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Convicted felon who began selling cocaine immediately following his release from federal prison is going back to prison for 11 years

October 21, 2020
… who began selling cocaine immediately following his release from federal prison is going back to prison for 11 years … stated that on April 25, 2017, the defendant was released from federal prison after serving 72 months on a cocaine … As a result of prior felony convictions, Kidd is prohibited from possessing ammunition. In addition, investigators …
October 21, 2020
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Two Members of Mexico Connected Drug Trafficking Group Sentenced to Prison

September 23, 2025
… one of the drivers of cars bringing drugs to the northwest from California. Over the course of the investigation, total … about delivering drugs and receiving cash to and from various drug ring members. When search warrants were …
September 23, 2025
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High Desert Doctor Arrested on Federal Narcotics Charges

August 16, 2021
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … medications – during telemedicine sessions with “patients” from across the United States. Dr. Raphael Tomas Malikian, … and that about 43 percent of them shared common addresses, email addresses, “caregivers” or phone numbers with other …
August 16, 2021
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Illinois Man Sentenced to More Than 23 Years in Prison for Selling Fatal Fentanyl

December 10, 2024
… The victim bought three pills that appeared to be Percocet from Overall at Overall’s St. Louis home. The victim died later that evening from fentanyl intoxication caused by ingesting the fake …
December 10, 2024
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Repeat Drug Offender Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Conspiracy

December 02, 2024
… distribute methamphetamine in Christian and Greene counties from Dec. 16, 2020, to June 2, 2022. Law enforcement … contained $4,220. Dame also admitted the cash was proceeds from her distribution of methamphetamine. According to court …
December 02, 2024
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Man on Parole for Drug Trafficking Sentenced for Trafficking Meth

July 16, 2024
… to distribute methamphetamine in Greene and Polk Counties from March 5 to Oct. 10, 2019. Durbray also admitted he … conducted two controlled purchases of methamphetamine from Durbray in April 2019. On April 24, 2019, a deputy with …
July 16, 2024
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Meth Distributor Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

June 11, 2024
… he purchased approximately 1.2 kilograms of methamphetamine from a co-conspirator. Clevenger attempted to flee on foot from police officers during a traffic stop near the …
June 11, 2024
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Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

April 09, 2024
… Edmundson at a gas station after receiving information from the Brown County, Kansas, Sheriff’s Department that he … community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
April 09, 2024
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Semi Driver Caught With 88 Pounds of Illegal Drugs Sentenced to 12 Years

January 23, 2024
… duffel w drugs.jpg This duffel is one of two bags seized from a truck driver. The duffels contained more than 80 … Illinois. “DEA, working in lockstep with our partners from the Illinois State Police, will continue to be …
January 23, 2024
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Four Co-defendants Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

December 19, 2023
… methamphetamine in Benton and Pettis counties in Missouri from Jan. 14 to Feb. 10, 2022. Naylor also pleaded guilty to … legally own a firearm. A deputy stopped Johnson, who ran from the bedroom into the restroom toward the toilet in an …
December 19, 2023
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Slovakian Man Accused of Running Darknet Market Selling Drugs and Personal Information

December 21, 2023
… documents including passports and drivers' licenses from Missouri and other states, the charging documents say. … Internet Crime (ZIT) as well as law enforcement agencies from Switzerland, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. Dark …
December 21, 2023
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Guns and Heroin Result in 10+ Years in Prison

November 01, 2023
… one kilogram or more of heroin in the St. Joseph area from Sept. 1, 2019, to March 26, 2021, and to two counts of … when he was arrested on March 16, 2021, after fleeing from law enforcement officers in a high-speed car chase. …
November 01, 2023
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Heroin Charge Results in Sentence of 12 Years

October 26, 2023
… in a conspiracy to distribute heroin in the St. Joseph area from Sept. 1, 2019, to March 26, 2021. Johnson was in … when he was arrested on March 16, 2021, after fleeing from law enforcement officers in a high-speed car chase. …
October 26, 2023
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Four Gangster Disciples Leaders Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy and Murder

March 06, 2023
… D-Mac, aka Monster, 30, also of Cape Girardeau, on orders from Frank Smith, aka Little Frank, aka Red Beard, 49, of … Griffin sought to remove another Gangster Disciple member from his position as Governor of Missouri. Smith texted …
March 06, 2023
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Joplin Physician Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud

