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Ohio Man Sentenced for Transporting Meth Through Kansas City Aboard Bus

August 14, 2024
… More Than 27 Kilos of Meth Seized from Suitcases at Bus Station KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Akron, … bus station on, Dec. 5, 2023. As passengers disembarked from a bus that originated in Los Angeles, officers used a …
August 14, 2024
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Darknet Vendor Who Sold Millions of Fake Xanax Pills Sentenced

May 01, 2024
… 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: … with imprints that were substantially indistinguishable from those used by pharmaceutical companies selling generic …
May 01, 2024
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Meth in Cans Behind Sentences for Two Missouri Residents

February 02, 2024
… was a passenger in a car, driven by Huddleston, that fled from law enforcement officers on Dec. 6, 2021. During the … approximately 929 grams of methamphetamine were recovered from the front of the vehicle. According to court document, …
February 02, 2024
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Fugitive Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison

November 15, 2023
… in federal prison. Mario L. Delgado-Lopez, 42, originally from Puerto Rico, appeared in court for his sentencing … supervised release. DEA led the investigation with support from the U.S. Marshals Service and the Collinsville Police …
November 15, 2023
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Man Admits Fentanyl Dealing, Fatal Shooting of Teen

November 13, 2023
… 387-5067 StLouisDiversionOutreach@dea.gov ST. LOUIS – A man from St. Louis County, Missouri, on Monday admitted dealing … the Drug Enforcement Administration bought fentanyl twice from him in April of 2022, a court-approved search of his …
November 13, 2023
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Missouri Heroin Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years

October 03, 2023
… distributed heroin in the Springfield community from approximately Nov. 15, 2016, to Oct. 17, 2018. Court … nearly two-year period. Hayward and Steed obtained heroin from a source in Chicago, Illinois. They distributed heroin …
October 03, 2023
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Selling Fake Pain Pills Containing Fentanyl

September 21, 2023
… 28, 2022. After the man was discovered dead, investigators from the St. Charles County Police Department and the St. … posing as the victim, to arrange the purchase of more drugs from Edwards. On Aug. 30, 2022, Edwards was arrested at the …
September 21, 2023
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Drug Ring Leader Sentenced to 21+ years in Prison

September 07, 2023
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … According to court documents, the conspiracy operated from at least January 2020 until January 2021 and trafficked … conspirators received federal prison sentences ranging from three years, 10 months to Hines' sentence. DEA led the …
September 07, 2023
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California Man Sentenced for Mailing Meth to Missouri for Distribution

July 20, 2023
… to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from Aug. 15, 2016, to March 18, 2017, and one count of … in cash. Troopers seized a package addressed to Weston from Martinez that contained approximately three pounds of …
July 20, 2023
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Mexican National Sentenced for 88 Pounds of Meth Found in Car

April 03, 2023
… could smell the odor of burnt and raw marijuana emanating from the vehicle as he stood outside the front … search. As Jose Renteria-Rojas did so, air fresheners fell from the car. Jose Renteria-Rojas then collected them and …
April 03, 2023
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Second Mexican National Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

April 07, 2023
… could smell the odor of burnt and raw marijuana emanating from the vehicle as he stood outside the front … search. As Jose Renteria-Rojas did so, air fresheners fell from the car. Jose Renteria-Rojas then collected them and …
April 07, 2023
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Two Indicted After Drug Shipment Intercepted on Interstate 44 in St. Louis County

February 17, 2023
… 387-5067 StLouisDiversionOutreach@dea.gov ST. LOUIS – A man from Texas and a woman from St. Louis were indicted Wednesday on drug conspiracy …
February 17, 2023
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Man Sentenced for Trying to Bring 100 Pounds of Meth to St. Louis

January 31, 2023
… District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man from St. Charles, Missouri, caught trying to bring 100 … roughly 100 pounds of methamphetamine that was being driven from Colorado to McDaniels in the St. Louis area. The Drug …
January 31, 2023
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St. Louis Man Sentenced to 19+ Years for Money Laundering

January 25, 2023
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … trafficking organizations is making sure they don’t benefit from their illegal business. This nearly 20-year sentence … their alleged involvement. Each are facing charges ranging from attempt and conspiracy, conspiracy to launder monetary …
January 25, 2023
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Heroin Trafficking, Illegal Firearm Results in 15 Year Sentence

