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Honduran National Who Exposed His Infant to Fentanyl Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Repeated Arrests for Trafficking Fentanyl

… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Robert A. Saccone Domestic Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington Additional Division Info Community Outreach … of vehicle listed in the registration. Huisa was removed from the car while law enforcement determined whether the …
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Spokane Physician Pays $120,000 to Resolve Allegations He Prescribed Controlled Substances Without Legitimate Medical Purpose

… to protect patients, the public, and American taxpayers from this dangerous conduct.” The settlement can be found …
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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

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

… Drug Take Back Day. The removal of these medications from homes nationwide helps prevent prescription drug misuse …
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DEA St. Louis Division Seizes Record 400+ pounds of Meth

… A table laden with methamphetamine seized from a storage unit in St. Louis, totaling about 460 pounds. ST. LOUIS – A man from Wildwood, Missouri, has been caught with at least 400 … the dedicated effort of our agents at stopping this poison from reaching our communities.” Kristiansen was recently …
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Meth and a Gun Results in 15 Years of Prison

… to distribute methamphetamine in Greene County, Mo., from April 7, 2019, to July 25, 2019. Fleming admitted that … officers contacted Fleming after receiving information from a confidential informant that he was going to resupply. Detectives seized a Kel-Tec 9mm firearm from Fleming’s holster and a package that contained …
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Kansas City Pharmacy Filled Forged Prescriptions

… CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri pharmacy is prohibited from continuing its past practice of filling prescriptions … of the consent decree, Spalitto’s is permanently prohibited from dispensing any controlled substance without verifying … for at least a dozen individuals that purported to be from the same physician. The pharmacy filled those …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

… Locally, the El Paso Division collected 4,409 pounds from various sites in El Paso, Midland, Alpine, Las Cruces, … removed almost 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. Removing unnecessary …
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

… Twice Domestic 36 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Removed from Communities between May and September WASHINGTON – The … the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl … is equivalent to more than 36 million lethal doses removed from the illegal drug supply. Additionally, 338 weapons were …
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Tony Torrez Charged With Violating Federal Narcotics Trafficking And Firearms Laws

… a traffic stop on the Toyota when a woman drove away from the residence in the Toyota.  Shortly thereafter, APD … conducted a traffic stop on a Lexus sedan that drove away from the residence and identified the driver as Torrez.  APD … to be “wax,” a concentrated form of THC oil processed from the marijuana plant.  Thereafter, the DEA obtained a …
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Drug Trafficker

… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community … revealed that David Lopez had been transporting marijuana from El Paso, Texas to cities in the United States from …
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Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison For Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in U.S. Marine’s Death

… caused by the defendant’s conduct” by profiting from his prolific sales of fentanyl. A jury convicted Atta … final sale to C.M.R. occurred on May 20, 2020. C.M.R. died from an overdose the next day. “This was a selfish, …
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Wife of Sinaloa Cartel Kingpin Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana) from South America and Mexico, transported the drugs to … the U.S. The TCO then smuggled the bulk cash proceeds from its drug trafficking activities back to the TCO’s … vests. A considerable number of these items were sourced from within the United States and clandestinely smuggled …
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January 19, 2025
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Rhode Island Businesswoman Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison for Money Laundering

… a friend to drive $350,000 in Perez’s drug proceeds from Rhode Island to Correa’s “investors” in North Carolina. … “investors” then wired $350,000 in two transactions, from two separate business accounts, in the amount of … for the concealed drug proceeds, Correa used her work email address to communicate with the North Carolina …
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DEA, SAMHSA Extend COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing Controlled Medications for Six Months While Considering Comments from the Public

… Medications for Six Months While Considering Comments from the Public May 09, 2023 Headquarters Contact Info … against diversion. The NPRMs received over 38,000 comments from the public and DEA, in collaboration with SAMHSA, is …
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Illinois Man Found Guilty of Selling Fatal Fentanyl Pills

… ST. LOUIS – A jury  Wednesday evening convicted a man from Belleville, Illinois, of a charge related to his sale … bought three pills that mimicked the appearance of Percocet from Overall at Overall’s home in St. Louis. The victim died later that evening from fentanyl intoxication caused by ingesting the fake …
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Springfield Man Received Delivery of 30 Pounds of Meth

