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UW Medicine Resident Physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital Charged for Diverting Fentanyl

July 01, 2025
… were ordered for three children.  “Diverting medicine away from infant patients is despicable, doubly so if the person … with drug use, including unexplained delays and absences from the operating room.   On December 27, 2024, as a …
July 01, 2025
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Honduran National Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Illegal Reentry and Controlled Substance Offenses

June 26, 2025
… probation by absconding.  In 2008, Cruz-Acosta was deported from the United States.  He returned to the United States … in federal prison.  Thereafter, he was again deported from the United States in June 2010.  Cruz-Acosta again …
June 26, 2025
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Mexican National and California Man Charged Following Seizure of Over 45 Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills and Powder

June 06, 2025
… Mexican National and California Man Charged Following Seizure of Over 45 Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills and Powder June 06, 2025 Phoenix Contact Info Contact Us … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
June 06, 2025
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Stockton Man Sentenced to 16 Years and 8 Months in Prison for Fentanyl and Meth Pill Manufacturing and Distribution

May 12, 2025
… Stockton Man Sentenced to 16 Years and 8 Months in Prison for Fentanyl and Meth Pill Manufacturing and Distribution May 12, 2025 … Bob P. Beris announced.  According to court documents, from at least September 2015 through May 2019, Barnes …
May 12, 2025
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Six Individuals Indicted on Charges of Criminal Conspiracy Involving Illegal Drugs and Firearms in Eastern Washington

April 24, 2025
… 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 …
April 24, 2025
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Woman Who Managed On-Demand Drug Delivery Service that Catered to Students and Young Professionals Sentenced to Over Four Years in Federal Prison

April 18, 2025
… 846, 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C). According to the plea agreement, from April 2023 through September 2023, Gonzalez managed an … Daniel Pastor is prosecuting the case with assistance from Andy Ding. The prosecution is the result of an …
April 18, 2025
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

May 08, 2023
… DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United … Suspicious Pharmaceutical Activities: (973)776-1172 Towanda Thorne-James Special Agent In Charge View Towanda … Last Mile comprised 1,436 investigations conducted from May 1, 2022 through May 1, 2023, in collaboration with …
May 08, 2023
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DEA releases 2019 National Drug Threat Assessment

January 30, 2020
… even greater decreases – over 13 percent – in overdoses from controlled prescription opioids. Many challenges … by DEA field division. The assessment factors in data from many sources, including drug seizures, drug purity, …
January 30, 2020
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Sixth hash oil lab dismantled by DEA within three week period

May 24, 2019
… operation. Large quantities of ethanol were removed from the property by San Diego County HAZMAT.  his is the … oil, also known as THC or honey oil, is commonly extracted from marijuana plant material using volatile solvents.  A s …
May 24, 2019
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Doctor who operated oxycodone and fentanyl diversion scheme sentenced to 5 years in prison

July 02, 2019
… that can lead to respiratory depression and death.   From approximately 2015 until his arrest in November 2017, … agents recovered hundreds of fentanyl sprays and patches from the closet of his residence, along with approximately …
July 02, 2019
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DEA to accept vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 18, 2019
… DEA to accept vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … more being added each day Collection sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. The public can find a …
October 18, 2019
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Montgomery Nurse Practitioner receives 10-year sentence

May 30, 2019
… Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … health care fraud.    The trial evidence showed that, from 2013 through 2016, Akwuba worked at Family Practice, a … sentence imposed in this case will deter other prescribers from following in her footsteps and causing harm to their …
May 30, 2019
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Top Dealer in Han Gil Case Pleads Guilty

June 20, 2019
… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community Outreach & … out of trap rooms.     Mun collected thousands of dollars from Freeman alone, and often tipped off dealers before law …
June 20, 2019
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth September 27, 2021 Rocky Mountain Contact Info … “The states in the Denver Division are not immune from this epidemic, in Colorado last year we saw a 38% … Reuter. “The most important message you can take away from this is to only take pills prescribed by your doctor, …
September 27, 2021
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Rock Hill Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Involvement in Fentanyl Distribution Ring

February 02, 2023
… amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and marijuana from a distributor in Southern California.  Based upon the … group shipped more than 255 packages containing the drugs from California during a one-year period and distributed …
February 02, 2023
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Four Defendants Await Sentencing After Pleading Guilty to Roles in Operation of Industrial-Level Pill Production

