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Eleven Individuals Charged With Trafficking Heroin And Other Illegal Narcotics

… conspiracy involving the shipment of heroin from California to Baton Rouge and the distribution of … terms of imprisonment, fines, and forfeiture of proceeds from the illegal drug offenses: Michael Almanza, age 44, of … by the DEA and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, with assistance from Louisiana State Police, East Baton Rouge Parish …
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Physician Admits To Illegally Distributing 39,000 Pills

… acknowledged purchasing such fraudulent prescriptions from Johns since 2011.  Johns pleaded guilty to illegally distributing 39,000 30 mg oxycodone pills from January 1, 2014 to May 2015, with the pills having a … Little Rock Tactical Diversion Squad composed of officers from the Conway Police Department, Beebe Police Department, …
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Former CEO Of Bitcoin Exchange Company Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Two Years In Prison For Helping To Sell Nearly $1 Million In Bitcoins For Drug Buys On Silk Road

… in Manhattan federal court and related court proceedings: From about December 2011 to October 2013, Shrem’s … drugs on the site.  Upon receiving orders for Bitcoins from Silk Road users, he filled the orders through …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Guilty Pleas Of Two Colombian Narcotics Traffickers Defendants Were High-Ranking Members Of Organization Headed By Colombian Drug Kingpin Francisco Gonzalez Uribe

… well as statements made during the guilty plea proceedings: From 2007 through 2009, OSPINO-ROSERO and NORENA-CORREA were … Republic -- the DEA secured large quantities of narcotics from individuals linked to OSPINO-ROSERO and NORENA-CORREA. …
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DEA Phoenix Participates In U.S. Marshals “Operation Justice V”

… safer with the removal of numerous dangerous criminals from our streets.” Surprise Police Chief Michael Frazier … JUSTICE V” involved more than 150 law enforcement officers from 30 contributing agencies throughout Maricopa and Pinal … “Aggravated Assault,” and, “Endangerment,” stemming from a 2009 drive-by shooting in South Phoenix. Anyone with …
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Tucson ‘Liposuction Technician’ And Aide Arrested On Multiple Felony Charges

… Medicine without a (ARS 13-3455). The charges arise from a three-month investigation conducted by the DEA’s … illegal medical practices and prevent controlled substances from being diverted into the wrong hands and endangering the … the DEA Tactical Diversion Task Force consisting of members from the DEA, the Tucson Police Department, and the South …
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Drug Ring Supplying Elmira, NY With Heroin And Fentanyl Shut Down

… members of a drug pipeline responsible for funneling heroin from Pennsylvania and New Jersey to Elmira, NY.  Eight … bars, and we have prevented a significant amount of heroin from reaching the streets. Our message to drug dealers is … organization obtained large quantities of heroin primarily from defendant Israel Cedeno-Martinez in Trenton, New …
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Doctor Charged In Manhattan Federal Court For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Oxycodone Pills

… can net an illicit distributor $2,400 in cash or more. From at least approximately January 2011 until December … that Lambrakis collected at least $2.5 million in fees from his “patients.” Lambrakis, 69, of Manhattan, is charged …
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DEA Busts Steroid Traffickers And Dismantles Laboratories Across The Nation

… the vast majority of which are manufactured and trafficked from underground labs in China.    DEA-led Operation Cyber … began in early 2014, with the assistance of local agents from HSI, USPIS, IRS, and the Phoenix Police Department, … These products are commonly obtained via the internet from Chinese chemical manufacturing companies and …
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Rochester Father, Two Sons Arrested And Charged With Drug Trafficking

… officers conducted multiple controlled purchases from the defendants at 164 Curtis Street in Rochester, which … is Victor Rivera’s residence. On December 4, 2015, officers from the New York State Police intercepted a suspicious … the direction of Chief Michael Ciminelli, with assistance from several law enforcement agencies including the New York …
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Dante Major Received 55 Years To Life Sentence

… and Richard J. Devlin, Jr, Otsego County Sheriff. Working from street level dealers to the supply source, Otsego … Sheriff’s Office investigators and DEA Special Agents from the Albany District Office made controlled purchases of heroin and oxy powder from retail level dealers working for the head of the drug …
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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… On April 23, 2011, Giovanni Manzella, a 34 year-old man from Long Beach, New York, died of an overdose of oxycodone … also within two days after receiving a prescription from Conway for 180 pills of oxycodone. Patient files seized … that neither man received meaningful medical examinations from Conway. The files for these and other patients …
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Long Island Doctor Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Distribution Of Oxycodone

… action against a pharmacy, removed prescription authority from numerous rogue doctors, and expanded … DEA Task Force which is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, NCPD and NYSP with assistance from the IRS. On …
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Bitcoin Exchanges Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court In Connection With The Sale Of Approximately $1 Million In Bitcoins For Use On The Silk Road Website

… Shrem, and statements made in related court proceedings: From about December 2011 to October 2013, Faiella ran an … was required to do so. Upon receiving orders for Bitcoins from Silk Road users, Faiella filled the orders through a …
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Iowa Meth Dealer Sentenced to Federal Prison

… 18 years in federal prison. Cody Richard Reisner, age 42, from Decorah, Iowa, received the prison term after a … that, in February 2025, Reisner obtained methamphetamine from a source of supply in Des Moines, Iowa, and distributed … officers tried to stop Reisner’s car.  Reisner fled from officers.  He drove through a dorm parking lot and a …
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Sioux City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possession of Meth

