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Crack-dealing Gang Dismantled In The Bronx

March 02, 2018
… Clark; Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division; and James P. O’Neill, … people have been indicted on Conspiracy and other charges for dealing crack cocaine in the John Adams Houses in Mott … the John Adams Houses, with undercover officers making 32 buys of crack cocaine. Three defendants are also charged …
March 02, 2018
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Former Army Soldier Sentenced For Murder-for-Hire And Gun Possession

June 21, 2013
… Former Army Soldier Sentenced For Murder-for-Hire And Gun Possession June 21, 2013 Houston … to carve a “Z” into the victim’s chest and was planning on buying a hatchet to dismember the body. Evidence at trial …
June 21, 2013
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National Jewish Health Study Documents Health Dangers Of Indoor Marijuana Grows

September 10, 2012
… project. Dr. Martyny and his team also partnered with law enforcement in 2002 when they conducted a study regarding the … labs. This study resulted in greater safety policies for officers entering and dismantling labs. CDIA Vice … these operations may go undetected, an unsuspecting family buying the residence at a later date may be put at risk of …
September 10, 2012
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Operation Shaw-Crank Redemption Update: Final 3 Defendants Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 17 Years In Prison For Drug-Trafficking Organization

June 18, 2014
… Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 17 Years In Prison For Drug-Trafficking Organization June 18, 2014 New Orleans … Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … and Arkansas River Valley area. Numerous controlled buys, surveillance, search warrants, and monitoring have …
June 18, 2014
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Three New Orleans Men Receive Lengthy Prison Sentences In Heroin Conspiracy Involving Overdose Death

June 24, 2015
… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. … calls, ask the caller how much heroin he or she wanted to buy, and direct the caller to drive to a gas station or …
June 24, 2015
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Leader Of "Pump And Dump" Stock Fraud Scheme Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Nine Years In Prison

January 24, 2014
… - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division, and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that David … to secretly fund and distribute misleading third-party "buy" recommendations concerning the targeted companies. …
January 24, 2014
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DEA-Led Operation Pill Nation Targets Rogue Pain Clinics In South Florida

February 24, 2011
… leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Deanne L. Reuter Special Agent In Charge … with assistance from its federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, arrested 22 people and seized over $2.2 … in Operation Pill Nation resulting from 340 undercover buys of prescription drugs from over 60 doctors in more than …
February 24, 2011
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Owner Of Smoke Shops In Bakersfield, Fresno And Visalia Pleads Guilty To Fraud Relating To The Sale Of Synthetic Drugs

May 15, 2014
… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … interstate commerce. Four defendants arrested last week for manufacturing and distributing SSC were indicted today. … transaction in property derived from drug trafficking to buy a time share in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. If convicted of the …
May 15, 2014
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Spring Hill Man Sentenced to More than Eight Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Sell Fentanyl

February 02, 2024
… Man Sentenced to More than Eight Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Sell Fentanyl February 02, 2024 Miami … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … of cocaine to a confidential source on one occasion, and almost 7 grams of a fentanyl analogue to another coconspirator …
February 02, 2024
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Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Giving Fentanyl that Killed Man

October 24, 2023
… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … fentanyl and knew that Marsalla didn’t have a tolerance for fentanyl. When Marsalla didn’t arrive at work the next …
October 24, 2023
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Kansas Man Sentenced in International Drug Smuggling Ring

July 11, 2022
… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … KAN.– A Kansas man was sentenced to 144 months in prison for his role in an international drug trafficking ring. Back … took part in a conspiracy to traffic illegal narcotics sourced from his family in Mexico in the Kansas City metro …
July 11, 2022
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Cocaine Sales Net Eight Years In Prison For Sauk Village Man

May 16, 2011
… Cocaine Sales Net Eight Years In Prison For Sauk Village Man May 16, 2011 St. Louis Contact Info … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov …
May 16, 2011
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Large Scale Dark Web Heroin, Cocaine Trafficker Pleads Guilty

April 14, 2017
… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … payments to be made only in the form of digital currency, most commonly Bitcoin. While not inherently illegal, digital currency is used by dark web marketplaces because online transactions in digital currency can be completed …
April 14, 2017
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Mexican National Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years for Trafficking Dozens of Kilograms of Methamphetamine and Possessing a Shotgun and Three Handguns

September 02, 2022
… Mexican National Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years for Trafficking Dozens of Kilograms of Methamphetamine and … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
September 02, 2022
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DEA launches WithYouSTL.com website

