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St. Louis man sentenced to 13 years for meth distribution

January 25, 2021
… 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, …
January 25, 2021
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17 pounds of fentanyl, heroin result in 8 years in prison

December 02, 2020
… 387-5067 StLouisDiversionOutreach@dea.gov Drugs were headed from California to New York WICHITA, Kan . – A California … Investigators learned Canas was transporting the drugs from California to New York for distribution when he passed …
December 02, 2020
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Judge sentences St. Louis County doctor for fraudulently obtaining opioid narcotic prescription drugs

October 28, 2020
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … A. Davis Bio Michael A. Davis Domestic Illinois, Kansas and Missouri Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … are used for illegal purposes, we seek to prevent them from causing injury or even death by the people who made …
October 28, 2020
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Former Everton city clerk sentenced to 10 years for money-laundering conspiracy

September 25, 2020
… that she participated in the money-laundering conspiracy from June 20 to Dec. 6, 2017. During that time, Conn was the … Halfway, Missouri, to send wire transfers of the proceeds from the distribution of methamphetamine to members of the …
September 25, 2020
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Sparta man sentenced to 14 years for meth conspiracy

September 22, 2020
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … his/her source of methamphetamine had acquired anywhere from one-fourth of an ounce to one-fourth of a pound of methamphetamine from Robinson each week and had been doing so for several …
September 22, 2020
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Indictment: Kansas man planted poppies in effort to manufacture heroin

August 24, 2020
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … A. Davis Bio Michael A. Davis Domestic Illinois, Kansas and Missouri Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … The poppies were identified as Papaver somniferum, a plant from which opium is derived. “Opium poppies are an …
August 24, 2020
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Hayti, Missouri man sentenced to 17 years in meth conspiracy

August 14, 2020
… of individuals who were conspiring to bring methamphetamine from the Southwest Border region into eastern Missouri for … no longer be making the Bootheel a stop for drugs coming from the Southwest Border, making Southeast Missouri a …
August 14, 2020
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Arizona man pleads guilty to transporting fentanyl through Kansas City to New York

May 22, 2020
… person 3.6 kilograms of fentanyl to carry aboard a bus from Denver, Colorado to New York City. However, the bag became separated from the courier at some point on the bus trip. The bag …
May 22, 2020
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Springfield, Missouri man pleads guilty to meth conspiracy

May 20, 2020
… methamphetamine in Cass, Greene, and Miller counties from May 14, 2017, to June 20, 2018. Thomas received methamphetamine to distribute from co-conspirator Christina E. Gauger, 39, of Springfield. …
May 20, 2020
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Mexican National pleads guilty to $10 million marijuana grow operation in Missouri

May 26, 2020
… clearing inside a large area of timber. A distinct path led from a building in the wooded area to the area containing … 2018; he was covered in mud, his arms had numerous bites from either mosquitos or other insects and it appeared he …
May 26, 2020
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Springfield, Missouri man pleads guilty to meth conspiracy

May 20, 2020
… methamphetamine in Cass, Greene, and Miller counties from May 14, 2017, to June 20, 2018. Williamson received methamphetamine to distribute from co-conspirator Christina E. Gauger, 39, of Springfield. …
May 20, 2020
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Woman facing federal drug trafficking charge arising

April 18, 2019
… with a fentanyl trafficking offense. The charge arises from a DEA seizure of approximately 18.144 pounds of … 8.10 gross kilograms (18.144 pounds) of fentanyl from Cota-Guitimea’s luggage during an interdiction …
April 18, 2019
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Carlsbad Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

May 24, 2022
… and that he intended to distribute them. Upon his release from prison, Alvarez will be subject to four years of … Drug Task Force investigated this case with assistance from the Carlsbad Police Department and the Eddy County …
May 24, 2022
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El Paso Area Doctor Indicted On Federal Drug Charges

April 11, 2018
… Authorities allege that Dr. Easter, with assistance from Ms. Lightfoot, was responsible for doling out numerous … continue to pursue those who seek to perpetuate and profit from the diversion of prescription drugs.” The Drug …
April 11, 2018
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Arizona Woman Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Trafficking Charges In New Mexico

February 20, 2018
… 19, 2017, with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from July 14, 2016 through July 15, 2016, and distribution … Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with assistance from the DEA and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. …
February 20, 2018
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former Police Officer On Drug Charges

