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Manhattan Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Selling Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

… that illegally obtained painkiller prescriptions from Gibbs. Named in the same indictment as Gibbs, Vaughan … (Group TDS-NY) which is comprised of agents and officers from the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), the New York City …
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77-Year Sentence Imposed On Anchorage Man For Drug Trafficking, Kidnapping, And Using Firearms In Furtherance Of Those Crimes

… pure methamphetamine, as well as other drugs, into Alaska from California. On March 13, 2013, Seugasala, Khamnivong, … hit two police cars and then threw a loaded firearm from his vehicle. The firearm was found by a citizen on the …
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Members Of Portsmouth Cocaine Trafficking Organization Plead Guilty

… crack cocaine around an intersection across the street from Brighton Elementary School in Portsmouth.  The … conducted 17 controlled purchases of crack cocaine from members of the organization. Hodges, who pleaded guilty …
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Florida Pharmacist And Web Site Operator Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Prescription Drugs

… to commit international money laundering, arising from the distribution of prescription drugs without valid … of a phentermine overdose; a bottle of phentermine tablets from Superior Drugs was found in her home.  The deceased …
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San Diego Area Prescription Take Back Numbers Released

… Ysidro - (619) 671-4500 SAN DIEGO - The final tally is in from the 12th National Prescription Take-Back Day which took … than 3,500 tons) of prescription drugs have been removed from medicine cabinets, kitchen drawers, and nightstands by …
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Yakama Nation Captain Awarded DEA Tribal Narcotics Officer Of The Year

… Yakima Resident Office’s mission. “Captain Shike III comes from a lineage of Yakamas that have proudly and well served … a half of a million marijuana plants have been eradicated from these lands. Because of these efforts and his ability …
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Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Value Drug, Inc. To Pay $4,000,000 In Settlement

… size, unusual frequency or those that substantially deviate from a normal pattern.  The settlement resolves allegations that from January 1, 2009 through September 12, 2012, Value Drug …
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North Carolina Drug Supplier To Henrico Drug Dealers Sentenced To 24 Years In Prison

… signed as part of his guilty plea, Cooke admitted that from 2007 to 2013 he distributed between five and 15 kilograms of cocaine from North Carolina to dealers in Henrico and Urbanna, …
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PCP Dealer Sentenced To Over 19 Years In Prison

… Police Department. According to Wilson’s guilty plea, from August 2011 through February 2012, Wilson participated … the conspiracy, Wilson bought PCP, cocaine and heroin from co-defendant Samuel Braxton, a/k/a “Fats.”  Wilson then …
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DEA And Otsego County Sheriff's Office Arrest Two Defendants On Drug Charges

… 2011, a quantity of Oxycodone powder was purchased from Remillard during the investigation.  In Late December … Sheriff's Office had previously obtained the search warrant from County Court Judge Brian D. Burns.  The search resulted …
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Undercover Operation Reveals Inmates Plan To Commit Murder

… Administration Albany District Office with assistance from the New York State Department of Financial Services … who spearheaded this investigation with collaboration from the Otsego County District Attorney's Office, the NYS …
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Member Of Home Invasion Robbery Crew Sentenced To 27 Years For Murdering Pregnant Woman During Botched Robbery

… In the spring of 2001, the crew received information from a member of an international drug trafficking … Enforcement Task Force which comprises agents and officers from the DEA, New York City Police Department and New York …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Five For Conspiracy, Smuggling And Money Laundering In “Spice” Case

… Wisconsin, the defendants conspired to purchase and import from China chemicals known as JWH018, AM2201, UR-144, and … The government is seeking forfeiture of proceeds derived from the alleged criminal activities. The five defendants …
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Defendants Sentenced In $25 Million Tax Fraud And Drug Conspiracy

… drug trafficking activities. According to court documents, from January 2010 to March 2012, Joel Santana-Pierna led his … security numbers. Most of these stolen identities were from citizens of Puerto Rico. Using this stolen information, …
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East Bay Counterfeit Drug Manufacturer Convicted

… plea, Beckford, 28, of Oakland, Calif., admitted that from January 17, 2014, through December 12, 2015, he engaged in a scheme to import controlled substances from China and other foreign sources, obtain manufacturing …
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23 Charged In Drug Distribution Conspiracy And Related Crimes

