus, I want to remind everyone to make sure …
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New Jersey/Pennsylvania doctor indicted for accepting bribes and kickbacks in exchange for prescribing powerful fentanyl drug

… New Jersey/Pennsylvania doctor indicted for accepting bribes and kickbacks in exchange for prescribing powerful fentanyl … participation in a scheme to receive bribes and kickbacks from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for prescribing … and received more than $140,000 in bribes and kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company based in …
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New Special Agent in Charge takes over DEA’s New Jersey Division

… supervising DEA agents, NYPD detectives, and investigators from the New York State Police.   Her career has taken her from New York City to her most recent assignment at DEA … drugs in the United States.   SAC Gibson is a 1992 graduate from the University of South Carolina with a degree in …
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Grape Street Crips member indicted for murder of innocent bystander

… and Cureton were involved in the distribution of heroin from 2003 through 2015. Cureton was a major supplier of … Street Crips at the James Baxter Terrace housing complex from 2003 until Baxter Terrace was demolished in 2009. … in Charge Gregory W. Ehrie in Newark, and investigators from the U.S. Attorney’s Office with the investigation …
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Federal Charges Filed Following Record-Breaking Methamphetamine Seizure

… observed the defendants unloading dozens of cardboard boxes from the box truck and loading them into a Dodge van. Law … stopped more than 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine from being distributed on our streets.” “I am grateful for … information that is absolutely critical in keeping drugs from entering our streets and holding drug traffickers …
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Defendant Pleads Guilty in Fentanyl Overdose Case

… Kelly McKay Recruiter Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter … to S.E.F. on November 2, 2020, and she subsequently died from ingesting the fentanyl. On January 10, 2021, law … office, working tirelessly to identify criminals who profit from selling lethal drugs in the San Diego community,” said …
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Drug Dealer Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Selling the Fentanyl that Resulted in Death of User; Longest Sentence to Date

… was honorably discharged. In 2018, Gallagher moved from Boston to San Diego in an attempt to break his … this case. Team 10 is a specialty unit, with investigators from DEA, HSI, FBI, San Diego Police Department, CA … for their hard work on the case. For those who suffer from addiction, please know there is help. Call the Crisis …
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El Cajon Resident Sentenced to 15 Years for Selling Counterfeit Pills with Fentanyl that Caused 19-Year-Old’s Death

… or the early morning hours of March 1, 2019. Special Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and a Task Force Officer from the San Diego Sheriff’s Department led the … the increase in overdose deaths in San Diego County. Agents from Team 10 contributed to the investigation into S.J.G.’s …
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San Diego Resident Sentenced to Nearly 14 Years for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in Eighteen-Year-Old’s Death

… own addiction, by peddling this poison. If someone dies from fentanyl you provide them, we will use every tool at … “Removing these dangerous and often deadly drugs from the streets is a priority for HSI, as it’s critical to … the increase in overdose deaths in San Diego County. Agents from Team 10 contributed to the investigation into P.E.R.’s …
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Trafficker admits smuggling large quantities of deadly fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine, including more than 450,000 fentanyl pills

… today that she smuggled more than 450,000 fentanyl pills from Mexico into the United States during a nine-month conspiracy from February to October of 2018.    According to admissions … of these cases than ever.”   Brewer praised federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations, the Drug Enforcement …
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to medication safe

… Accounts X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community Outreach & … in North Texas can prevent the potential onset of addiction from within their own homes and significantly reduce the …
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Massachusetts Man Charged with Drug and Gun Trafficking in Bennington Area

… Massachusetts Man Charged with Drug and Gun Trafficking in Bennington Area July 18, 2023 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … counts of aiding in the unlawful acquisition of firearms from licensed firearms dealers by making false statements. …