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DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 30, 2021
… and potential overdose by removing prescription pills from their homes. Our April event included 4,425 community … Day are available at www.deatakeback.com . Photos and video from Take Back Day are available on Flickr. Off …
April 30, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 30, 2021
… and potential overdose by removing prescription pills from their homes. Our April event included 4,425 community … Day are available at www.deatakeback.com . Photos and video from Take Back Day are available on Flickr. On …
April 30, 2021
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Jackson man sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison for production and possession of child pornography

July 19, 2018
… Child Exploitation Task Force, which is made up of agents from the FBI and the Mississippi Attorney General's Office, and officers from the Prentiss County Sheriff's Office. MBN and Rankin …
July 19, 2018
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Career Offender Sentenced

February 11, 2022
… and an undercover DEA agent on four separate occasions, from December 2018 through August 2019, for a total of … Administration Orlando District Office, with assistance from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Winter Park …
February 11, 2022
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Pocatello Man Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

January 21, 2022
… previously receiving four other packages of methamphetamine from San Diego, California. Benningfield admitted in court … that he attempted to possess the methamphetamine seized from the package and he intended to distribute it. Chief …
January 21, 2022
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Colombian drug kingpin sentenced to 31 years in prison for drug trafficking

June 19, 2018
… trial, which included the testimony of special agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Homeland … defendant was part of a drug distribution chain spanning from Colombia to Central America, Mexico, and the United …
June 19, 2018
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Colombian National Extradited to the United States Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy

January 13, 2022
… transnational criminal conspiracy that transported cocaine from Colombia to the United States. Specifically, Marsiglia … critical assistance by extraditing Marsiglia Barrios from Colombia to the Middle District of Florida. This case …
January 13, 2022
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Fentanyl Dealers Sentenced to 12 and 8 Years in Federal Prison

January 13, 2022
… fentanyl-laced heroin to, and collect drug proceeds from, a DEA cooperating source and undercover officers on 15 … Administration Orlando District Office, with assistance from the Florida Highway Patrol and the Winter Park Police …
January 13, 2022
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Assistant Tuskegee Football Coach Arrested On Federal Drug And Gun Charge

March 21, 2018
… Hamilton and United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., from the Middle District of Alabama. Nickerson was an … football coach at Tuskegee University. The charges stem from allegations that Nickerson was selling cocaine and …
March 21, 2018
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Pain Clinic Owners Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Opioid Prescribing

December 13, 2021
… “The DEA will continue keeping Wisconsin families safe from opioids that have been diverted from legitimate medical supplies.” The DEA investigated the …
December 13, 2021
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Methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison

December 07, 2021
… Arellano-Hernandez had traveled to the Pacific Northwest from Mexico and was staying at a Tukwila hotel when agents … said U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. “Overdose deaths from methamphetamine are at record high levels. Those in the …
December 07, 2021
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Lake County Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Running Large-Scale Drug Conspiracy

November 17, 2021
… was arrested in Leesburg on June 25, 2021, by deputies from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. At the time of his … Administration Orlando District Office, with support from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Postal …
November 17, 2021
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Texas Physician Found Guilty for Unlawfully Prescribing Over 1.3 Million Doses of Opioids

October 18, 2021
… to and did unlawfully prescribe controlled substances from 2014 through February 2016 for patients at Spring … no known medical benefit. The clinic made over $4 million from prescriptions issued in the scheme, over $1.5 million …
October 18, 2021
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Trafficking Heroin

October 06, 2021
… holding individuals accountable for selling and profiting from others’ addiction to this extremely dangerous narcotic. … Rockford police and DEA agents prevented McClellan from delivering more than 675 grams of heroin and 320 grams …
October 06, 2021
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Tucson Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Five Years

August 06, 2021
… of methamphetamine and ten ounces of heroin. Martinez fled from law enforcement, leading them on a high-speed vehicle … conducted the investigation in this case with assistance from the Pima County Sheriff’s Office, the Tucson Police …
August 06, 2021
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Fentanyl Dealer Pleads Guilty to Distributing Narcotics Resulting in Death

