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Springfield, Missouri man pleads guilty to meth conspiracy

… 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. …
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Mexican National pleads guilty to $10 million marijuana grow operation in Missouri

… 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 …
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Springfield, Missouri man pleads guilty to meth conspiracy

… 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. …
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Woman facing federal drug trafficking charge arising

… 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 …
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Carlsbad Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

… 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 …
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El Paso Area Doctor Indicted On Federal Drug Charges

… 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 …
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Arizona Woman Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Trafficking Charges In New Mexico

… 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. …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former Police Officer On Drug Charges

… 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 …
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El Paso Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison

… 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 …
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California Men Sentenced For Meth Conspiracy

… 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 …
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DEA’S Prescription Drug Take-Back Efforts Sees A New High

… 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 …
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Houston Residents Sentenced To Prison For Their Roles In A $1.2 Million Dollar Cocaine Conspiracy

… 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 …
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DEA-led Investigation Results In Ten Defendants Pleading Guilty In Million Dollar Meth Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Heroin And Fentanyl Dealer Who Caused Near-death Overdose Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

… 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 …
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Meth Dealer Gets 126 Months In Prison After Multi-year Investigation

… 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 …
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Heroin Dealer Found Guilty For Causing An Overdose Death Facing Life In Prison

… 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.” …
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$4.3 Million Dollar Meth And Heroin Conspiracy Leads To Lengthy Prison Sentences For Eight Conspirators

… 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 …
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Twenty Years In Prison For Carbondale Man Convicted In Drug Ring

… 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 …
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Four Sentenced For Conspiracy To Manufacture Methamphetamine

… 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 …
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Five Columbia Residents Among 10 Defendants Indicted For Conspiracy To Distribute A Ton Of Marijuana

… 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 …
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St. Louis DEA Invites Community To Celebrate Red Ribbon Week

… 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 …
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Three Jefferson City Men Charged With Distributing Meth

… 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 …
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Maryland Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl

… 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 …
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Virginia Man Sentenced to over 10 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges

… 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 …
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DEA Delivers Major Blows to Drug Cartels, Advancing a Fentanyl Free America in 2026

… in more than 57 million deadly doses of fentanyl removed from communities in just thirty-days.  Eliminating the … Americans, driving the fentanyl crisis, and profiting from the misery caused by addiction,” said DEA Special Agent … nearly 9 million potentially lethal doses of fentanyl from reaching the American public.  • An enforcement …
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Felon Sentenced to 15 Years for Illegal Firearm

… 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 …
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Meth Dealer Sentenced to 16 Years

… 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 …
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Illinois Man Accused of Dealing Fatal Fentanyl Pills

… 635-1331 Springfield - (417) 888-9800 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 …
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California Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking

… 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, …
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Fentanyl and Meth Dealer Sentenced to 15+ Years

… 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. …