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Baltimore Area Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To Over 28 Years In Prison

August 08, 2014
… hundreds of kilograms of cocaine in hollow computer shells from California to Maryland BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge … Administration - Baltimore District Office. “Wilford ran from law enforcement, but was apprehended. Wilford will not … According to evidence presented at the five day trial, from 2010 to September 2011, Wilford was a member of a …
August 08, 2014
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DEA and its Partners Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide

May 28, 2024
… Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide May 28, 2024 Louisville Contact … more than 18.6 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. DEA continues to expand …
May 28, 2024
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DEA and its Partners Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide

May 24, 2024
… Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide May 24, 2024 Miami Contact Info … more than 18.6 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. DEA continues to expand …
May 24, 2024
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Pawtucket Man Sentenced To 7 A½ Years In Federal Prison For Manufacturing And Distributing Meth From Newport Motel Room

November 13, 2014
… In Federal Prison For Manufacturing And Distributing Meth From Newport Motel Room November 13, 2014 New England … 2014, when DEA Drug Task Force agents and detectives from the Warwick and Newport Police Departments executed a …
November 13, 2014
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Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Possessing 21 Kilos Of Cocaine Seized From His Tractor-Trailer

October 31, 2016
… Years In Prison For Possessing 21 Kilos Of Cocaine Seized From His Tractor-Trailer October 31, 2016 New York Contact … The NYDETF had obtained information that a truck driver from California was transporting multi-kilogram quantities …
October 31, 2016
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DEA and its Partners Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide

May 29, 2024
… Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide May 29, 2024 El Paso Contact … more than 18.6 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. DEA continues to expand …
May 29, 2024
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St. Mary’s County Felon Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Distribution of Fentanyl and for Illegal Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition

February 16, 2022
… Distributed Fentanyl to a Victim and Death Resulted from the Victims Use of the Drug; Keys Also Admitted the He … to St. Mary’s County, Maryland to purchase narcotics from Keys.  One of the individuals met with Keys at Keys’ … apartment complex in Lexington Park and purchased fentanyl from Keys, who was on pretrial release for pending charges …
February 16, 2022
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West Virginia Heroin Dealer Sentenced

May 10, 2021
… Baltimore Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from at least December 2018 through February 2019, Bailey, … traveled to Baltimore to purchase heroin cut with fentanyl from the Gregory Butler Drug Trafficking Organization (the … he purchased more than 80 grams of heroin cut with fentanyl from the DTO. As detailed in his plea agreement, on about …
May 10, 2021
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Irish man who helped run the “Silk Road” website extradited

July 13, 2018
… today that Gary Davis, a/k/a “Libertas,” was extradited from the Republic of Ireland to the United States.  Davis … as an administrator who helped run the Silk Road, a secret online marketplace for illegal drugs, hacking services, and …
July 13, 2018
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Virginia Motorcycle Dealership Seized in Methamphetamine Bust

April 10, 2003
… the Bristol Virginia Area. The methamphetamine is sourced from Mexico, transported through Los Angeles and then … to the LILLY DEALERSHIP in Abingdon, Virginia. Proceeds from these sales are then transported back to the Los …
April 10, 2003
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Jose Morales Sentenced To Over 21 Years In Prison For Heroin And Marijuana Distribution Conspiracies

August 02, 2013
… smuggle heroin into prison and run a marijuana conspiracy from prison GREENBELT, Md. - - U.S. District Judge Roger W. … Morales contacted the women, providing them with a contact from whom they could obtain the heroin.  He described to … exchange the heroin by kissing, transferring the heroin from the woman’s mouth to Morales’.  For example, beginning …
August 02, 2013
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Career Offender from West Memphis Sentenced to 12 years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Meth

December 17, 2025
… Career Offender from West Memphis Sentenced to 12 years in Federal Prison … receiving complaints of Wiley distributing methamphetamine from his residence in West Memphis, on July 27, 2023, a … by the West Memphis Police Department with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration. The case was …
December 17, 2025
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Office Manager For Michigan Physician Sentenced To Prison For Accepting Kickbacks And Failure To Report Income From Medical Marijuana Certificationss