… Apprehended after attempted eluding and throwing meth from vehicle window Richard Martinez, 30, from Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced to more than five years … (near Sloan, Iowa) and observed a vehicle traveling away from the casino over the speed limit.  Law enforcement …
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Man Charged with Drug Trafficking After Investigators Seize 86 Pounds of Meth

… at a UPS center when they identified a parcel being shipped from Los Angeles, Ca., to Cleveland, Mo.  Investigators … in Cleveland, Mo.  Investigators obtained a search warrant from the Cass County, Mo. Circuit Court. Kircher was … 2.24 grams of methamphetamine and a glass pipe from Kircher’s person. After obtaining another search …
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Operators of Three Texas Pharmacies and Two Pain Clinics Arrested for Illegally Dispensing Nearly Four Million Opioid Pills

… and oxycodone. The complaint further alleges that from about September 2018 to about September 2020, Obute … hydrocodone and oxycodone. According to court documents, from about Jan. 1, 2019, to about Dec. 31, 2019, Emeakoroha … undercover officers obtained illegitimate prescriptions from Ravi, once in 2020 at his clinic operating out of 12555 …
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Twenty-Two Indicted for Drug Trafficking in San Antonio Area

… Waco - (254) 297-0300 HOUSTON - Twenty-two defendants from San Antonio, Del Rio and Laredo face federal drug … Garcia, Alvarado, Bartlett, and Albelardo Oviedo conspired from June 2019 until April 7, 2021, to distribute methamphetamine. It also alleges that from June 2019 until April 7, 2021, Oscar Oviedo, Vasquez, …
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Presidentially pardoned San Antonio man once again arrested on federal drug charges

… Lieutenant Hilario Nieto who previously received a pardon from President Barack Obama, announced Drug Enforcement … a Presidential pardon for his past offenses and released from federal prison chose to flout that generous gift after being released from federal prison and resume gang-related drug dealing in …
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Former Mexican governor extradited on money laundering charges

… transaction, the property constituted or was derived from proceeds traceable to offenses including bribery of a … holders and allegedly transferred stolen Coahuila finances from Mexico into an account in Brownsville. They later … charges allege the Mexican government employed Torres-Lopez from 1994 to 2011. His roles allegedly included work as the …
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Illegal Alien and His Associate Charged with Trafficking 85 Kilograms of Methamphetamine

… 815-4513 ATLANTA - Alberto Ortiz-Osornio, an illegal alien from Mexico, and Marco Antonio Solano-Posadas face federal … every tool at our disposal to prevent foreign drug cartels from poisoning Georgians and to hold drug dealers … in Solano’s car. Shortly thereafter, sheriff’s deputies from the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office stopped Solano’s …
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Sioux City Man to Federal Prison for Meth Conspiracy

… convicted of five felony drug offenses Todd Babb, 62, from Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced in federal court in … Approximately one pound of methamphetamine was also seized from a vehicle observed driving away from Babb’s residence. United States District Court Judge …
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Jacksonville, Arkansas Woman Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Meth

… to the CS. The DEA conducted controlled buys from Osborn on two separate occasions with Osborn selling … another controlled buy of over a pound of methamphetamine from Osborn. Through ariel surveillance, agents observed … in during the investigation. A short time later, deputies from the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic …
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DEA New York Enforcement Division Announces Takedown of Brooklyn Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficker

… prescription drugs are putting New Yorkers suffering from opioid addiction in grave danger,” said Attorney … for their collaboration as we work to keep New Yorkers safe from dangerous narcotics.” “The sale of these illegal drugs … law enforcement partners to stem the flow of illegal drugs from infiltrating our communities.” The investigation …
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First Defendant in Drug Trafficking Organization Dealing in Seattle's International District and Homeless Encampments Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

… Seattle Field Division. “The fentanyl powder alone seized from this group contained more than 1.7 million potentially … the Seattle Police Department with significant assistance from the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation … to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Seattle comprises agents and …
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Tacoma Man Who Persisted in Drug Trafficking Despite Being Stopped With More Than 25 Pounds of Meth Sentenced to 66 Months in Prison

… Using Rental Cars and Then Buses to Transport Drugs North from LA pena drugs on car.jpg Drugs seized in Rogelio Pena … Department seized 7.5 kilograms of fentanyl laced pills from a bag that had been abandoned at a bus station by one … to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Seattle comprises agents and …
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Illegal Alien Faces Federal Charges for Selling Fentanyl at a Farmers Market Produce Stand

… 815-4513 Atlanta – Luis Sanchez-Acevedo, an illegal alien from Mexico, appeared in federal court yesterday afternoon … on charges related to his alleged distribution of fentanyl from a Forest Park farmers market produce stand.  … 2025, Sanchez-Acevedo allegedly sold a total of 3,000 pills from or in the vicinity of his produce stand at a Forest …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years for Distributing Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills Resulting in a Fatal Overdose

… distributed a counterfeit pill to a 28-year-old woman from Columbia, who believed the pill to be Percocet. After … the victim’s death, Duckett took steps to distance himself from the incident, including checking out of a hotel the following day, deleting text messages from his phone, and moving his vehicle in an apparent …
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15 Alleged Members of Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted

… to the indictment, beginning at a time unknown but from at least on or about June 1, 2024, to November 18, … whichever is greater. “This investigation, which originated from a narcotics complaint in the Western District of … networks, enforce the rule of law, and remove them from our streets. I commend the outstanding investigative …