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Final Defendant Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines

August 16, 2022
… Ice removed the victim’s catalytic converter by cutting it from the victim’s vehicle’s exhaust system using a … converters so that he could target specific vehicles from which to steal catalytic converters. Marshall also gave … Leslie Ice’s bond money so that he would be released from custody and could continue to steal catalytic …
August 16, 2022
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

November 01, 2021
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On Oct. 23, with close …
November 01, 2021
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35 Years For Leader Of Major Marijuana Trafficking Operation

April 13, 2017
… 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 … firearms-all of which were purchased with proceeds derived from drug trafficking activities-and over $23,000 in U.S. …
April 13, 2017
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Maryland Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl

August 13, 2025
… mimics the markings on legitimate pills that one receives from a manufacturer containing oxycodone hydrochloride. … Boardman also ordered Kefyalew to forfeit funds he received from drug dealing, and to pay restitution. U.S. Attorney …
August 13, 2025
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Virginia Man Sentenced to over 10 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges

August 21, 2025
… of the Department of Justice to 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 …
August 21, 2025
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Connecticut Man Sentenced to 70 Months’ Imprisonment for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Cocaine Base from Rutland Apartment

July 25, 2022
… to Distribute Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Cocaine Base from Rutland Apartment July 25, 2022 New England Contact … also seized a total of over six thousand dollars in cash from Mariani, Cedano, and Wedderburn. The government argued …
July 25, 2022
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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 Louisville Contact Info Contact … Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  National Prescription Drug Take Back …
October 25, 2024
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New Jersey U.S. Attorney Files Civil Suit Seeking Forfeiture Of $1.7 Million Seized From New York-Based Exporter

June 23, 2014
… Files Civil Suit Seeking Forfeiture Of $1.7 Million Seized From New York-Based Exporter June 23, 2014 New Jersey … today seeking to forfeit $1,742,289, previously seized from cellular phone wholesale company Cellular Next LLC, …
June 23, 2014
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Operation Pipeline Training -- Rocky Mount, VA Course Description: This is the basic course of instruction for uniformed patrol officers, detectives, agents, or investigators, covering the fundamental principles of criminal roadway interdiction of passenger and commercial motor vehicles. Course Length: 24 hours Topics Covered: Motor Vehicle Interdiction Hidden Compartments Officer...
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Felon Sentenced to 15 Years for Illegal Firearm

January 23, 2025
… Taurus 9mm pistol and approximately 12 rounds of ammunition from Oct. 14 to 20, 2022. Brandkamp was arrested on Oct. 14, … he contacted a relative and asked her to remove items from his residence that a “felon was not supposed to have.” … community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
January 23, 2025
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Meth Dealer Sentenced to 16 Years

February 05, 2024
… 9mm semi-automatic pistol (that had been reported stolen) from the living room coffee table, a Smith & Wesson .22-caliber semi-automatic pistol from underneath a couch cushion, eight hollow point rounds, … four to six pounds of methamphetamine each week from his source over the past five or six months. At the …
February 05, 2024
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Illinois Man Accused of Dealing Fatal Fentanyl Pills

August 17, 2023
… 387-5067 StLouisDiversionOutreach@dea.gov ST. LOUIS – A man from Belleville, Illinois, was indicted Wednesday on charges … pill Percocet, and bought four pills resembling Percocet from Overall at his home, which was then in St. Louis. The victim died later that day from fentanyl intoxication, charging documents say. During …
August 17, 2023
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California Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking

June 07, 2023
… aboard a bus traveling through Kansas City, Missouri, from Los Angeles, Calif. Matthew J. Gomez, 28, pleaded … 16, 2023, as he got off a bus traveling through Kansas City from Los Angeles. Gomez was wearing a backpack and carrying … of removing his backpack when he quickly stepped away from the detective in an attempt to flee. A struggle ensued, …
June 07, 2023
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Fentanyl and Meth Dealer Sentenced to 15+ Years

May 18, 2023
… substance with intention to distribute. Upon release from federal prison, he will serve five years of supervised … controlled substances in December 2021 based on information from a confidential source. Undercover sources working with … 5.4 grams of fentanyl and 6.883 grams of methamphetamine from Shannon on two separate occasions in St. Clair County. …
May 18, 2023
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St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin Trafficking in Springfield

December 27, 2022
… Rush to participating in a conspiracy to distribute heroin from Sept. 1, 2012, to April 3, 2017. Battle admitted that he traveled from St. Louis to Springfield on April 6, 2016, to deliver … then returned to his vehicle and retrieved an item from the trunk. As federal agents approached to arrest him, …
December 27, 2022
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Two Men Admit Trying to Bring 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine to the St. Louis Area

November 02, 2022
… that was being brought to the St. Louis area from Colorado. Demond Benard McDaniels Jr., 26, of St. … with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The case stemmed from an Oct. 8, 2020 traffic stop in Kansas. A Geary County … roughly 100 pounds of methamphetamine that was being driven from Colorado to the St. Louis area. The Drug Enforcement …
November 02, 2022
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Drug Trafficker who Hid in Dog House Sentenced to 30 Years

