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Pennsylvania Doctor Sentenced To 12 Months In Prison For Illegally Selling Prescriptions From New Jersey Office

… To 12 Months In Prison For Illegally Selling Prescriptions From New Jersey Office November 20, 2012 New Jersey Contact … day in prison for illegally selling Percocet prescriptions from his Trenton office. Lee, 70, of Holland, Pa., …
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Statement from the DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications

May 03, 2023
… Statement from the DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on COVID-19 …
May 03, 2023
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22 Defendants Charged For Alleged Roles In Connected Drug Rings Extending From Mexico To Chicago And Across The U.S.

… Charged For Alleged Roles In Connected Drug Rings Extending From Mexico To Chicago And Across The U.S. October 01, 2014 … resulted in the seizure of more than $3.9 million from a residence in suburban Park Ridge in April 2013, as …
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Two Lebanese Citizens Extradited from Republic of Georgia to Face International Money Laundering Charges

… Two Lebanese Citizens Extradited from Republic of Georgia to Face International Money …
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$11 Million Dollar Heroin Shipment Seized En Route From New York City To New England

… $11 Million Dollar Heroin Shipment Seized En Route From New York City To New England May 19, 2014 New York … rifles, and $85,000 cash. On Thursday, May 15th, a team from the DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force Group …
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Attorney General Recognizes Assistant U.S. Attorney And Law Enforcement Officials From The Western District Of Tennessee

… Assistant U.S. Attorney And Law Enforcement Officials From The Western District Of Tennessee December 09, 2011 … Jenks’ murder revealed that Gauna and Garcia had traveled from Austin, Texas to the Western District of Tennessee with …
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Two Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in Death

… nor ease the unnecessary pain the family was subjected to from losing a loved one. However, I hope knowing these drug … to see that some are so willing to take part in profiting from it with no concern whatsoever for life,” said Interim … helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or visit the online treatment locator. # # # Drug Trafficking Fake Pills …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight Against Opioid Epidemic

… removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country this past … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. The DEA’s Washington … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
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16 Defendants Indicted On Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering And Gun Charges

… and the United States Attorney's Office, and arise from a 4 year conspiracy by the defendants to distribute … powder cocaine, crack cocaine, and phencyclidine (PCP), from at least September 1999 to July 2003. The following 16 … coordinated the movement of bulk quantities of cocaine from New York to the Maryland-Washington, DC area in …
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Pharmacist Admits Attempting To Use Deadly Toxins As Weapons, Possessing Narcotics Manufacturing Equipment

… “To make this happen we pull together various resources from the FBI and work closely with our law enforcement … applications. Gonzalez made the purchases through an online third-party vendor marketplace and all the items were …
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Joint DEA /State Investigation Results In Charges Against Entire Baltimore Drug Trafficking Organization

… BALTIMORE, MD. - At least 425 law enforcement officers from DEA, Baltimore Police Department, U.S. Marshals … organization in the Latrobe Homes area of East Baltimore from at least 2008 through March 2011. Twenty-two defendants … of law enforcement’s commitment to keep this city safe from the violence and crimes associated with drug …
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Twelve Alleged Members Of Mexican-Based Cocaine Trafficking Ring Indicted

… that has utilized a distribution network to smuggle cocaine from Mexico to northern Virginia. This indictment was the … was unsealed. “Our local communities are not immune from the poison the Mexican drug cartels bring to the … result of the concentrated efforts by agents and detectives from the FBI, DEA, ICE, Alexandria Police Department and the …
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Car Repair Shop Owner And His Son Sentenced For Drug Trafficking And Commercial Burglaries

… - (540) 857-2555 Winchester - (540) 662-5879 Sold drugs from Paschall Auto Body Shop in Baltimore, and robbed … organization will now spend time in a federal prison far from home.” David Paschall operated Paschall’s Auto Body … that he agreed to distribute oxycodone, cocaine and heroin from no later than 2010 to July 2013. Chad Paschall was at …
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Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

… 25 North Cannon Avenue in Hagerstown.  Russo admitted that from January 2009 through December 2010, he filled … “in stock” and how much it would cost; customers traveled from out of state or in van loads to his pharmacy; and many …
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Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

… 25 North Cannon Avenue in Hagerstown.  Russo admitted that from January 2009 through December 2010, he filled … “in stock” and how much it would cost; customers traveled from out of state or in van loads to his pharmacy; and many …
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U.S. Attorney's Office Prosecuted 85 Firearm Offenders in Eastern Washington with Cases from DEA and Federal Partners

