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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities

April 26, 2024
… Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities April 26, 2024 Louisville Contact Info … Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event aims to remove unneeded prescriptions from homes to help prevent medication misuse by offering …
April 26, 2024
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Judge sentences St. Louis man to 10 years for drug trafficking and firearm charges

January 21, 2021
… informants to do controlled purchases of fentanyl from whoever was in possession of the common cell phone. On … of incarceration. On December 3, 2016, Fields placed a call from the St. Louis City Justice Center to a phone number and received updates from co-conspirators regarding drug trafficking and the …
January 21, 2021
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Three Columbia men charged with heroin trafficking

June 12, 2020
… in a conspiracy to distribute heroin in Boone County from December 17, 2019, to June 11, 2020. According to … source to make two controlled purchases of heroin/fentanyl from Keveon Johnson. The confidential source identified … used another confidential source to purchase heroin from Seawood, the affidavits say. When the confidential …
June 12, 2020
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Collect Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 08, 2017
… covers West Texas and all of New Mexico, bettered its total from Take Back 13 held in April 2017.  Totals from Take Back 14 were 10,975 pounds - 5.5 tons - up from 8,629 - 4.31 tons - collected just six months ago.  …
November 08, 2017
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DEA Hosts the 27th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday to Remove Unneeded Medications from Homes

October 25, 2024
… Take Back Day on Saturday to Remove Unneeded Medications from Homes October 25, 2024 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us … Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  National Prescription Drug Take Back … misuse starts when young people take drugs they do not need from their parent’s or grandparent’s medicine cabinet.  …
October 25, 2024
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Three Defendants Arrested for Operating Narcotics Delivery Service Responsible for Three Overdose Deaths from Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine

February 01, 2022
… Delivery Service Responsible for Three Overdose Deaths from Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine February 01, 2022 New York … According to the allegations in the complaint [1] : From at least in or about 2020 to at least in or about 2021, …
February 01, 2022
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Pharmacist arrested in diversion of 5,000 oxycodone pills worth up to $150,000 from a pharmacy in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

November 01, 2018
… in diversion of 5,000 oxycodone pills worth up to $150,000 from a pharmacy in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn November 01, 2018 … for allegedly diverting thousands of oxycodone pills from the Brooklyn pharmacy where she was employed to the …
November 01, 2018
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Georgia Man Arranging Methamphetamine Transactions from within Federal Prison Sentenced to 300 Additional Months in Federal Prison

June 02, 2022
… Georgia Man Arranging Methamphetamine Transactions from within Federal Prison Sentenced to 300 Additional … keep drug dealers off the street, and protect our families from their poisonous grip,” said Taylor County Sheriff Wayne …
June 02, 2022
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities

April 26, 2024
… Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities April 26, 2024 Headquarters Contact Info … Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event aims to remove unneeded prescriptions from homes to help prevent medication misuse by offering …
April 26, 2024
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Former Ellensburg Doctor Indicted on 26 Felony Counts for Falsifying and Issuing Commercial Driver’s Licenses and Prescriptions for Controlled Substances

December 01, 2025
… her staff prescriptions which she herself would take from the staff member. According to court documents, Elperin …
December 01, 2025
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Midwestern Communities Safely Dispose of 18,710 Pounds of Unwanted Medications at DEA Take Back Day Event

November 03, 2025
… Drug Take Back Day. The removal of these medications from homes nationwide helps prevent prescription drug misuse …
November 03, 2025
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San Diego Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Supplying Fentanyl that Resulted in Deaths of Two in North Park

November 17, 2025
… and our unwavering commitment to stopping those who profit from this deadly drug.” San Diego Police officers, along with investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Overdose Response … Sargent’s duffel bag, also recovered from the bedroom, contained 30.4 grams of methamphetamine …
November 17, 2025
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Dark Web Dealer of Meth, Heroin Heads to Prison

February 29, 2024
… to the government $22,000, representing proceeds obtained from his illegal drug trafficking. On Aug. 16, 2023, LeCoque … web via an online marketplace called White House Market from May 15, 2020, to Aug. 6, 2021. Federal agents used cryptocurrency to purchase methamphetamine and heroin from LeCoque through an undercover account on two occasions …
February 29, 2024
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Kansas City felon charged with illegal firearm

July 31, 2020
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … and was the passenger in a vehicle that attempted to flee from police officers after the robbery, until it caused a collision with another vehicle. Dorch was released from prison in October 2019 after serving a five-year …
July 31, 2020
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11 Year Prison Sentence For California To Missouri Methamphetamine Distributors

July 10, 2017
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … that we do all that we can to keep our communities safe from the violence and crime drug dealers seek to introduce … Investigators identified that Delatorre was shipping meth from California to Springfield, Missouri, in two to …
July 10, 2017
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New York Man Indicted in St. Louis, Accused of Selling Counterfeit Xanax on Dark Web