December 02, 2022
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … plea agreement, Stelling continued to practice medicine from Sept. 12 to Sept. 24, 2018, despite believing that her … she needed to obtain a certificate of tax compliance from the Department of Revenue by Sept. 12, 2018, which she …
December 02, 2022
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Former Aryan Brotherhood Member Sentenced to 18 Years for Meth Trafficking

October 25, 2022
… told investigators the methamphetamine was what he had left from the 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine he had obtained from his supplier in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the previous …
October 25, 2022
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Three Defendants Sentenced for $2.1 Million Meth Conspiracy

September 09, 2022
… money-laundering conspiracy over a nearly four-year period from Jan. 1, 2015, to Nov. 14, 2018. In addition to the … paraphernalia – including drug ledgers and drug packaging – from Guzman’s residence. Gnat pleaded guilty on June 17, …
September 09, 2022
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Kansas City Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

June 28, 2022
… tasers, police identification and other police items stolen from Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. officers. …
June 28, 2022
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KC Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

January 06, 2022
… Agents Seized 19 Firearms, Illegal Drugs from Residence snow_firearms.jpg Nineteen firearms were … tasers, police identification and other police items stolen from Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. officers. Both …
January 06, 2022
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Aryan Brotherhood Member Pleads Guilty to Meth Trafficking

December 16, 2021
… told investigators the methamphetamine was what he had left from the 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine he had obtained from his supplier in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the previous …
December 16, 2021
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$2.1 Million in Meth Proceeds Results in Guilty Verdicts

November 10, 2021
… money-laundering conspiracy over a nearly four-year period from Jan. 1, 2015, to Nov. 14, 2018. In addition to the … paraphernalia – including drug ledgers and drug packaging – from Guzman’s residence. The federal indictment also …
November 10, 2021
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

April 27, 2021
… 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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Springfield woman sentenced to 17 years for meth conspiracy, illegal firearms

January 27, 2021
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … a total of more than 2.5 kilograms of methamphetamine from Gauger in a series of traffic stops and searches of her … that she participated in the drug-trafficking conspiracy from May 14, 2017, to June 20, 2018. Gauger also admitted …
January 27, 2021
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Federal agencies arrest 10 in drug trafficking ring in St. Louis and Phoenix

September 30, 2020
… agencies arrest 10 in drug trafficking ring in St. Louis and Phoenix September 30, 2020 St. Louis Contact Info … goal is to destroy the network and stop these organizations from peddling their poison in the streets of St. Louis.” … Legend, Attorney General Barr has directed federal agents from DEA, the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service and ATF to surge …
September 30, 2020
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St. Louis County dentist sentenced to 18 months after issuing illegal prescriptions for opioid narcotic drugs

February 05, 2020
… Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Safety for the City of Des Peres, Missouri, with assistance from the Bureau of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs of the … every day to ensure that Missouri citizens are protected from Medicaid fraud and fraudulent actors are held …
February 05, 2020
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El Pasoan Omar Arellano named SAC of DEA El Paso Division

March 14, 2025
… will be led by an El Pasoan. Omar Arellano, who graduated from Del Valle High and the University of Texas at El Paso … cartels. Arellano holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from UTEP. He is married to an El Pasoan and has two adult …
March 14, 2025
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DEA Albuquerque Accepting Applications for Citizen’s Academy

April 03, 2024
… demand reduction efforts. Six 3-hour sessions will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on May 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, and 23. …
April 03, 2024
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Fentanyl Distribution Nets West Texas Man 12 Years in Federal Prison

January 06, 2023
… multiple purchases of blue M30 pills containing fentanyl from Arevalo. While executing a search warrant of Arevalo’s … alarming rate and our West Texas communities are not immune from its devastation,” said Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey …
January 06, 2023
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Midland Man Sentenced for Illegal Fentanyl and Firearm Possession

September 27, 2022
… he is no longer peddling this poison.” DEA, with assistance from the Midland Police Department, investigated the case. … community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
September 27, 2022
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Federal jury convicts Albuquerque man on methamphetamine and firearms charges

April 25, 2019
… indictment, in June 2016, Casanova was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition because he previously … convicted of distributing controlled substances, escape from jail, tampering with evidence, robbery, and receiving …
April 25, 2019