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Hayesville, N.C. man sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for drug trafficking

… case, Maggie Valley man operating methamphetamine lab from his residence is sentenced to 17 years ASHEVILLE, N.C. … conducted two controlled buys of methamphetamine from Mashburn and seized methamphetamine, 24 firearms and two silencers from Mashburn’s residence.    In making the announcement, …
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Federal jury convicts last man standing in 29-defendant organized crime case in Myrtle Beach

… including Johnson, to enhance profits they made from the sale of heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana. … heroin distributor who purchased heroin and fentanyl from the organization’s main source of supply for drugs. … Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Holloway from the Florence office and Assistant U.S. Attorney Andy …
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Federal Court Shuts Down San Joaquin County Pharmacy and Orders $1 Million in Civil Penalties

… injunction against them that permanently bars them from dispensing controlled substances, owning a company that … failed in their responsibility to prevent the opioids from being diverted into illicit channels. This case … laws involving prescription drugs.” “The defendants went from pharmaceutical provider to drug dealer when they …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

… removed almost 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. Removing unnecessary medications from the home can help prevent situations involving; not …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Over 5400 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications in Arizona

… removed almost 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. Removing unnecessary medications from the home can help prevent situations involving; not …
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California Man Sentenced for Distributing Meth, Heroin through Mail

… and over 220 grams of heroin via the U.S. Postal Service from California to a drug dealer in Fairbanks, Alaska, for … lived in Arizona. He purchased the packages of drugs from an individual in California, labeled them and shipped … are steadfast in our commitment to protect Americans from drug trafficking threats and this case is another …
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Houstonian Imprisoned for Distributing Kilos of Meth for Gulf Cartel

… Rodriguez-Gayton’s arrest and ultimate conviction stems from an investigation into individuals affiliated with the Gulf Cartel operating in Houston. From October 2020 through January 2021, Rodriguez-Gayton …
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San Jose Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Interstate Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

… with intent to distribute marijuana that was shipped from Fresno for distribution in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. … to Frazier in Kansas City. The first shipment was seized from Frazier during a traffic stop after Phan, Vo’s courier, … in cash on Vo’s person, which represented proceeds derived from drug trafficking. At his place of business, …
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California Drug Trafficker Arrested in Southern Oregon Sentenced to Federal Prison

… transporting nearly two kilograms of methamphetamine from California to Oregon. Jose Baldemar Izar, 42, of … to court documents, in October 2020, investigators from the Douglas Area Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) received a tip that Izar was trafficking drugs from California to Oregon for distribution in the Roseburg, …
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DEA Dedicates September 11th Memorial

… Enforcement Task Force Officers who have lost their lives from illness or disease caused by their work at Ground Zero … September 11, 2001. This new memorial consists of artifacts from the World Trade Center and Pentagon and a photograph from Shanksville, Pennsylvania; as well as seven names of …
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Tulare County Man Sentenced to over 7 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Deliveries, Co Conspirator Pleads Guilty

… Aguilera also transported several thousand fentanyl pills from Los Angeles to Porterville. In addition, at … direction, she retrieved 2.2 pounds of heroin from the Los Angeles area that had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico. Aguilera and Maria Delgado are two of nine …
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Panola County Men Sentenced for Federal Drug Trafficking Crimes

… 297-0300 TYLER, TX – Three brothers and another man, all from Carthage, have been sentenced to federal prison for … and other co-conspirators purchased bulk methamphetamine from various suppliers and distributed it to mid-level … Hinton by coordinating bulk methamphetamine purchases from their suppliers and also sold methamphetamine to their …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… are inextricably linked,” said Acting Administrator Shea.  “From the extreme levels of violence in Mexican cartels, to … that have little regard for human life, and profit from the pain and suffering of our people. Along with our …
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Mexican National Living in Meriden Sentenced to Four Years for Heroin Trafficking

… a controlled purchase of approximately 50 grams of heroin from Gomez and Perez. Investigators next arranged to purchase two kilograms of heroin from Gomez and Perez.  On November 17, 2019, investigators … site in Berlin.  After the three individuals drove away from the site together, Berlin Police stopped their car.  A …
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Springfield Man Involved in 2014 Murder Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

… that Silva had taken a large amount of cash generated from the drug trafficking enterprise, Cardona hired Jesus … shipments of cocaine.  Sierra then received a firearm from Jaquez and promised to pay Jaquez a portion of the … to meet Silva in Meriden, purportedly to purchase a car from him.  Sierra and Jaquez then traveled to Connecticut to …
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California man sentenced to 76 months in prison for cocaine trafficking and money laundering