February 08, 2013
… up to life in federal prison. The indictment alleges that from January 2012 until January 2013, the six defendants … defendants are in federal custody. This indictment resulted from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement …
February 08, 2013
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El Paso Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison

January 21, 2011
… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … a network of dozens of individual who imported cocaine from Mexico into El Paso then distributed the cocaine in … of tens of millions of dollars of drug proceeds from the United States back to Mexico. Last week, Aguirre …
January 21, 2011
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California Men Sentenced For Meth Conspiracy

October 01, 2015
… to distribute methamphetamine in Barry County, Mo., from March 1, 2012, to Oct. 11, 2013. He also pleaded guilty … distribution of methamphetamine, which was being delivered from California to the residence of co-defendant Julio …
October 01, 2015
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DEA’S Prescription Drug Take-Back Efforts Sees A New High

October 02, 2015
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.  The DEA’s NTBI events are …
October 02, 2015
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Houston Residents Sentenced To Prison For Their Roles In A $1.2 Million Dollar Cocaine Conspiracy

August 17, 2017
… Both Shibeshi and Bell were charged in an indictment from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern … amounts of cocaine into the Southern District of Illinois from Texas. In addition to the drug crimes, the indictment …
August 17, 2017
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DEA-led Investigation Results In Ten Defendants Pleading Guilty In Million Dollar Meth Conspiracy

August 18, 2017
… Both Shibeshi and Bell were charged in an indictment from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern … amounts of cocaine into the Southern District of Illinois from Texas. In addition to the drug crimes, the indictment …
August 18, 2017
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Heroin And Fentanyl Dealer Who Caused Near-death Overdose Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

January 03, 2018
… no regard for his victim.  Seals’ prior criminal arrests from April of 2017, where he was arrested and found to be in … Department, and the DEA Task force consisting of personnel from the DEA; the Linn County Sheriff’s Office; the Cedar …
January 03, 2018
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Meth Dealer Gets 126 Months In Prison After Multi-year Investigation

January 17, 2018
… was responsible for obtaining shipments of methamphetamine from south Texas to Lincoln, Nebraska, for distribution. … to a confidential informant six different times from November of 2016 to February of 2017, including one …
January 17, 2018
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Heroin Dealer Found Guilty For Causing An Overdose Death Facing Life In Prison

January 19, 2018
… Office, today announced that Richard L. Parker, 47, from Dubuque, Iowa, was convicted by a jury on the crimes of … who work as hard as they can to keep tragedies like this from being common in our neighborhoods and communities.” …
January 19, 2018
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$4.3 Million Dollar Meth And Heroin Conspiracy Leads To Lengthy Prison Sentences For Eight Conspirators

January 30, 2018
… Western District of Missouri.  “These individuals profited from the harm they caused our communities,” said Hixson. … and heroin in the Kansas City metropolitan area from 2010 through 2015. In all, 26 individuals were indicted …
January 30, 2018
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Twenty Years In Prison For Carbondale Man Convicted In Drug Ring

May 16, 2011
… others were distributing heroin, crack cocaine, and cocaine from Martin’s residence at The Crossings trailer park in … source working for law enforcement. When agents from the Jackson County Project Safe Neighborhoods Task …
May 16, 2011
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Four Sentenced For Conspiracy To Manufacture Methamphetamine

July 19, 2011
… Court to a methamphetamine manufacturing conspiracy from on or about April 2008 through February 2010 in … a five-year term of supervised release following release from prison. “As I have warned people before, the end result …
July 19, 2011
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Five Columbia Residents Among 10 Defendants Indicted For Conspiracy To Distribute A Ton Of Marijuana

January 09, 2014
… 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana in Boone County from February 2010 to March 2013. In addition to the … Hunter to forfeit to the government any property derived from the proceeds of the alleged drug-trafficking …
January 09, 2014
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St. Louis DEA Invites Community To Celebrate Red Ribbon Week

October 09, 2014
… visible stand against drugs by celebrating Red Ribbon Week from October 23-31. Red Ribbon Week raises awareness of drug … drug traffickers. Shortly after Camarena's death, citizens from his hometown of Calexico, California, began wearing red …
October 09, 2014
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Three Jefferson City Men Charged With Distributing Meth

February 17, 2015
… City, the affidavit says, where Pearson took a plastic bag from the back cab area of Hurtado’s pickup and placed it in … out the vehicle’s window during the pursuit, about 75 yards from where the Acura was stopped. Inside the plastic bag …
February 17, 2015