… a delivery of approximately 30 pounds of methamphetamine from California. Saul Fernandez, 29, pleaded guilty before … of methamphetamine that was transported to Springfield from California. According to today’s plea agreement, an … Investigators saw Fernandez pick up the vehicle from the cooperator, stopped him a short time later walking …
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Third Defendant Sentenced in Meth Conspiracy

… participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from Aug. 11 to Oct. 14, 2020. Paulson is the third and … users. Paulson admitted that he purchased methamphetamine from Kingsley and sold bulk quantities to lower level dealers. Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, through undercover …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

… removed almost 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. Removing unnecessary medications from the home can help prevent situations involving: not …
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Jury Convicts St. Louis Man of Meth Trafficking

… - (417) 888-9800 Officers Seized 31 Pounds of Meth from Luggage at Bus Station KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A St. Louis man traveling by bus from Los Angeles has been convicted in a federal jury trial … at about 10:27 p.m. Saturday, March 9, 2019. A bus arrived from Los Angeles en route to St. Louis, and a Kansas City, …
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Meth Dealer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

… participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from Aug. 11 to Oct. 14, 2020. Co-defendant Kurt Thomas … users. Paulson admitted that he purchased methamphetamine from Kingsley and sold bulk quantities to lower level dealers. Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, through undercover …
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Meth and Cocaine Drug Ringleader Sentenced to Prison

… conspiracy to various drug charges and have been sentenced from time served and supervised release up to 21 years and … Administration investigated the drug trafficking ring from February 2017 to August 2018 in Madison and St. Clair … Illinois. "We want the entire criminal drug organization, from the dealers to the highest level of distribution …
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Two Meth Dealers Sentenced to 23 Years Total in Prison

… distribute methamphetamine in Boone and Callaway counties from Sept. 22, 2020, to April 5, 2021. Foley used two … methamphetamine to multiple customers, including Hensley, from each of these locations. On July 19, 2022, Hensley … he purchased between 36 and 48 ounces of methamphetamine from Foley over a six-month period. Hensley also admitted …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

… the public on the serious dangers of fentanyl poisoning from fake pills and other illicit drugs. DEA supports the … ever encountered,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. “From large cities to rural America, no community is safe …
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New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty After Suitcase with Three Kilos of Cocaine is Found on Bus

… Mo., bus station on Oct. 22, 2018. As passengers debarked from a bus that originated in Los Angeles, California, … as “Jo Cordero Jr.” Cordero had flown on United Airlines from Newark to Los Angeles on Oct. 8, 2018. Cordero departed … and its contents, investigators identified Cordero’s DNA from the waistband of a pair of underwear and his …
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California Man Sentenced for ‘Extraordinary Quantity’ of Meth

… of methamphetamine” in a borrowed car as he traveled from California through Missouri. Johnny Jordan Thompson, … trooper stopped Thompson, who was driving a loaned vehicle from a dealership in Ontario, Calif., on Interstate 70 in … most of the past 20 years in prison on offenses ranging from vehicle theft to armed bank robbery to, most recently, …
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Federal Charges Filed against St. Louis Woman Linked to Multiple Overdose Deaths

… information that Chuny Reed was distributing crack cocaine from her residence located at 4451 Forest Park Avenue. … Investigators learned that video surveillance footage from inside the apartment complex was available via the … this individual was discovered dead inside his apartment from an apparent overdose. At the scene of the overdose …
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West Plains Man Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

… participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from Dec. 31, 2015, to June 21, 2019. Gonzales admitted that he received distributive amounts of methamphetamine from co-defendants Shirley J. Hicks, 63, of West Plains, and … admitted that he had recently purchased methamphetamine from Hicks. Law enforcement officers executed a search …
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Three Sedalia Residents Indicted for Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

… Springfield - (417) 888-9800 Officers Seized 28 Firearms From Residence JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Three Sedalia, … after law enforcement officers seized 28 firearms from a residence during the investigation. James Jacob …