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Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Structuring More Than $2.5 Million In Proceeds Of Drug Trafficking

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … task force investigating and prosecuting the most significant drug trafficking organizations throughout …
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Morgan Hill Resident Sentenced To Over 16 Years In Prison In Connection With Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … task force investigating and prosecuting the most significant drug trafficking organizations throughout …
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Four Defendants Indicted In Drug Trafficking Ring That Shipped Methamphetamine And Marijuana To Hawaii And New York

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering …
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Sutter County Brothers Sentenced To Prison For Marijuana Cultivation

… Sutter County Brothers Sentenced To Prison For Marijuana Cultivation July 29, 2015 San Francisco … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering …
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Tenth And Final Defendant From Butte County Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Federal Prison

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering …
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Residents From Modesto And Southern California Indicted For Large-Scale Statewide Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Residents From Modesto And Southern California Indicted For Large-Scale Statewide Drug Trafficking Conspiracy … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering …
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Ten Members Of Fraudulent Prescription Ring Arrested

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering …
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Sacramento Men Sentenced To Federal Prison For Conspiracy Involving Sophisticated Indoor Residential Marijuana Grows

… Sacramento Men Sentenced To Federal Prison For Conspiracy Involving Sophisticated Indoor Residential … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering …
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Five Indicted For Kern County Marijuana Cultivation Operations

… Five Indicted For Kern County Marijuana Cultivation Operations August 30, … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … in order to cultivate the marijuana. If convicted of the most serious drug crimes, Mejia faces a mandatory minimum …
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Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … of 488,395 (244 tons) was collected nationwide during this most recent event. According to the 2011 Substance Abuse and …
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Vallejo Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering …
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Soccer Player Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … interagency program investigating and prosecuting the most significant drug trafficking organizations throughout …
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Last Defendant In Turlock Drug Ring Sentenced

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … interagency program investigating and prosecuting the most significant drug trafficking organizations throughout …
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Two Undocumented Immigrants Arrested with More than 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine

… Division X Account @DEADallasDiv Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma … DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 Tyler - … Tulsa Resident Office obtained two search warrants. One was for a home, and the second was for a vehicle. On March 28, …
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Illegal Alien with Serious Criminal History Sentenced to over 19 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Traffic Fentanyl and Meth

… Criminal History Sentenced to over 19 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Traffic Fentanyl and Meth March 30, 2026 … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 …
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El Paso Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Deadly Fentanyl Deal

… El Paso Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Deadly Fentanyl Deal February 11, 2026 El Paso Contact … man was sentenced in federal court to 188 months in prison for distribution of fentanyl causing death, announced Omar … in Charge of the DEA's El Paso Division and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Justin R. Simmons. …
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El Paso Doctor Enters $200,000 Settlement Following State and Federal Fraud Allegations

… and May 22, 2021. These included various prescriptions for the Schedule II controlled substances morphine, … Dr. August issued individual and concurrent prescriptions for these controlled substances to 15 individuals without … imposed on Texas physicians in treating patients for pain or chronic pain conditions; documenting a …
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Hobbs Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

… Hobbs Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses December 18, 2025 … – A Hobbs man was sentenced to 26 years in prison for drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession as a … on October 19, 2023, agents with the Lea County Drug Task Force stopped a SUV driven by Robert Louis Ortiz III, 39, in …
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DEA and Local "Trifecta" Partnership Announce 70% Reduction in Fentanyl Deaths, Proving Blueprint for 'Fentanyl Free America'

… 70% Reduction in Fentanyl Deaths, Proving Blueprint for 'Fentanyl Free America' December 08, 2025 New Orleans … Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … Stockton - (571) 387-3956 SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is intensifying its fight against …
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Southern New Mexico Medical Spa Operator Settles Allegations of Controlled-Substance Recordkeeping Violations

… multiple recordkeeping violations over a two-year period. For the clinic’s 2021 biennial inventory, he allegedly … of the controlled substances on hand and could not account for 240 missing dosages of controlled substances. For the 2022 biennial inventory, he again failed to document …
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Clay County Pharmacy Investigation and Prosecution Ends in Guilty Pleas

… - (270) 821-6899 Three Others Were Previously Convicted for Participating in the Same Conspiracy NASHVILLE –  Thomas … Pharmacy (“Xpress Pharmacy”); William L. Donaldson, 65, former owner and pharmacist of Dale Hollow Pharmacy (then … (all of Celina, Tennessee), have pleaded guilty a week before a criminal trial was set to begin in Cookeville, …
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Gang Member Sentenced to 40 years for Role in Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Operation

… Gang Member Sentenced to 40 years for Role in Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Operation August … Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine conspiracy and for possessing machine guns in furtherance of a drug …
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Three Baton Rouge Individuals Sentenced to Federal Prison in Connection with The Department of Justice's 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action

… Department of Justice's 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action August 20, 2025 New Orleans Contact Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 …
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Bristol, Tennessee, Man Sentenced to Over 24 Years for Fentanyl Distribution Related to an Overdose Death

… Bristol, Tennessee, Man Sentenced to Over 24 Years for Fentanyl Distribution Related to an Overdose Death … Clifton L. Corker in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. … his incarceration, he will be on supervised release for a term of three years. As part of the plea agreement …
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Former Mexican Mafia Member Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Cocaine

… Former Mexican Mafia Member Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Cocaine July 24, 2025 El Paso Contact Info … (432) 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 MIDLAND, Texas – A former ranking member of the Texas Mexican Mafia was …
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Slidell Man and Woman Indicted for Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, False Statements in Loan Applications, Money Laundering, and Federal Controlled Substances Act Violations

… Slidell Man and Woman Indicted for Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, False Statements in Loan … Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 …
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Mississippi Men Sentenced in OCDETF Drug Trafficking Case

… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 … Gulfport - (228) 863-2992 Jackson - (601) 965-4400 Oxford - (662) 234-8542 Oxford, MS – Two Lowndes County men …
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New Orleans Man Sentenced for Using Stash House to Violate Federal Controlled Substances and Gun Control Acts

… New Orleans Man Sentenced for Using Stash House to Violate Federal Controlled … Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 …