… the DEA intercepted at least 500 grams of cocaine headed from Fresno to Northern California.  The second seizure … the result of an investigation by the DEA with assistance from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and …
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8 Indicted In Heroin, Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… was the head of a drug trafficking organization that from March 1, 2016, through June 16, 2017, imported and … and the Bakersfield Police Department with assistance from Kern County Probation Department, Bureau of Alcohol, …
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Marijuana Dispensary Owner Sentenced To Five Years In Prison

… Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division Info Community … October of 2011) for approximately $200,000, using funds from the CVCC and MediZen dispensary. Davies and Smith also …
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Leader Of “Trinitarios” Gang Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 10 Years In Prison

… well as statements made during the sentencing proceedings: From approximately 2009 until his arrest in July 2014, Sosa … to protect their drug distribution territory and themselves from rival gang members, or for use in retaliation against …
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Partner In Stockton And Sacramento Marijuana Businesses Pleads Guilty

… marijuana and six counts of distributing marijuana from storefronts in Stockton and Sacramento, Drug … and the U.S. Marshals Service, with assistance from the Stockton Police Department and other local law …
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Convictions In Multicounty Marijuana Cases

… with intent to distribute 49,206 marijuana plants seized from public lands on the Sierra National Forest in Fresno … three pounds of processed marijuana and an assault rifle from the ranch. Gallegos faces a mandatory prison term of …
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Multi-County Marijuana Prosecutions

… also seized an assault weapon with 124 rounds of ammunition from an open detached garage at a residential property next … grown on agricultural land in Kettleman City. Two notices from the U.S. Attorney’s Office had been sent to the …
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Mexican Drug Trafficker Caught with Tens of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills, Cocaine, Heroin, and Stolen Guns Sentenced to Federal Prison in Washington State

… - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Transported Drugs from California to Spokane Seized Drugs and Firearms Seized … out of Mexico that was responsible for transporting drugs from California to Spokane and distributing them across … by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the Spokane Regional Anti-Violence Enforcement and …
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$5 million worth of heroin intercepted en route to New York City and Northeast: El Chapo brand recovered

… worth of heroin intercepted en route to New York City and Northeast: El Chapo brand recovered July 19, 2019 New York Contact Info Contact Us … destined to Springfield, MA where one of the defendants is from, indicating the organization’s reach outside of New …
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Dangerous fentanyl masked as counterfeit oxycodone, 20,000 pills seized in the Bronx and Manhattan

… as counterfeit oxycodone, 20,000 pills seized in the Bronx and Manhattan February 11, 2019 New York Contact Info … Force Group T-12, which is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA New York Division, the New York City Police … you take ‘prescription’ pills that did not come directly from a pharmacy, you are risking your life,” said Special …
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Ring that Used Social Media to Communicate and Advertise Wares Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

… the hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash drug proceeds from Ohio and Georgia without more people, driving cash back … into their bags… none of those codefendants made money from their involvement in the DTO. Only Valencia Rosas made … the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and …
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Dark Web Drug Vendor and Clandestine Lab Manufacturer Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking in Meth and Fentanyl

… Dark Web Drug Vendor and Clandestine Lab Manufacturer Sentenced to Prison for … Between 2020 and 2021, through undercover purchases from Orgil via the dark web or Wickr, law enforcement … had in his possession several precursor chemicals, obtained from Chinese chemical companies, that are used to produce …
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Local Task Forces Crack Down on Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution Networks

… Local Task Forces Crack Down on Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution Networks August 21, 2023 Seattle … violations of terms of his supervised release stemming from a 2019 federal drug trafficking conviction and his … type of drugs distributed.  Maximum prison sentences range from up to 20 years to life in prison.  Unlawful possession …
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Sixteen Individuals Plead Guilty in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy “Operation Titan Fall”

… Fall” investigation. This investigation yielded evidence from three drug trafficking organizations, and each … ammunition, depicted here along with three firearms seized from Cadiz’s home. Mirabal and his conspirators were linked … Administration Orlando District Office, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Postal …
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Fifteen defendants charged in federal court with heroin trafficking and possession of firearms in Milwaukee

… defendants charged in federal court with heroin trafficking and possession of firearms in Milwaukee July 16, 2019 … @DEAChicagoDiv Todd C. Smith Domestic Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: …   The investigation was led by law enforcement officers from the DEA, North Central High Intensity Drug Trafficking …