June 16, 2020
… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … increased substance use, experimentation and even relapse for those in treatment and recovery. Two recent reports …
June 16, 2020
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Kansas City Pharmacy Filled Forged Prescriptions

August 20, 2021
… Kansas City Pharmacy Filled Forged Prescriptions August 20, 2021 St. Louis Contact Info … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … a free prescriber registration validity application online, which Spalitto’s could have used to discover that …
August 20, 2021
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Hampton Roads heroin trafficker sentenced to over 23 years in prison

December 10, 2025
… Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … $130,780 in illegal drug proceeds to a confidential source at a gas station in Norfolk. On Oct. 16, 2024, Green … America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to protect our …
December 10, 2025
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DEA Washington Division Announces the Seizure of Over 8 Million of Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

January 26, 2023
… Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … of fentanyl powder throughout the year. “Fentanyl is the most dangerous and deadly drug I have seen in my 20 years of … – namely the Sinaloa and CJNG Cartels, with chemicals sourced largely from China – are responsible for the vast …
January 26, 2023
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Two North Texas doctors, one nurse sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking violation

May 09, 2019
… Two North Texas doctors, one nurse sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking violation May 09, 2019 Dallas … Office and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stevan A. Buys and Jonathan R. Hornok.   # # #   On …
May 09, 2019
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OCDETF Investigation Results in Convictions of Six Defendants for Nearly 100 Combined Years in Prison for Meth and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

November 19, 2024
… Investigation Results in Convictions of Six Defendants for Nearly 100 Combined Years in Prison for Meth and Heroin … Airport (“DFW”) to Los Angeles International Airport to buy drugs. Agents seized from inside one of their suitcases …
November 19, 2024
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Business Owner Who Trafficked Pounds of Meth and Cocaine Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

March 22, 2024
… age 59, was sentenced to 179 months and a $50,000 fine for his role as the leader of a drug trafficking … ammunition. As part of his guilty plea, Johnson admitted to buying a motorcycle worth approximately $17,000, using drug …
March 22, 2024
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Michigan Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Drug and Gun Crimes in Burlington

March 12, 2024
… Michigan Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Drug and Gun Crimes in Burlington March 12, 2024 New … (including some of the bills used in one of the controlled buys), about 20 grams of fentanyl, about 65 grams of …
March 12, 2024
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Joint Law Enforcement Efforts Result in Lengthy Sentences

May 27, 2021
… Joint Law Enforcement Efforts Result in Lengthy Sentences May 27, 2021 Atlanta … teams engaged in undercover operations including controlled buys of narcotics and illegal firearms. Over the course of …
May 27, 2021
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DEA Rocky Mountain Division Announces Record Fentanyl Seizures in 2022

January 09, 2023
… Thousands of pills in 5 gallon bucket. DENVER –The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Division seized … oversaturated drug market.  Anyone, including our kids, can buy dangerous and deadly drugs at the click of a button. …
January 09, 2023
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Three Drug Traffickers Convicted of Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracies

August 04, 2021
… were convicted late yesterday of multiple federal felonies for distributing fentanyl disguised as oxycodone pills in … at trial revealed that in 2015 and 2016, Woolard began buying fentanyl and furanyl fentanyl powder from China after …
August 04, 2021
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Former Governor Of State Of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Indicted In The Southern District Of Texas

December 02, 2013
… Former Governor Of State Of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Indicted In … federal indictment charging Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, the former governor of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been … of 2004. Portions of those funds were allegedly used to buy a Sabreliner 60 airplane in January 2005. As part of …
December 02, 2013
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Operation Shaw-Crank Redemption Results In 11 Defendants Being Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 93 Years For Drug-Trafficking

May 29, 2014
… Being Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 93 Years For Drug-Trafficking May 29, 2014 New Orleans Contact Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … and Arkansas River Valley area. Numerous controlled buys, surveillance, search warrants, and monitoring have …
May 29, 2014
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Australian Man Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Helping Run The “Silk Road” Website

March 13, 2015
… MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that … Road,” a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and …
March 13, 2015
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Leader Of International Money Laundering Organization Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Nine Years In Prison

July 11, 2011
… of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that David … multi-level marketing scheme, through which customers could buy pre-paid debit cards. DMG sold these pre-paid debit …
July 11, 2011
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 13 Members And Associates Of Lower East Side Narcotics Organization With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

December 21, 2012
… Agent in Charge, New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and United States Attorney, Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Raymond W. Kelly, … two undercover NYPD officers made approximately 25 buys of cocaine and crack cocaine from various members of …
December 21, 2012