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Eight Indicted In Money Laundering Ring

… Eight Indicted In Money Laundering Ring July 29, 2022 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 Kristen Govostes Recruiter Name Garth Hamelin … that involved the laundering of drug proceeds and proceeds from stolen and/or fraudulent gift cards. During a …
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Akron, Ohio Doctor Is Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Prescription Painkillers

… Akron, Ohio Doctor Is Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally … specializing in family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology. From August 2011 through October 2012, Heim and others …
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Illegal Alien Receives Five Years for Smuggling Cocaine Hidden in Vehicle Batteries

… Illegal Alien Receives Five Years for Smuggling Cocaine Hidden in Vehicle Batteries February 05, 2026 Houston Contact … and that the vehicle he was driving had made frequent trips from the Rio Grande Valley to Houston, returning the same …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Role in Cocaine Conspiracy

… Mexican National Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Role in Cocaine Conspiracy … to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. This HSTF Tucson led investigation …
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Orange County Couple Receives Lengthy Federal Prison Sentences in Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas

… Orange County Couple Receives Lengthy Federal Prison Sentences in Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy in the … While enroute to the jail, a deputy observed Lagrone slip from her handcuffs and move closer to Lacouture.  At the …
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Trial Victory Secured in Largest Single Fentanyl Pill Bust in DEA History

… Trial Victory Secured in Largest Single Fentanyl Pill Bust in DEA History August 08, 2025 … DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … charges that violated the terms of his pretrial release from a separate case in which he was charged as a felon in …
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Former Daycare Director Sentenced in Large-Scale Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… Former Daycare Director Sentenced in Large-Scale Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy July 23, … member of the conspiracy, and that kind of trust only comes from a long history of repeated transactions. She knew …
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Hopkinsville, Kentucky Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking

… Hopkinsville, Kentucky Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
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Hopkinsville, Kentucky Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking

… Hopkinsville, Kentucky Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced to Over 6 years in Federal Prison for Cocaine Trafficking

… Mexican Citizen Sentenced to Over 6 years in Federal Prison for Cocaine … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
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Sacramento Doctor Agrees to Pay $125,000 for Controlled Substances Act Violations at Sutter Imaging Capitol Pavilion

… Sacramento Doctor Agrees to Pay $125,000 for Controlled Substances … Dr. Yen is a radiologist employed by Sutter Medical Group. From 2018 to 2024, he was the DEA registrant at Capitol …
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Salem Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… Salem Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking … arranged a controlled buy of counterfeit oxycodone pills from Rigutto. Investigators observed him arrive and depart … switches,” are small attachments used to convert firearms from semi-automatic to fully-automatic. Later the same day, …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day is THIS Saturday!

… National Take Back Day is THIS Saturday! April 24, 2025 Phoenix Contact Info Contact Us 571-362-5600 571-362-0582 Joshua Boyer 571-362-0582 PhoenixSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter … Prescription Drug Take Back Day THIS Saturday , April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering communities across the …
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Ohio Man Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl Resulting in Overdose Death

… Ohio Man Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl Resulting in Overdose Death … dope.” In his plea agreement, Clifton also admitted that from May 2019 through June 2019, he routinely offered to … serve 85 percent of his prison sentence. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. …
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Five Sentenced for Smuggling Cocaine into the Country

… Five Sentenced for Smuggling Cocaine into the Country April 11, 2025 … - (254) 297-0300 McAllen, Texas – Four more individuals from Mexico have been sentenced for their roles in a … 2023, all had smuggled multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from Mexico into the United States. The co-conspirators …
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Member of Violent Gang Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Racketeering Involving Drug and Firearms Trafficking

… Member of Violent Gang Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Racketeering … cocaine base, more commonly referred to as “crack” cocaine, from a stash house in Somerville. Afonseca was also recorded …
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Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Heroin and Cocaine into Connecticut

… Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Heroin … containing nearly 500 grams of cocaine that had been mailed from California to a Bloomfield residence that was connected …
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Ten Jersey City men charged with conspiracy to burglarize more than 40 pharmacies

… Ten Jersey City men charged with conspiracy to burglarize … these suspects so that they can be brought to justice.” From Oct. 11, 2020, through Dec. 22, 2020, the defendants …
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Methamphetamine distribution organization disrupted in Cape May County

… 362-3700 862-849-9863 Timothy P. McMahon NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 Mulberry Street 2nd Floor Newark , NJ … L. Abide, age 50 and Robert S. Bellemare, age 47, both from the Villas section of Lower Township, NJ along with …
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Overprescribing opioids costs La Jolla doctor $125,000

… Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 4560 Viewridge Avenue San Diego , CA 92123-1672 … Kasendorf’s prescribing practices. This investigation arose from data analytics tools which allow the Department of …
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El Cajon “Pill Mill” Doctor Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Causing the Illegal Distribution of Opioids

… El Cajon “Pill Mill” Doctor Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Causing the Illegal … front including zealously pursuing all who seek to profit from illegally distributing opioids whether or not they may …
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DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day has highest-ever partner participation

… Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 4560 Viewridge Avenue San Diego , CA 92123-1672 … Karen Flowers. “By removing unwanted prescription drugs from their homes, these residents may have saved someone …
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Three brothers charged in conspiracy to distribute more than 20,000 pills of fentanyl

… in conspiracy to distribute more than 20,000 pills of fentanyl September 18, 2018 San Diego Contact Info Contact Us … Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us … intensity of our war against foreign criminals who profit from destroying American lives,” said DEA Special Agent in …
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DEA achieves significant milestone during 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 4560 Viewridge Avenue San Diego , CA 92123-1672 … to keep unused, unwanted or expired prescription drugs away from those who could misuse or abuse them.”  National …
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Pill Mill Operator Convicted for Oxycodone Diversion

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA Romona Sy 571-776-1634 … her patients, to shield her unlawful prescribing practices from law enforcement scrutiny. Cristobal, 75, of Lyndhurst, …
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Colombian Kingpin Pleads Guilty to Running Criminal Enterprise

… Colombian Kingpin Pleads Guilty to Running Criminal Enterprise May 12, 2021 New York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … ports on the Pacific Ocean so that it could be exported from Colombia by sea. In transporting the cocaine from the …
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DEA announces “360 Strategy” in the greater New Orleans area to address heroin, prescription drugs and violent crime

… Orleans area to address heroin, prescription drugs and violent crime April 16, 2019 New Orleans Contact Info Contact Us … 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 3838 N. Causeway Blvd. Suite 1800, Three … with City of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, members from other local and federal agencies and organizations in …
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New Orleans-area defendants plead guilty to fraudulent possession and black market distribution of oxycodone

… New Orleans-area defendants plead guilty to fraudulent possession and black market distribution of oxycodone … aggressively pursue those who seek to perpetuate and profit from the opioid crisis in this country and bring them to …
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DEA achieves significant milestone during 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 3838 N. Causeway Blvd. Suite 1800, Three Lakeway Center New Orleans , LA United States New Orleans Contacts … this critical event - making our homes and communities safe from possible prescription drug abuse or theft," said DEA …
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Orthopedic Surgeon Sentenced for Opioid Prescription Conspiracies

… Orthopedic Surgeon Sentenced for Opioid Prescription Conspiracies April 10, 2019 … conspiracies to write fraudulent opioid prescriptions from October 2015 to October 2017, announced United States …