April 14, 2023
… 387-5067 StLouisDiversionOutreach@dea.gov ST. LOUIS – A man from New York state has been indicted in federal court in … of counterfeit generic alprazolam, an anti-anxiety drug, from another person on the dark web who has sold millions of … person manufactured the pills using active drug ingredients from China, a pill press and stamps that would mimic the …
April 14, 2023
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Former Health Care Worker Sentenced for Fentanyl Thefts

March 29, 2023
… to 12 months and a day in prison for stealing fentanyl from two hospitals where she worked. Faith Naccarato, 42, of … Naccarato used her fingerprint to remove vials of fentanyl from an automated dispensing cabinet in the surgical … 2020 and April 2020, Naccarato took vials of fentanyl from an automated dispensing cabinet in the noninvasive …
March 29, 2023
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Undocumented Man Gets 46 Months in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

January 19, 2023
… EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A man originally from Mexico was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison in … distribute. Previously, Gomezllanos-Martinez was deported from the U.S. in March 2017. After serving his sentence in … Administration led the investigation with assistance from the Illinois State Police. Drug Trafficking Fentanyl …
January 19, 2023
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Woman Sentenced for Selling Prescription Drugs

September 09, 2022
… District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Friday sentenced a woman from St. Charles, who fraudulently obtained prescription … by fraud. Rooney admitted that on numerous occasions from July 11, 2018 to October 2018, she visited a doctor and … that pharmacies would request and receive reimbursement from Medicaid for the drugs she received, her plea says. The …
September 09, 2022
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Kansas Man Sentenced in International Drug Smuggling Ring

July 11, 2022
… part in a conspiracy to traffic illegal narcotics sourced from his family in Mexico in the Kansas City metro area. His … drug debts, and transport bulk United States currency from Kansas City to Mexico. “As long as drug smugglers … in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on …
July 11, 2022
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DEA Announces Take Back Day April 24

April 01, 2021
… unwanted prescription drugs at designated collection sites from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 24, National … indicating a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets, clearing out unused medicine is …
April 01, 2021
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Jefferson County Man Pleads Guilty in Multi-State Meth Distribution Network

October 13, 2021
… the illicit drug organization. The indictment alleges that from January 2019 until Jan. 6, 2021, Brendon Thomas, Joe … Louis and seized 28 pounds of methamphetamine and a firearm from a hidden compartment from within the vehicle. The investigation involved the …
October 13, 2021
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Guilty Plea for Kansas City Man Involved in Drug Trafficking Ring

August 27, 2021
… 387-5067 StLouisDiversionOutreach@dea.gov Network Stretched from St. Louis and Kansas City to California ST. LOUIS – … uncovered a vast network of co-conspirators spanning from St. Louis to Kansas City to California. During the … Nov. 30, 2021. DEA investigated the case with assistance from the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department. Guilty Plea …
August 27, 2021
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Two St. Louis men indicted for drug trafficking crime that caused death

January 28, 2021
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … before the shooting, Perkins removed the license plates from his vehicle and Weeden turned his phone off. Just after … p.m., Perkins pulled his vehicle onto a side street across from the victim’s location, at which point Weeden emerged …
January 28, 2021
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St. Louis man pleads guilty to possession with intent to distribute meth

October 19, 2020
… – U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White accepted a plea today from LeVaughn Neal. The 35-year-old St. Louis, Missouri … was conducting surveillance of suspicious packages mailed from Arizona to St. Louis. On October 17, 2019, postal inspectors intercepted a suspicious package mailed from Scottsdale, Arizona to a vacant home in Jennings, Mo. …
October 19, 2020
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St. Louis man sentenced to 60 months in prison

June 15, 2020
… person. His girlfriend had taken the methamphetamine from defendant in an attempt to hide it from police. Moore admitted that he intended to sell some of … Police Department investigated this case with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis …
June 15, 2020
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California woman sentenced to 27 years for meth conspiracy

June 09, 2020
… a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Jasper County from March 8, 2016, through October 3, 2017. Kivett also … methamphetamine. Kivett transported methamphetamine from California, usually through the mail, to … purchased multiple kilograms of methamphetamine from Kivett for about $400 per ounce (28 grams). Those …
June 09, 2020
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Mexican Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 14 years in Federal Prison

March 03, 2023
… in Indianapolis and Texas. Lopez-Acevedo was extradited from Mexico in 2019 with the assistance of the Department of … Justice’s Office of International Affairs. Upon his release from prison, Lopez-Acevedo will be removed from the United States. The Drug Enforcement Drug …
March 03, 2023
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

April 21, 2020
… that the majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from the home medicine cabinet," said DEA Special Agent in … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Once the Centers for Disease …
April 21, 2020
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Carlsbad man sentenced to five years on gun and drug charges

October 15, 2020
… Carlsbad man sentenced to five years on gun and drug charges October 15, 2020 El Paso Contact Info … Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … of his drug trafficking activities. Upon release from prison, Parker will serve three years of supervised …
October 15, 2020