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Multi-Agency Working Group Addresses Heroin Problem In Colorado

April 06, 2017
… Response Working Group, which includes representatives from the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Denver Field … contracted when needles are shared. Results in the report from the methadone clinic study show: Heroin use spans …
April 06, 2017
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Three Kentucky Men Convicted In 100 Kilogram Crack Conspiracy

January 20, 2011
… of parole. According to evidence presented at trial from 2007 through 2009, the men were responsible for … two year-long investigation was the DEA, with assistance from Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms and the Christian County …
January 20, 2011
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Four Detroit Men Sentenced On Federal Drug Related Murder Charges

January 25, 2011
… crime head on,” McQuade said. "Removing paid killers from our community is essential to protecting public … Law enforcement partners to remove dangerous individuals from our community," said Dearborn Police Chief Haddad. …
January 25, 2011
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Four Ohio Physicians Lose Licenses To Prescribe Controlled Substances

May 17, 2011
… Suspension Order prohibits the physicians and pharmacy from possessing or dispensing controlled substances, pending … suspension order prohibits the employees at Prime Pharmacy from continuing to possess, order, or dispense Schedule II - …
May 17, 2011
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Ohio Jury Convicts Las Vegas Man Of Heroin Conspiracy

November 05, 2013
… showed that on January 7, 2013, law enforcement officers from the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), along with troopers of … package containing nearly two kilograms of suspected heroin from Osorio’s vehicle.  Both Osorio and the passenger in …
November 05, 2013
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Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Heroin That Resulted In Overdose Death

June 23, 2014
… Mill, Kentucky, on April 20, 2013.  Baum subsequently died from a heroin overdose, from the heroin sold to him by Tingle-Brown. …
June 23, 2014
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Former Detroit Police Officer Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison For Leaking Confidential Information To Multi-Kilo Cocaine Trafficker

June 24, 2014
… to the dealer about how to explain away cash proceeds from drug sales.  In return, Coody borrowed the drug … the drug trafficker who received the leaked information from Coody, was previously sentenced by Judge O’Meara to 151 …
June 24, 2014
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Mexican National And Leader Of Large Meth Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 17 A½ Years In Federal Prison

July 23, 2014
… approximately six kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from the southwestern U.S. to the Cincinnati, Ohio, area … as well as quantities of cocaine and marijuana, from unknown Mexican sources of supply with ties to the Gulf …
July 23, 2014
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Owner Of Ohio Car Dealership Indicted On Money Laundering And Currency Transaction Report Charges

May 12, 2015
… by concealing the source and ownership of the proceeds from narcotics trafficking, as was represented to Barbarawi … that Barbarawi received approximately $21,533.50 in cash from two related transactions in connection with the sale of …
May 12, 2015
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Former Mount Vernon (OH) Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Extortion In Federal Court

March 04, 2016
… Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 Matthew Dailey removed drugs from police inventory and directed informant to sell them … and split the profits. A portion of the drugs were supplied from the Police Department’s property room, of which Dailey …
March 04, 2016
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Carfentanil-Related Overdose Death Indictments

September 21, 2016
… Crawford, 26, conspired in August 2016 to sell heroin from their residence in the Elmwood Place neighborhood of … Ohio, and Kentucky, a week does not pass without me hearing from or about families who have been affected by the opioid …
September 21, 2016
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Ohio Man Convicted In 200 Kilo Cocaine Conspiracy

November 17, 2016
… in conspiracy that brought large shipments of cocaine from Mexico into Ohio COLUMBUS, Ohio - A U.S. District Court … were responsible for arranging large shipments of cocaine from Mexico and Texas into the Columbus area. …
November 17, 2016
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Detroit Area Doctor Sentenced: 8 Years Prison

December 08, 2016
… of Michigan in 2015. “More people die in America every year from prescription drug overdoses than from overdoses of all other drugs combined,” McQuade said. …
December 08, 2016
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Head Of Ohio Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 5+ Years In Federal Prison

April 18, 2017
… they conspired to distribute cocaine in the Cincinnati area from about February 2013 until November 2015.  Barocio …  In the conspiracy charged, once Williams obtained cocaine from Smith he then provided it to Thorne, Jordan, Pruett, …
April 18, 2017
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Three Ecuadorian Men And One Mexican Man Charged With Intent To Distribute 720 Kilograms Of Cocaine After Being Apprehended In International Waters