… in Worcester for his role in a conspiracy to traffic drugs from California to Western Massachusetts and launder the … drug trafficking organization (DTO), Gonzalez traveled from California to Western Massachusetts to oversee the … and a co-conspirator removed 11 kilograms of cocaine from a vehicle, which had arrived by car carrier from …
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Hartford cocaine dealer sentenced to 46 months in prison

… documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement … organization that was receiving shipments of cocaine from Puerto Rico and California, and distributing the drug … area. Gineyard regularly purchased ounce-quantities from another member of the organization and sold the drug in …
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Bronx man sentenced to 71 months for trafficking heroin

… documents and statements made in court, this matters stems from a DEA Hartford Task Force investigation of a heroin … On multiple occasions in 2017, Reyes was observed traveling from New York to meet with associates at a suspected … with various heroin trafficking offenses stemming from this investigation.  On October 3, 2018, Reyes pleaded …
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Drug dealer who sold fentanyl to overdose victim sentenced to more than 11 years in prison

… collected bags, which were later found to contain fentanyl, from the scene. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner … investigation revealed that the victim purchased fentanyl from Rivera the day before the victim died from ingesting the drug. In May and June 2018, law …
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Tolland man sentenced to 29 months in prison for cocaine trafficking and gun possession offenses

… arranged two controlled purchases of cocaine in Bridgeport from Martinez and his associate, Desny Sosa-Hernandez.  On … coordinated the purchase of 300 grams of cocaine from Martinez and Sosa-Hernandez, Martinez drove from his residence in Tolland to pick up Sosa-Hernandez at …
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New Haven man sentenced to 6 years in prison for distributing drugs, including fentanyl pills

… Diversion Squad revealed that Hill was obtaining cocaine from a source in the Bronx, New York, and heroin from a source in New Haven.  He converted some of the … crack, heroin and hundreds of counterfeit oxycodone pills from Hill.  The vast majority of the counterfeit pills …
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Lawrence man sentenced to 8 years for fentanyl trafficking

… of fentanyl to multiple individuals, including customers from New Hampshire. Moreta and his co-conspirators often … cooperating individual purchased over 100 grams of fentanyl from Moreta between May and June of 2017. On July 6, 2017, … This matter was investigated by the DEA, with assistance from the Massachusetts State Police, the United States …
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Hartford man sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for trafficking heroin

… documents and statements made in court, this matters stems from a DEA Hartford Task Force investigation of a heroin … and other members of the organization distributed heroin from Moya’s store, the Katty Grocery located at 584 Franklin … investigators made multiple controlled purchases of heroin from Franklyn Caraballo-Almonte, who worked at Katty …
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Guatemalan national living in Rhode Island sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for trafficking heroin

… documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from an investigation that began after several heroin … warrants and seized more than three kilograms of heroin from members of the conspiracy, including more than one-half kilogram from Recinos. On Dec. 12, 2017, a grand jury in Hartford …
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Rhode Island man faces up to life imprisonment for trafficking heroin into southeastern Connecticut

… the evidence introduced during the trial, this matter stems from an investigation that began after several heroin … quantities of heroin. Luciano, who also received heroin from sources in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, distributed … warrants and seized more than three kilograms of heroin from other members of the conspiracy, and approximately …
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Northfield woman sentenced to 37 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

… learned that on March 9, 2018, Morin intended to travel from New Hampshire to a location in Massachusetts to … was hidden in her bra.  The investigation revealed that from February 23, 2018, and continuing through April 5, 2018, Morin ordered fentanyl on multiple occasions from the drug distributors in Massachusetts.  Morin …
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West Bloomfield Doctor sentenced for opioid drug conspiracy

… revealed that Joseph James Roe would recruit “patients” from Monroe, Michigan to be seen by Dr. Mark Buzzard at MV … Detroit area or in Tennessee.  Pills travelling from Michigan to Tennessee are commonly known as diverting … these medications. “More people die in America every year from prescription drug overdoses than from overdoses of all …
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Tampa doctor pleads guilty to distributing opioids outside DEA registration

… control, location or business activity." Abraham resigned from the VA in June 2017 and began working at a pain … without first obtaining a new DEA registration.           From August 2017 through March 7, 2018, while working at the …
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DEA Continues Its Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 29, from 10 to 2 local time, at over 5,000 sites around the … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
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Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting over 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine

… According to court documents, on Dec. 5, 2020, Newell drove from Bakersfield to Mexico to obtain and smuggle narcotics from Mexico to Bakersfield, which he agreed to do for … 2020, Newell drove to the San Ysidro port of entry crossing from Mexico into the United States. Law enforcement officers …