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Nixa Physician Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement Related to Healthcare and Conspiracy

… 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 …
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4th of 9 Defendants Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Bates City man charged with illegal firearms, drug trafficking

… 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 …
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KC man charged with meth trafficking, illegal firearms

… 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 …
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Arizona Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

… 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 …
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Albuquerque Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 20-years in Federal Prison

… 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 …
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Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Organization Leader Sentenced to Life in Prison

… 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 …
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… “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 …
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… 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 …
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Federal Prison Sentences Handed Down In Columbus, NM Firearms Trafficking Investigation

… 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 …
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Former El Paso County Commissioner Willie Gandara, Jr. Sentenced To Federal Prison

… 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. …
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Alleged El Paso Cell Ringleader For Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Drug Trafficking Organization Detained Pending Trial

… 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 …
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El Paso, Texas Man Sentenced For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

… 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 …
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Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Trafficking Chargest

… 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 …
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19 Kansas City Metro Defendants Plead Guilty To 4.3 Million Meth Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Couple Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Prescription Drugs Online

… 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 …
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Cigarette And Alcohol Use At Historic Low Among Teens

… 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 …
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Warwick Man Admits to Trafficking Fentanyl-Laced Pills Disguised as Percocet

… 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; …
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Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to $900,000 Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

… 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, …
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Three Missouri Men Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Nearly 83 Pounds of Fentanyl

… 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 …
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Scheme to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines Results in Prison Time

… 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 …
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Four Southern Missouri Men Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Santa Fe Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Crack Cocaine And Firearms Charges

… 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 …
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Santa Fe Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Crack Cocaine And Firearms Charges

… 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 …
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Training
March 10, 2020 - March 12, 2020
March 10, 2020 - March 12, 2020

Operation Jetway Training Course

12:00 AM - 9:00 AM (EDT)
Sykesville, MD
Course Description: This is the basic course of instruction covering the fundamental principles, methods, and techniques involved in criminal interdiction for transportation interdiction officers. Course Length: 24 hours Topics Covered: Interdiction at commercial and small airports, bus and train stations, hotels and motels, and parcel facilities Airport ramp check and...
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  At nearly 4,000 collection sites …
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More Charges Against State Lawmaker for $900,000 COVID-19 Fraud Scheme

… the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and remained closed from March to June 2020. Derges allegedly sought CARES Act … amount of $503,350. In total, Derges applied for $882,644 from the CARES Act Relief Fund on Lift Up’s behalf. Congress … her claim, Derges provided invoices totaling $296,574 from Dynamic DNA for more than 3,000 COVID-19 laboratory …
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Drug Dealer From Brooklyn, New York Sentenced In Federal Court To Over Nine Years Imprisonment For Distributing Heroin And Crack Cocaine In Rutland County, Vermont

… Drug Dealer From Brooklyn, New York Sentenced In Federal Court To Over … Raymond Fernandez was one of the leaders of the Gritty Gang from Brooklyn, New York. The Gritty Gang is not a gang in …
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Parents and Caregivers

March 23, 2026
… Parents and Caregivers Parents and Caregivers Resources As a parent or caregiver, you play … members to make healthy decisions. Use the information and resources below to get smart about fentanyl and fake …
March 23, 2026
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Teacher Resources

January 30, 2026
… educate your students about issues that affect their health and safety. Use the information and resources below to get smart about fentanyl and fake pills, then share what you have learned with your …
January 30, 2026