December 13, 2022
… to participating in a conspiracy to distribute heroin from May 15 to Sept. 18, 2019, and to possessing a firearm … obtained approximately 50 grams of heroin that was seized from him in a traffic stop. He returned to St. Louis on …
December 13, 2022
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Trafficker Behind Poly-Drug Distribution Network Sentenced

October 19, 2022
… beginning in 2020, he would arrange to have drugs mailed from Las Vegas to several locations in the St. Louis area. … of cocaine base, a drug ledger and $11,560 in drug proceeds from the house.  At Brownridge’s home in the 5300 block of …
October 19, 2022
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DEA Recognizes First Ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day

May 10, 2022
… Fentanyl Awareness Day, DEA released a video announcement from DEA Administrator Anne Milgram stressing the dangers of … The Faces of Fentanyl , to commemorate the lives lost from fentanyl poisoning.  If you would like to submit a …
May 10, 2022
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Trafficking Meth Leads to 8 Years in Prison

April 14, 2022
… she received a large package of methamphetamine shipped from California to distribute locally. Cassiopeia Marie … 26, 2019, law enforcement officers intercepted a package from California that had been shipped to the residence …
April 14, 2022
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Columbia Man Sentenced for Meth Trafficking

February 11, 2022
… he received a large package of methamphetamine shipped from California to distribute locally. Bryan Patton Tullous, … 26, 2019, law enforcement officers intercepted a package from California that had been shipped to the residence …
February 11, 2022
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Two Residents Plead Guilty to Meth Trafficking

September 02, 2021
… they received a large package of methamphetamine shipped from California to distribute locally. Bryan Patton Tullous, … 26, 2019, law enforcement officers intercepted a package from California that had been shipped to the residence …
September 02, 2021
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Springfield Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

June 02, 2021
… participated in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from May 10 to Nov. 8, 2018. During the conspiracy, Iavolo received methamphetamine from a co-defendant who made multiple trips to Texas to …
June 02, 2021
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Kansas City man pleads guilty to meth conspiracy

December 17, 2020
… bags to the officer before he was able to wrest the bags from her. The officer was then contacted by the room … officer seized a bag of marijuana and a Taurus 9mm pistol from the truck. After obtaining a search warrant for …
December 17, 2020
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Monett man trafficked 'half the town'

October 29, 2020
… in Greene, Barry, Lawrence, and Howell Counties from May 10 to Dec. 19, 2018. Akins obtained at least 10 pounds of methamphetamine from co-defendant Damian Arreola-Chico, 30, of Purdy, Mo., …
October 29, 2020
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 30, 2020
… DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications … again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts. DEA, … Illinois – efforts which will help keep these drugs from being misused in our communities.” In addition to DEA’s …
October 30, 2020
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

October 20, 2020
… are inextricably linked,” said Acting Administrator Shea.  “From the extreme levels of violence in Mexican cartels, to … that have little regard for human life, and profit from the pain and suffering of our people. Along with our …
October 20, 2020
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St. Louis man pleads guilty to drug-related murder and fentanyl distribution

October 05, 2020
… learned a prospective customer had purchased fentanyl from a rival drug dealer, instead of from Calvin’s drug trafficking organization. Calvin and …
October 05, 2020
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Operation LeGend results in 97 arrests to date, including five murder suspects

July 31, 2020
… continue to provide regular updates.” Among those arrested from July 15 to July 31, new federal charges have been filed … Additional federal agents were assigned to the operation from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of …
July 31, 2020
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DEA St. Louis Division launches website for community resources

June 02, 2020
… resource website that provides information on everything from substance use prevention, treatment providers, and free … are living through the nightmare of a loved one suffering from substance use disorder, they don’t know where to turn,” …
June 02, 2020
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Walnut Shade woman sentenced to 20 years for heroin, fentanyl trafficking

March 09, 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: … or more of heroin and/or 400 grams or more of fentanyl from Aug. 1, 2018, to Feb. 19, 2019. Brott was stopped for …
March 09, 2020
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Springfield woman sentenced to 15 years for meth trafficking, and illegal firearms

February 04, 2020
… participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from Dec. 7, 2016, to June 19, 2018, and to possessing … pistol. According to court documents, Hampton fled from the police prior to arrest, causing multiple collisions …
February 04, 2020