… 85 Firearm Offenders in Eastern Washington with Cases from DEA and Federal Partners March 06, 2024 Seattle Contact … obtained firearms. Firearms that are forfeited are removed from the possession of a convicted criminal defendant and …
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January 22, 2025
… stigma associated with addiction can prevent some people from getting the help they really need.  Alleviating stigma … people who misuse prescription medications get those meds from the home medicine cabinet.  The DEA encourages families … in 68 countries. For the latest updates and information from DEA HQ follow us on Twitter  @DEAHQ , on  Facebook , …
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Supervising pharmacist sentenced to prison for diverting millions of dollars in oxycodone pills from a Queens pharmacy

… prison for diverting millions of dollars in oxycodone pills from a Queens pharmacy August 30, 2019 New York Contact Info …
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Member Of Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced To 19 Years In Prison For Distributing Cocaine And Heroin Shipped To Chicago From Mexico

… For Distributing Cocaine And Heroin Shipped To Chicago From Mexico November 18, 2015 Chicago Contact Info Contact … and served as a broker in its efforts to ship the narcotics from Mexico. Arevalo-Renteria, 46, pleaded guilty last year …
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Texas Man Sentenced for Fatal High-Speed Flight from Border Patrol Checkpoint While Trafficking Meth

… Texas Man Sentenced for Fatal High-Speed Flight from Border Patrol Checkpoint While Trafficking Meth April … located in Saint Louis’ trunk Methamphetamine recovered from Saint Louis’ vehicle on scale Download Original Image Methamphetamine recovered from Saint Louis’ vehicle on scale ALBUQUERQUE –  A Texas …
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The Replay: One Pill Can Kill Message Advances a Fentanyl Free America at Super Bowl LX

February 09, 2026
… drug use prevention messaging was available near and far.  From dozens of media engagements to a caravan moving through … exhibit located at DEA Headquarters in Arlington, VA and online at https://fof.dea.gov , which includes over 7,000 …
February 09, 2026
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“NFL” Gang Member Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison for Racketeering Charges

… Baltimore Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from 2017 to April 2019, Davis participated in the Normandy, … base, and fentanyl to drug users and drug redistributors from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.  … obtained heroin and fentanyl in distribution quantities from other NFL members, which he then sold to customers on a …
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Baltimore Fentanyl Dealer Admits to Selling Narcotics to Customers Across Four States

… During the existence of the conspiracy, which spanned from January 2017 to December 2020, scores of customers from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia …
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Heroin Dealer Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison

… Distribute Heroin Less Than Three Weeks After His Release from State Prison Baltimore, Md., – U.S. District Judge … Baltimore District Office. According to his guilty plea, from September 2020 to November 2020, Skordalos participated … joined the DTO less than three weeks after his release from state prison. In September 2020, federal agents …
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Narcotics Dealer Sentenced to Ten and a Half Years in Federal Prison for Federal Drug Trafficking Charges and Assault on a Federal Officer

… after ingesting narcotics, and the child obtained narcotics from Wall’s belongings, ingested the narcotics, and … task force officer attempted to physically stop Trimmer from fleeing. Trimmer then proceeded to grab the officer’s …
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Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for a Heroin Distribution Conspiracy Conducted Over the Dark Web

… Washington Division. According to Ramseur’s plea agreement, from at least April 2014 through December 2015, Ramseur was … Ramseur accepted orders for heroin and received payments from customers in Bitcoin. Ramseur and his co-conspirators packaged and shipped heroin from Capitol Heights, Maryland, to customers throughout the …
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California Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced

… to fellow co-conspirators who then shipped narcotics from the west coast to the east coast of the United States. … regularly traveled to the New York area to collect money from accomplices and other narcotic customers.  For example, … the quality, logistics, and potential financial gain from trafficking-controlled substances. Additionally, there …
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Baltimore Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison

Baltimore Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison February 03, 2014 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter …
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Bronx Man Indicted as a Major Trafficker Following Seizure of 110 Pounds of Cocaine from Tractor-Trailer in Virginia

… Major Trafficker Following Seizure of 110 Pounds of Cocaine from Tractor-Trailer in Virginia March 01, 2022 New York … Kilograms of cocaine seized in tractor trailer box of chips from tractor-trailer 2.JPG Box of chips used as cover load … of 50 kilograms of cocaine (approximately 110 pounds) from a tractor-trailer truck stopped in Virginia. The large …
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Approximately 300,000 Fentanyl Pills and Five Kilograms of Powdered Fentanyl Recovered from Vehicle’s Gas Tank

… Pills and Five Kilograms of Powdered Fentanyl Recovered from Vehicle’s Gas Tank May 03, 2023 New York Contact Info … plus five kilograms of powdered fentanyl (over 11 pounds), from a red Ford Expedition stopped in the Bronx. The … drug cartels, like the Sinaloa cartel, smuggle fentanyl from Mexico to major cities like New York for street …