April 21, 2022
… of our communities.”  “As part of safeguarding our borders from serious health and security threats, Customs and Border … voluntarily forfeited the materials. In 2020, investigators from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration flagged a …
April 21, 2022
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Ten Arrested In Southeastern Massachusetts Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

July 25, 2022
… fentanyl and substantial amounts of cash and were seized from target locations. According to the charging documents, … to regularly distribute multi-kilograms of fentanyl from a base of operations at a stash house in Fall River. …
July 25, 2022
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Bridgeport Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Federal Racketeering Charge

June 15, 2022
… A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a racketeering charge stemming from his participation in a violent Bridgeport street gang. … narcotics, laundered narcotics proceeds, and stole cars from inside and outside Connecticut and used the cars to …
June 15, 2022
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Leader of Drug Ring Pleads Guilty as Federal Trial is Set to Begin

March 25, 2024
… overdose, including by directing others to destroy evidence from the death scene. Beardsley bought and sold fentanyl, … law enforcement conducted five controlled purchases from Beardsley. In addition, Beardsley and his …
March 25, 2024
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Senior FARC Commander Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Massive Quantities of Cocaine for Importation into the United States

August 14, 2023
… violence, power and notoriety to import tons of cocaine from Colombia into New York City,” stated DEA Administrator … selling cocaine to drug traffickers or extorting payments from traffickers operating in the 30th Front’s territory. …
August 14, 2023
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Former Suffolk County Legislator Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Public Records and Patronizing a Prostitute

October 17, 2022
… Dr. Spencer served as a Suffolk County Legislator from January 2012 through December 2021 representing Suffolk … Island Heroin Task Force comprises law enforcement agents from the DEA, New York State Police, Suffolk County Police …
October 17, 2022
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Narcotics Dealer Arrested in Connection with Multiple Overdose Deaths

March 31, 2022
… in this activity accountable.” As alleged in the Complaint: From at least in or about January 2020 up to and including … several undercover purchases of fentanyl-laced heroin from PELOQUIN and certain of his co-conspirators in which …
March 31, 2022
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Defendant Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Attempting to Murder U.S. Government Informant

March 23, 2022
… arranged for the murder of an individual whom he knew from prior narcotics transactions and believed to be … and that he wanted to prevent that individual from providing information to U.S. law enforcement. This …
March 23, 2022
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Four MS-13 Gang Members Convicted of Racketeering, Violent Crimes, and Drug Distribution

March 18, 2022
… Gang Members Convicted of Racketeering, Violent Crimes, and Drug Distribution March 18, 2022 New York Contact Info … they shot him. Perez Sandoval then drove the associates from the scene of the shooting to Rosales Juarez’s … M.R.G., and, on July 3, 2017, GLCS gang members traveled from Prince William County to Charlottesville to murder …
March 18, 2022
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DEA Launches New Initiative to Combat Drug-Related Violence and Overdoses in Communities across America

February 07, 2022
… many resources to seize illegal drugs and guns from the streets and remove violent drug organizations from neighborhoods within these cities.”   Operation …
February 07, 2022
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Bronx Gang Member Charged with 2015 Murder

March 23, 2021
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County Additional Division Info Community … will continue to work together to keep our communities safe from such criminals and the dangerous activity and violence …
March 23, 2021
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Several Million Dollars’ Worth of Narcotics Including Fentanyl Seized in Mount Vernon

April 26, 2021
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County Additional Division Info Community … into our communities.” The NYDETF comprises personnel from the DEA, New York City Police Department and New York …
April 26, 2021
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Catskill physician receives 54 months in prison for distribution of opioids, health care fraud, aggravated identify theft, and obstruction of justice

March 06, 2020
… of supervised release, to be served following her release from prison.  In sentencing Mabry, Judge D’Agostino … 11.  This case was investigated by the DEA, with assistance from the New York Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, and was …
March 06, 2020
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Saratoga County drug dealer pleads guilty to overdose death

November 26, 2019
… made it evidently clear that no town is immune from the deadly consequences of fentanyl,” said Special … he sold controlled substances, including furanyl fentanyl, from his residence in Saratoga Springs. Early on Feb. 3, …
November 26, 2019
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Nine members of trafficking organization charged with distributing heroin, fentanyl and cocaine out of auto body shops

February 27, 2019
… in Charge Donovan. “DEA’s goal is to keep the public safe from the dangers of drug abuse. One way of doing that is to … of multiple auto body shops and garages in the Bronx, N.Y.  From 2015 to February 2019, the DTO is estimated to have …
February 27, 2019