April 28, 2021
… and Pinellas County determined that the individual died from fentanyl toxicity. The following day, December 17, … Office and the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Pasco and Pinellas County Medical Examiner’s …
April 28, 2021
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 19, 2021
… indicating a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets, clearing out unused medicine is …
April 19, 2021
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Jury Convicts Cocoa Can of Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

December 11, 2020
… scales covered with fentanyl and cocaine, and firearms from Swanson’s bedroom.          This case was investigated … Administration Orlando District Office, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Florida …
December 11, 2020
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Three Charged with Conspiring to Traffic Crystal Meth

January 25, 2021
… records, the defendants conspired to move methamphetamine from Atlanta, Georgia for distribution in West Palm Beach, … by the DEA West Palm Beach District Office with assistance from the DEA Milwaukee District Office, the Palm Beach …
January 25, 2021
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Pharmaceutical Distributor Vistapharm, Inc. Agrees To Pay $325,000 To Resolve Alleged Violations Of The Controlled Substances Act

February 02, 2021
… system of distribution and preventing dangerous drugs from being diverted and falling into the wrong hands,” said … falling into the wrong hands.” This settlement results from a coordinated effort by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for …
February 02, 2021
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Methamphetamine Distributors Sentenced to Federal Prison

October 22, 2020
… source to make a series of controlled purchases from Mattox, who is accountable for more than 600 grams of … revealed that Williams had purchased methamphetamine from Mattox. As a result, DEA and Clay County Sheriff’s …
October 22, 2020
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Dunedin woman pleads guilty to distributing heroin and fentanyl, causing death

March 04, 2020
… The individual injected himself with the substance from the bags and died. A medical autopsy revealed that the … and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Pinellas County Medical Examiner’s Office. It is …
March 04, 2020
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Colombian national sentenced to more than 24 years for conspiring to send more than 12,000 kilograms of cocaine to the Sinaloa Cartel

January 10, 2020
… that dispatched self-propelled semi-submersible vessels from Colombia into the Pacific Ocean, destined for Sinaloa … Enforcement Task Force comprised of agents and analysts from the DEA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. …
January 10, 2020
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Seven arrested in connection to RX drug distribution operation

June 27, 2019
… Engage Ft. Lauderdale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … listed below, were arrested in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties in connection to the operation and … fraudulent identification to obtain multiple prescriptions from different doctors. The ring leader, Alexander …
June 27, 2019
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Two Colombian businessmen charged with money laundering in connection with Venezuela bribery scheme

July 25, 2019
… others to launder the proceeds of an illegal bribery scheme from bank accounts located in Venezuela to and through bank … Enforcement Administration Miami Division with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Miami Field Office …
July 25, 2019
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Winter Garden convicted felon pleads guilty

May 17, 2019
…   According to court documents, on Feb. 8, 2019, deputies from the Orange County Sherriff’s Office responded to a call … officers conducted an undercover purchase of cocaine from Smith. On March 6, 2019, officers executed a search …
May 17, 2019
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Pharmacist And Dentist Charged In Narcotics Conspiracy

March 07, 2003
… grand jury has indicted Beverly Wheatley, age 51, a dentist from Camp Springs, Maryland, and Emmanuel Thad Ereme, age … of Oxycodone. The indictment further seeks forfeiture from Ereme of up to $500'000. The maximum penalty for each …
March 07, 2003
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Fentanyl trafficker pleads guilty

July 12, 2018
… prescriptions in his own name, and in the names of others, from co-defendant Brandon Coburn, a nurse practitioner. … would also be paid for writing each prescription. In total, from July 2013 to May 2015, 253 prescriptions were issued by …
July 12, 2018
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District of Idaho Participated in National Health Care Fraud takedown

June 29, 2018
… in today’s arrests. In addition, HHS announced today that from July 2017 to the present, it has excluded 2,700 individuals from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, and all other …
June 29, 2018
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Georgia Opioid Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcement Released

June 28, 2018
… highlights Joseph Abraham, an 18-year-old teenager from Gwinnett County, Georgia, who struggled with drug addiction from an early age.  Joe began using drugs in middle school. …
June 28, 2018