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Undercover Operation Leads To Arrest Of Larchmont Psychiatrist

… - (914) 682-6256 Charged with selling prescriptions for controlled substances WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brian R. … the threat of diverted pain medication. ”   “One of the most significant challenges law enforcement faces today is …
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Manhattan Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Selling Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

… 682-6256 MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, New York … pleaded guilty to illegally selling prescriptions for powerful narcotic painkillers to a drug trafficking … names and dates of birth, to be used on prescriptions. In most cases this information corresponded with runners who …
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Fourteen Charged With Heroin And Cocaine Trafficking In The Bronx And Across The Hudson Valley

… Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, … are a scourge on society, often victimizing our cities’ most vulnerable. Today’s arrest and subsequent charges bring …
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Sixth Defendant In New York-Based Armed Robbery Crew Convicted Of Gruesome North Carolina Murder

… in Durham, North Carolina. The proceeding took place before United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis. When … was announced by Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Robert T. Johnson, … set the truck on fire. Alomar-Cabrera's guilty plea is the most recent of 51 convictions in a group of interlocking …
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Defendants Sentenced In $25 Million Tax Fraud And Drug Conspiracy

… Oregon Bend - (541) 385-8798 Eugene - (541) 465-6861 Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - … to 135 months and 72 months imprisonment, respectively, for their roles in masterminding and perpetrating large drug … individuals, including names and social security numbers. Most of these stolen identities were from citizens of Puerto …
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McKesson Agrees To Pay Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs

… McKesson Agrees To Pay Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … for multiple years. The staged suspensions are among the most severe sanctions ever agreed to by a DEA registered …
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Visalia Doctor Indicted For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

… Visalia Doctor Indicted For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone June 10, 2013 San … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … task force investigating and prosecuting the most significant drug trafficking organizations throughout …
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Visalia Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

… 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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Three Methamphetamine Dealers Sentenced In San Jose

… 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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U.S. Attorney Announces Takedown Of Major Synthetic Drug Distribution Ring As Part Of Nationally Coordinated Action

… 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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More Than 570 Pounds Of Crystal Methamphetamine Seized

… 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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Texas Doctor Charged with Illegally Distributing Millions of Opioid Pills

… clinic in Houston that he used to sell prescriptions for controlled substances. According to court documents, … often did not see or examine his purported patients before prescribing them opioids and other controlled … and Special Agent in Charge Brian C. Leardo of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) made the announcement. DEA is …
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Houston Residents Sentenced to Over 13 Years Following Discovery of Over 130 Kilos of Crystal Meth

… HOUSTON – Two local men have been ordered to federal prison for conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Brian … Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck. The jury deliberated for less than an hour before finding Edgar Prudencio Ruiz, …
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Convicted by Federal Jury in Amarillo

… 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 - … on March 18, 2026, by a federal jury in Amarillo, Texas, for his role in possessing and conspiring to distribute …
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Former Pain Clinic Owner Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Oxycodone and Methadone

… Former Pain Clinic Owner Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Oxycodone and Methadone March … to 29 months, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and methadone.  … outside the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. As part of the conspiracy, …
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Chickasaw County, Mississippi Meth and Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced

… 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 – Anthony Russell, 34, of …
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Union County Man Sentenced to More than 10 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl

… Man Sentenced to More than 10 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl March 13, 2026 Atlanta Contact … has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl. Evidence obtained in the … with the Union Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration caught Tucker selling fentanyl …
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Illegal Alien Transnational Drug Trafficking Leader Receives 12 years in Federal Prison

… who illegally resided in Houston has been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge of … criminal organization. The organization was responsible for smuggling and distributing methamphetamine from Mexico …
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Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Coordinating Hundreds of Meth Shipments from California to Chicago

… Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Coordinating Hundreds of Meth Shipments from California to Chicago February 19, 2026 Chicago Contact Info … Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana …
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Indianapolis Man Convicted of Armed Drug Trafficking Crimes

… Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana …
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Illegal Aliens Charged With Meth Trafficking and Firearm Possession

… possession of a loaded pistol. “Quick work by our law enforcement partners disrupted this drug trafficking … to U.S. Attorney Hertzberg, the charges, and other information presented in court: DEA agents learned that Solano … Carlos Solano Lorenzo, 30, of Guerrero, Mexico, appeared before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard on a …
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Coordinated Federal-Local Law Enforcement Efforts Lead Surge in Arrests, Drug Seizures, and Federal Drug Trafficking Charges in San Francisco

… Coordinated Federal-Local Law Enforcement Efforts Lead Surge in Arrests, Drug Seizures, and Federal Drug … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San …
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Two California Women Charged with Cocaine Trafficking

… Two California Women Charged with Cocaine Trafficking January 09, … Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … – Todd C. Smith, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, announced …
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DEA Chicago Field Division Welcomes New Special Agent in Charge

… Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin CHICAGO  – Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terrance C. Cole has … Cole as the Associate Chief of Operations (ACO) for the DEA Midwest Region. ACO Catone will now oversee …
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Drug, Gun Offenses

… Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Drug, Gun Offenses December 18, 2025 Chicago Contact … Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and Acting …
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Nash County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Selling Over 22 Pounds of Meth

… County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Selling Over 22 Pounds of Meth December 18, 2025 Atlanta … sentenced a Nash County man to 20 years in federal prison for selling more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. On … our children and families, you will sit in a federal prison for a long time. We will continue working with our law …
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Suitcases Stuffed with 45 Pounds of Meth Lead to 10-Year Federal Sentence

… Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … INDIANAPOLIS - Cesar Alexander Pineda-Penaloza, 21, of California has been sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in … International Airport on a one-way flight from California. Federal agents intercepted him at baggage claim, …
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Former Cadet Guilty of Attempted Meth Smuggling into Dooly State Prison

… Former Cadet Guilty of Attempted Meth Smuggling into Dooly … - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 MACON, Ga. – A former correctional officer cadet who attempted to bring … of 100% pure methamphetamine into Dooly State Prison for an inmate pleaded guilty to his crime in federal court. …
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Five Indiana Defendants Indicted for Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering, Firearms Crimes, and Attempted Killing of a Federal Officer

… Five Indiana Defendants Indicted for Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering, Firearms Crimes, and … Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … Cooke III, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration – Merrillville, Indiana, and M. …
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Identical Twins Sentenced to 15 Years for Role in Drug Trafficking Operation

… Identical Twins Sentenced to 15 Years for Role in Drug Trafficking Operation September 24, 2025 … the federal system. The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Clarendon County Sheriff’s …