October 06, 2014
… Prison For Accepting Kickbacks And Failure To Report Income From Medical Marijuana Certificationss October 06, 2014 … Patrick Miles announced today. The convictions arise from an Indictment which charged that between January 2004, …
October 06, 2014
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Previously Convicted Felon From Newark, New Jersey, Charged With Firearms Possession, Drug Distribution Offenses

December 09, 2015
… Previously Convicted Felon From Newark, New Jersey, Charged With Firearms Possession, …
December 09, 2015
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Two Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in Death

January 17, 2024
… 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 …
January 17, 2024
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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

November 01, 2021
… 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 …
November 01, 2021
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16 Defendants Indicted On Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering And Gun Charges

November 24, 2003
… 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 …
November 24, 2003
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Pharmacist Admits Attempting To Use Deadly Toxins As Weapons, Possessing Narcotics Manufacturing Equipment

May 29, 2014
… “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 …
May 29, 2014
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Joint DEA /State Investigation Results In Charges Against Entire Baltimore Drug Trafficking Organization

March 11, 2011
… 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 …
March 11, 2011
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Twelve Alleged Members Of Mexican-Based Cocaine Trafficking Ring Indicted

October 14, 2011
… 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 …
October 14, 2011
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Car Repair Shop Owner And His Son Sentenced For Drug Trafficking And Commercial Burglaries

March 10, 2015
… 571-362-2476 WashingtonDiversionOutreach@dea.gov 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 …
March 10, 2015
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Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

June 14, 2013
… 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 …
June 14, 2013
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Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

June 17, 2013
… 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 …
June 17, 2013
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DEA and its Partners Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide

May 28, 2024
… Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide May 28, 2024 Seattle Contact … more than 18.6 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. DEA continues to expand …
May 28, 2024
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Two Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms in Case Arising from Investigation of Aryan Family Prison Gang

September 16, 2024
… Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms in Case Arising from Investigation of Aryan Family Prison Gang September 16, … Network in Alaska; Younger Conspirator Transported Drugs from Arizona to Washington Stash House Where Fentanyl Pills … not some street-level dealer…. The amount of societal harm from these substances is almost immeasurable.” Discussing …
September 16, 2024
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Six Individuals From Americana Corridor Of South Orlando Indicted For Federal Firearm And Drug Trafficking Offenses

August 22, 2014
… Six Individuals From Americana Corridor Of South Orlando Indicted For …
August 22, 2014
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Five Charged in Sophisticated Scheme to Mail Cocaine from Puerto Rico New York City inside Children’s Lunchboxes

October 27, 2021
… Five Charged in Sophisticated Scheme to Mail Cocaine from Puerto Rico New York City inside Children’s Lunchboxes … conspiracy to smuggle millions of dollars in cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York and Massachusetts via the U.S. … Police. In carrying out the charged conspiracy, which ran from May of 2020 to July of 2021, accused ringleaders Carlos …
October 27, 2021
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Wethersfield Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Distribution Charge Stemming From 19-Year-Old’s Overdose Death

January 26, 2017
… Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Distribution Charge Stemming From 19-Year-Old’s Overdose Death January 26, 2017 New … of a Wethersfield motel and purchased two bags of heroin from Carrillo for 10 dollars.  Carrillo was arrested on a …
January 26, 2017
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Chicagoland Man Sentenced To More Than 15 Years In Prison For Orchestrating The Major Marijuana Distribution From Sacramento

March 14, 2014
… Prison For Orchestrating The Major Marijuana Distribution From Sacramento March 14, 2014 San Francisco Contact Info … According to testimony presented at trial, Brock, who is from a suburb of Chicago, was the target of an interstate …
March 14, 2014
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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 , …
January 22, 2025