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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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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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Phoenix Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 151 Months After Agents Seize Over 90 Pounds of Fentanyl and Over 40 Pounds of Cocaine from Stash House

… Over 90 Pounds of Fentanyl and Over 40 Pounds of Cocaine from Stash House February 14, 2025 Phoenix Contact Info … 150,000 fentanyl pills (approximately 15 kilograms) from a member of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) in … Authorities also seized over $18,000 in drug proceeds from Gaytan-Ramirez’s vehicle and the stash house. Drug …
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Baldwin Pharmacist Charged With Knowingly Doling Out Painkillers Through Phony Prescriptions Chowdhury’s Arrest Stems From Investigation Into Where Kayla Gerdes Obtained Drugs

… Through Phony Prescriptions Chowdhury’s Arrest Stems From Investigation Into Where Kayla Gerdes Obtained Drugs … partners in order to keep our neighborhoods free from drug abuse and the dangers that stem from drug …
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Physician Pleads Guilty To $1 Million Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… City, Mo., and others to distribute OxyContin and oxycodone from July 2006 to January 2010. Cummings and Womboldt have … training, but bought into the Mobile Physicians business. From July 2006 through January 2010, Baker issued …
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Brevard County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Drug and Firearm Offenses

… 3 pounds of methamphetamine and 2 ounces of fentanyl from his residence in Melbourne. Law enforcement then … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. This case was …
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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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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. …
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St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin Trafficking in Springfield

… 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, …
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Two Men Admit Trying to Bring 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine to the St. Louis Area

… 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 …
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Drug Trafficker who Hid in Dog House Sentenced to 30 Years

… 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 …
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Texas Man Receives 25 Years for Meth Trafficking and Firearms Possession

… 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 …
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California Man Charged with Fentanyl Trafficking

… 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, …