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Southwest Honkeys Gang Member Sentenced to 20 Years for Illegal Firearms, Meth Trafficking

October 18, 2022
… semi-automatic handgun that had been reported stolen from a law enforcement officer’s vehicle in Crawford County, … convictions for resisting a lawful stop (in which he fled from officers at speeds up to 130 miles per hour before … pending for arrests during 2020 (following his release from state prison in January 2020) in Barton County for …
October 18, 2022
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16 Kansas City Metro Area Residents Indicted for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

June 23, 2022
… of cocaine, as well as methamphetamine and fentanyl, from Jan. 1, 2019, to June 21, 2022. According to the … charged with participating in a money-laundering conspiracy from Oct. 1, 2015, to Sept. 9, 2020. They allegedly engaged … in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on …
June 23, 2022
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Fatal Fentanyl Dose Results in 17 Years in Prison

June 14, 2022
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … 20200326 Markquis Bryant arrest.jpg Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration's St. Louis … Florissant police officers determined the fentanyl came from Bryant, and then conducted an undercover operation in …
June 14, 2022
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St. Louis Man Sentenced to 45 Years for Providing Information that Led to Murders and Violence

March 28, 2022
… drug trafficker within the St. Louis area upon his release from prison.  Thompson also expected to be supplied drugs by … these acts of violence occurred and Thompson was released from prison, Thompson received controlled substances from the rival drug trafficking organization for Thompson to …
March 28, 2022
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Nixa Physician Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement Related to Healthcare and Conspiracy

December 08, 2021
… Ozark Community Hospital - Christian County Clinic in Nixa from 2004 to June 2019. He also was employed from 2009 to 2017 as the medical director at Magnolia … prescriptions.  Additionally, Halley agreed to refrain from treating medical patients who may require the issuance …
December 08, 2021
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4th of 9 Defendants Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Conspiracy

September 08, 2021
… guilty to participating in the drug-trafficking conspiracy from Nov. 22, 2016, to Sept. 26, 2018. Clayton also pleaded … Clayton admitted she received methamphetamine directly from co-defendant Cheyenne W. Conn, 45, of Everton, Mo. Conn … 10 pounds of methamphetamine per week by vehicle from California to the Springfield area. He then distributed …
September 08, 2021
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Bates City man charged with illegal firearms, drug trafficking

September 14, 2020
… officers seized nearly two dozen firearms and illegal drugs from his residence. Daniel Dewayne Gregg, 57, was charged in … who purchased at least a half-kilogram of methamphetamine from him at a time. Gregg said he purchased methamphetamine … Additional federal agents were assigned to the operation from the DEA, FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms …
September 14, 2020
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KC man charged with meth trafficking, illegal firearms

July 24, 2020
… warrants, at his residence on Thursday, July 23. Detectives from the Independence, Mo., Police Department and the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department and deputies from the U.S. Marshals Service executed a search warrant at … Additional federal agents were assigned to the operation from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of …
July 24, 2020
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Arizona Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

March 10, 2025
… previously convicted of numerous felonies, is prohibited from possessing firearms. Upon his release from prison, Maldonado will be subject to five years of … Administration investigated this case with assistance from U.S. Border Patrol. Assistant U.S. Attorney Davon …
March 10, 2025
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Albuquerque Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 20-years in Federal Prison

February 11, 2025
… False Imprisonment and Child Abuse, was prohibited from possessing firearms. Upon his release from prison, Valdez will be subject to five years of … Administration investigated this case with assistance from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department. Assistant …
February 11, 2025
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Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Organization Leader Sentenced to Life in Prison

April 07, 2023
… 47, ran a drug trafficking organization, spanning from Mexico to El Paso and on to Atlanta, from 2002 to 2019. In the early 2000s, Sanchez Morales … Morales’ organization imported liquid methamphetamine from Juarez, Mexico into El Paso, and then transported it to …
April 07, 2023
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

April 27, 2021
… “There isn’t much room for error. Every pill we seize from these profit-seeking cartels is a potential life … CDC provisional data, more than 87,200 people died from an overdose last year, marking the largest number of … along the Southwest border increased more than 89 percent from January 2019 to December 2020.   Project Wave Breaker …
April 27, 2021
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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, … pounds of medications were safely collected and were kept from being diverted, misused or abused.” In addition to …
October 30, 2020
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Federal Prison Sentences Handed Down In Columbus, NM Firearms Trafficking Investigation

October 09, 2012
… Federal Prison Sentences Handed Down In Columbus, NM Firearms Trafficking … Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … the acquisition of a firearm. According to court records, from approximately July 2010 to February 2011, the …
October 09, 2012
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Former El Paso County Commissioner Willie Gandara, Jr. Sentenced To Federal Prison

November 14, 2012
… Former El Paso County Commissioner Willie Gandara, Jr. Sentenced To Federal Prison November 14, 2012 El … of marijuana. By pleading guilty, Gandara admitted that from November 2010 until the present, he conspired with … allowing two separate loads of marijuana to be transferred from one vehicle to another on his property in Socorro, TX. …
November 14, 2012
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Alleged El Paso Cell Ringleader For Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Drug Trafficking Organization Detained Pending Trial

August 27, 2013
… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … intent to distribute marijuana. The indictment alleges that from January 1997 until the present, the defendants … also seeks the criminal forfeiture of proceeds derived from the criminal scheme including cash and eight real …
August 27, 2013
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El Paso, Texas Man Sentenced For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