June 21, 2022
… District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Tuesday sentenced a man from California to 30 years in prison for drug trafficking … records showing Bull had sold over 500 pounds of marijuana from April 2019 to sometime in 2020 were seized three days later from the home where Bull stayed in St. Louis. Four other …
June 21, 2022
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Texas Man Receives 25 Years for Meth Trafficking and Firearms Possession

June 15, 2022
… crime. Co-defendant Brittany Brannan, 35, also from Texas, has pleaded guilty to her role in the … were arrested on Dec. 27, 2020, after attempting to flee from law enforcement officers. A Stone County, Mo., … According to court documents, Houghton had absconded from parole in Texas with Brannan. They were part of a large …
June 15, 2022
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California Man Charged with Fentanyl Trafficking

March 17, 2022
… aboard a bus traveling through Kansas City, Missouri, from Los Angeles, Calif. Matthew John Gomez, 27, was charged … March 16, as he got off a bus traveling through Kansas City from Los Angeles. Gomez was wearing a backpack and carrying … of removing his backpack when he quickly stepped away from the detective in an attempt to flee. A struggle ensued, …
March 17, 2022
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 19, 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 19, 2021
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Jury Convicts Leader of Large-Scale Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

October 06, 2021
… containing the fentanyl, and his fingerprint was recovered from packaging material.  However, Hunter ran from investigators, and made good his escape. The jury found … Hunter’s frequent pattern of travel to St. Louis from Los Angeles.  “At the time DEA seized Hunter’s 27 …
October 06, 2021
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Kansas City, Kansas, Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin Trafficking

August 12, 2021
… intercepted by law enforcement officers when it was shipped from California to Kansas City, Missouri. Solomon B. … local FedEx facility. The package, which was being shipped from California to a Kansas City, Mo., address, contained a … repositioned the parcel on the porch in order to conceal it from the street. A couple of hours later, Hawthorne arrived, …
August 12, 2021
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St. Louis man sentenced to 20 years for drug-related murder

January 04, 2021
… learned a prospective customer had purchased fentanyl from a rival drug dealer, instead of from Calvin’s drug trafficking organization. Calvin and … St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department, with assistance from the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office. The case was …
January 04, 2021
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Man sentenced to 30 years for meth distribution

September 04, 2020
… methamphetamine. Norles transported the methamphetamine from California to Missouri and distributed that … trooper seized nearly 2.4 kilograms of methamphetamine from a Dodge Charger in which Norles was a passenger during … trim. The traffic stop was made while Norles was returning from a trip to Los Angeles, California. Norles possessed …
September 04, 2020
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Kirbyville man sentenced to 24 years for meth conspiracy

March 05, 2020
… in southwest Missouri and in the Lebanon, Missouri, area from March 1, 2018, to Jan. 22, 2019. According to court … troopers seized nearly 2.4 kilograms of methamphetamine from a Dodge Charger in which Norles was a passenger during … Missouri, on Jan. 22, 2019, while Norles was returning from a trip to Los Angeles, California. Tribble is the first …
March 05, 2020
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St. Joseph man sentenced to 15 years for leading $2.1 million meth conspiracy

February 25, 2020
… to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from Jan. 1, 2015, to Nov. 16, 2017, and one count of … coordinating large shipments of methamphetamine from the Kansas City area to Buchanan County, Clinton … violation on a black Audi A4 driven by Pardee. Pardee fled from officers at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour for …
February 25, 2020
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California man pleads guilty to drug trafficking

January 14, 2020
… Villanueva at a local bus station when he disembarked from a bus originating from Los Angeles, California, en route to New York City. … them. No one claimed the backpack, so detectives removed it from the bus and searched it. They found four bundles, …
January 14, 2020
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St. Joseph Man sentenced for $6 million in synthetic cannabinoid conspiracy

January 02, 2020
… to distribute misbranded drugs across state lines from March 1, 2011, to April 30, 2014. They also each … wire transfers, totaling $1,725,250, to purchase chemicals from individuals in China from November 2011 to March 2012. Some of the chemicals that …
January 02, 2020
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California Man Sentenced for Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

June 26, 2024
… attempting to transport over 2 kilograms of heroin by train from Bernalillo County to North Carolina. There is no parole … heroin to North Carolina for distribution. Upon his release from prison, Serna will be subject to three years of … today. The DEA investigated this case with assistance from the Albuquerque Police Department. Assistant United …
June 26, 2024
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Kermit Man Sentenced for Distribution of Meth

January 25, 2024
… in prison for a supervised release violation stemming from a felon in possession charge he was sentenced for in … the area, deputies recovered over 25 grams of crystal meth from McGill. McGill pled guilty to possession and … of concern for others is apparent. His attempted escape from law enforcement put citizens and officers at risk. His …
January 25, 2024