September 20, 2017
… Guard personnel collected 25 packages that had been thrown from the boat and discovered that they contained … case is part of the 50,690 pounds of cocaine and heroin from narcotics cases in six federal districts nationwide …
September 20, 2017
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Canadian Man Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Prison For Charges Related To Possessing 290 Pounds Of Cocaine

October 12, 2017
… in Riverside, Calif. detected an aircraft that departed from the Bahamas and was traveling to Windsor, Ontario, … the Athens County Sheriff’s Office, who, along with agents from HSI, executed a search warrant on the plane upon …
October 12, 2017
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DEA Establishes Two New Heroin Enforcement Groups In Ohio

October 27, 2017
… inextricably linked with the threat the United States faces from the trafficking of heroin, fentanyl and fentanyl … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms. According to initial …
October 27, 2017
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Canadian Man Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Possession Of 132 Kilos Of Cocaine Located In Airplane

October 27, 2017
… in Riverside, Calif. detected an aircraft that departed from the Bahamas and was traveling to Windsor, Ontario, … the Athens County Sheriff’s Office, who, along with agents from HSI, executed a search warrant on the plane upon …
October 27, 2017
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Doctor Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Prescription Pills

February 08, 2018
… street: we will prosecute you and seek prison to deter you from contributing to this opioid epidemic,” stated United … to work to identify those who look to gain financial reward from medically unnecessary prescriptions at the unfortunate …
February 08, 2018
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El Paso Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison

January 21, 2011
… a network of dozens of individual who imported cocaine from Mexico into El Paso then distributed the cocaine in … of tens of millions of dollars of drug proceeds from the United States back to Mexico. Last week, Aguirre …
January 21, 2011
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Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty To $8.2 Million K2 Conspiracy

January 25, 2017
… At his change of plea hearing, James admitted that, from October 2011 to October 2014, he purchased for resale … they are ingesting.  The chemicals in these drugs imported from China and Hong Kong are not approved for human …
January 25, 2017
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Trinity Pharmacy, Owner Reach Settlement To Resolve Allegations

February 06, 2017
… injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms. “Today’s settlement … or shirk your obligations under the CSA, expect a visit from us.” This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement …
February 06, 2017
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Two Sentenced In Pill Mill Case

February 28, 2017
… drug distribution conspiracy.  That indictment alleged that from at least May 2013 through July 2014, the defendants … by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from the Internal Revenue Service, Texas Department of …
February 28, 2017
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South Texas Woman Sentenced In Opioid Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

June 05, 2017
… in superseding indictments. That indictment alleged that from at least May 2013 through July 2014, the defendants … by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from the Internal Revenue Service, Texas Department of …
June 05, 2017
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Attorney General Hunter Charges Doctor With Five Counts Of Second Degree Murder

June 23, 2017
… justice is served to the victims. “I appreciate the effort from everyone who worked as a team and put this case … Control Prescription Monitoring Program indicates that from Jan. 1, 2010 to Oct. 7, 2014, Nichols prescribed in …
June 23, 2017
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Final Defendants Sentenced In Synthetic Drug Distribution Conspiracy

November 02, 2017
… synthetic drugs were distributed by the co-conspirators from the Ashes Smoke Shop located in downtown Plano, Texas, … engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity and aiding and abetting; …
November 02, 2017
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Three Corpus Residents Sent To Prison In Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Conspiracies

June 20, 2013
… indictment charged all of the defendants with conspiring from June 1, 2008, to Jan. 8, 2013, to possess with intent … to Guajardo. Pena also received methamphetamine from Martinez, a local home builder. Ignacio Pena, Manuel …
June 20, 2013
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Houston Man Gets Significant Sentence For Drug Trafficking Through Falfurrias Checkpoint

August 19, 2013
… intent to distribute more than 1000 kilograms of marijuana from October 2011 until his arrest on Oct. 24, 2012. … and on to other major cities within the United States. From October 2011 until April 2012, approximately 4,000 …
August 19, 2013
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Another Drug Conspiracy And Money Laundering Ring Leader Heads To Prison For 30 Years

February 21, 2014
… criminal history and the need to protect the public from future criminal conduct. She further ordered he serve a … indictment charged all of the defendants with conspiring from June 1, 2008, to Jan. 8, 2013, to possess with intent …
February 21, 2014
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest 22 In Connection With Austin Area Steroid Distribution Operation

September 04, 2014
… conducted several controlled purchases of steroids from Bruner and Rowland. To date, authorities have seized … with this investigation. These charges and arrests resulted from an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement …
September 04, 2014