June 26, 2014
… conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Doña Ana County from May 2013 through Aug. 2013. According to court filings, … Evaristo Del Toro Von Ludwitz, 31, a Mexican national from Guadalajara, Mexico, was arrested on May 14, 2014, in … in the indictment.  Hector Zamora, a Mexican national from Guadalajara, Mexico, and Argelia Zavala-Torres, 30, of …
June 26, 2014
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Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Trafficking Chargest

April 11, 2017
… Greene and Reyos with conspiracy to distribute heroin from February to May 2016.  It also charged the two … heroin.  In entering the guilty plea, Green admitted that from Feb. 4 through May 17, 2016 he directed a small-scale … HOPE’s principal goals are to protect our communities from the dangers associated with heroin and opioid …
April 11, 2017
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19 Kansas City Metro Defendants Plead Guilty To 4.3 Million Meth Conspiracy

June 15, 2017
… 15, 2017, that DEA had secured 19 separate guilty pleas from Kansas City metropolitan residents resulting from a 4.3 million dollar methamphetamine distribution … an estimated $4,359,600 worth of methamphetamine and heroin from 2010 to 2015.  That estimate is based on a conservative …
June 15, 2017
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Couple Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Prescription Drugs Online

January 19, 2011
… forfeit to the government nearly $407,000 that was seized from their bank accounts by law enforcement officers as well … corporation located in St. Robert. On four occasions from January through April 2007, they sold hydrocodone to … orders. These orders were usually faxed to the pharmacies from the Missouri-based operation centers. The pharmacies …
January 19, 2011
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DEA, SAMHSA Extend COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing Controlled Medications for Six Months While Considering Comments from the Public

May 09, 2023
… Medications for Six Months While Considering Comments from the Public May 09, 2023 Headquarters Contact Info … against diversion. The NPRMs received over 38,000 comments from the public and DEA, in collaboration with SAMHSA, is …
May 09, 2023
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Warwick Man Admits to Trafficking Fentanyl-Laced Pills Disguised as Percocet

July 08, 2025
… DEA made two controlled purchases of fentanyl-laced pills from Quintanilha. On September 28, 2023, law enforcement … a bag of suspected crack cocaine, and $5,830 in cash from his residence; 1,003 fentanyl-laced pills (109.9 grams) from a Pawtucket apartment he used to store narcotic drugs; …
July 08, 2025
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Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to $900,000 Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

June 07, 2024
… cocaine between 2019 and 2022. Harris, who obtained cocaine from sources throughout the country, admitted that he made … was cash deposits. Harris also gambled with proceeds from his drug trade. Records received from several casinos in the Kansas City area and Las Vegas, …
June 07, 2024
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Three Missouri Men Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Nearly 83 Pounds of Fentanyl

October 17, 2023
… Conspiracy Resulted in Several Overdose Deaths from Fentanyl Laced with Xylazine, Other Dangerous … a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in Greene County, Mo., from Jan. 31, 2019, to May 18, 2020. Huddleston pleaded … transported at least 300 grams of fentanyl by vehicle from either St. Louis or Chicago to Springfield twice a …
October 17, 2023
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Scheme to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines Results in Prison Time

June 13, 2023
… million. Kaltenbach stole at least 80 catalytic converters from numerous victims throughout the entire southwest region of Missouri, from January 2020 and throughout 2021. He sold the stolen … In July 2021, Kaltenbach stole a catalytic converter from a victim’s car in Rogersville and was captured on …
June 13, 2023
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Four Southern Missouri Men Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

October 28, 2022
… participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from Feb. 28, 2017, to Feb. 28, 2020. Dodson and Pyatt obtained methamphetamine from co-defendant James W. Fithen, Jr., also known as … who acquired kilogram-level quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico. Dodson and Pyatt then distributed the …
October 28, 2022
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Santa Fe Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Crack Cocaine And Firearms Charges

May 13, 2014
… in April 2013, while Romero and Anaya were transferred from state custody to federal custody in July 2013. Today … to his plea agreement, Jaramillo purchased crack cocaine from co-defendants Mirabal and Anaya and then resold it to … and the HIDTA Region III Drug Task Force, with assistance from the 1st Judicial District Attorney’s Office for the …
May 13, 2014
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Santa Fe Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Crack Cocaine And Firearms Charges

May 15, 2014
… in April 2013, while Romero and Anaya were transferred from state custody to federal custody in July 2013. Today … to his plea agreement, Jaramillo purchased crack cocaine from co-defendants Mirabal and Anaya and then resold it to … and the HIDTA Region III Drug Task Force, with assistance from the 1st Judicial District Attorney’s Office for the …
May 15, 2014
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Cigarette And Alcohol Use At Historic Low Among Teens

December 14, 2011
… at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, under a grant from the National Institute on Drug (NIDA), part of the … of 10th-graders, and 21.6 percent of 12th-graders, down from the 2006 rates of 8.7 percent, 19.9 percent and 25.4 … teen blog, Sara Bellum, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, or email. Overall, 46,773 students from 400 public and private …
December 14, 2011
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DEA Hopes To Remove A Third Of A Million Pounds Of Expired Prescription Drugs From Circulation On Its Sixth Take-Back Day April 27

April 25, 2013
… A Third Of A Million Pounds Of Expired Prescription Drugs From Circulation On Its Sixth Take-Back Day April 27 April … be more wrong.  By removing unwanted prescription drugs from their homes, the public helps prevent experimentation, …
April 25, 2013