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Couple Charged with Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

February 07, 2024
… and 50 times more potent than heroin as an analgesic.  From 2011 through 2021, fatal overdoses associated with … 2,600 drug overdose deaths each year in 2011 and 2012, but from 2013 through 2021, the number of drug overdose deaths …
February 07, 2024
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10 Members of Crack/Fentanyl Distribution Organization Arrested in Niagara Falls

December 21, 2023
… Operation Overdrive to address crime and violence stemming from drug trafficking networks nationwide.  DEA and our law … safer and healthier.  I commend the men and women from all the agencies involved in this investigation for …
December 21, 2023
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Three Men Indicted for Operation Bronx Fentanyl Mill; $300K in Drugs, Loaded Gun Recovered

November 27, 2023
… 720-431-8836 Fentanyl Mill.JPG Drugs, Gun and Cash Seized from Fentanyl Mill BRONX, N.Y. - Bronx District Attorney …
November 27, 2023
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U.S. Attorney Discusses Anti-Gun Violence Efforts, Announces Indictment of Defendant Allegedly Involved in Murder of Rochester Police Officer

June 21, 2023
… intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana from various drug houses they operated in the City of … resulted in more than 100 illegal firearms being removed from the community. Most importantly, these efforts have …
June 21, 2023
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

May 25, 2023
… as well as patients who had just been discharged from a hospital following an overdose. In addition, Parasmo … in some instances, possibly reselling them on the streets. From 2010 to 2015, Dr. Parasmo prescribed over 1.5 million …
May 25, 2023
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Massachusetts Man Convicted of Trafficking Four Tons of Cocaine Hidden Inside Furniture

December 20, 2022
… June 2019, the DTO sent approximately 27 shipments of cargo from Puerto Rico to the continental United States.  The … At times, Montilla drove straight through the night from Massachusetts to Florida to be present for a cocaine …
December 20, 2022
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Long Island Medical Doctor Charged with Illegally Distributing Oxycodone Pills

December 14, 2022
… Peace. “This Office will continue to protect our community from bad actors who flood our streets with dangerous drugs, … made hundreds of thousands of dollars a year cash solely from the cash payments made by patients to obtain their …
December 14, 2022
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Two New York Men Charged for Conspiracy to Distribute 110 Kilograms of Cocaine

June 27, 2022
… Medina-Fabian. Velez-Pena transferred multiple duffle bags from his tractor-trailer to Medina-Fabian, who then placed … Subsequent to receiving consent to search the SUV from Medina-Fabian, law enforcement recovered several duffle …
June 27, 2022
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Newly Appointed Head of DEA New York Division Reports for Duty

April 25, 2022
… imperative role of prevention and education in saving lives from the consequences of drug abuse.  In March, 2022, DEA … in order to save lives.   Mr. Tarentino graduated in 1993 from Norwich University, the Military College of Vermont …
April 25, 2022
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Buffalo Man Going to Prison for Selling Fentanyl that Led to Five Deaths

June 25, 2021
… the course of the investigation, law enforcement officers from the Amherst, Lancaster, and the Buffalo Police … 11 controlled purchases of fentanyl and butyryl fentanyl from Robert Moore. Robert Moore was arrested on March 16, …
June 25, 2021
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Syracuse man sentenced to more than six years in prison on federal drug trafficking charges

September 24, 2020
… three-year term of supervised release following his release from prison, and to forfeit $12,000 in proceeds from his drug trafficking activity.  Fowler was charged …
September 24, 2020
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CBL/BFL gang member who participated in multiple attempted murders of rival gang members going to jail for 19 years

June 08, 2020
… Lackawanna Police responded and found M.S. deceased from an apparent drug overdose. Officers found drug related … a controlled purchase of crack cocaine and butyryl fentanyl from the defendant.  As officers attempted to arrest Rice, …
June 08, 2020
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Smithtown man arrested for allegedly posing as medical professional, running illegal health clinic

February 21, 2020
… Long Island Tactical Diversion Squad revealed evidence that from as early as August 2019 Kaufman was allegedly running a … is asking any individuals who received medical services from Kaufman or at Men’s Health of Smithtown to call the …
February 21, 2020
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Three charged in federal murder, drug conspiracy, and firearm indictment

February 14, 2020
… of methamphetamine and firearms possession stemming from those arrests have been dismissed following the federal … of Barstow, California Police Department, with assistance from the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms …
February 14, 2020
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Indictment unsealed in Brooklyn federal court charging an associate of a Sinaloa Cartel leader with drug-trafficking conspiracy and firearms crimes

February 10, 2020
… heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine distribution conspiracy from February 2015 through June 2018, and an international marijuana distribution conspiracy from January 1980 through June 2018, as well as using …
February 10, 2020
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Man and woman arrested, charged with obstruction involving overdose heroin death

November 14, 2019
… complaint further states a review of security video footage from Dec. 28, 2018, shows defendant Yeates in a red pick-up … she went to Snyder Industries to pick up a debit card from Toth and denied supplying heroin to Toth. On Jan. 23, …
November 14, 2019
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Fentanyl and oxycodone trafficker sentenced to 235 months in prison in Buffalo, N.Y.

May 21, 2019
… prescriptions in his own name, and in the names of others, from co-defendant Brandon Coburn, a former nurse … also be paid for writing each prescription.   In total, from July 2013 to May 2015, 253 prescriptions were issued by …
May 21, 2019
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Buffalo man sentenced for selling synthetic marijuana as a result of a DEA New York and DEA Los Angeles investigation

February 19, 2019
… agreement, Al-Arashi forfeited more than $290,000 seized from various of his bank accounts as well as a 2012 Toyota … real or synthetic—remain federal crimes; and (2) proceeds from the manufacture and distribution of marijuana remain …
February 19, 2019
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“BMB” Street gang member sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for murder of Bronx teenager and other racketeering crimes

October 30, 2018
… on East 232nd Street in the Bronx.  Mitchell obtained a gun from fellow BMB member Donque Tyrell, aka “Polo Rell,” then used that gun to shoot and kill Potterfield as he ran from the BMB members.  As part of the plea agreement he …
October 30, 2018
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Harbor Area Man Arraigned on Federal Indictment Alleging He Knowingly Sold Fentanyl to Two Victims, One of Whom Later Died

November 22, 2023
… to the indictment. The indictment further alleges that, from August 9 to August 22, 2022, a co-conspirator, using … possessed seven rounds of ammunition. Doss is prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition because of his prior …
November 22, 2023
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Sampson County Illegal Alien Caught with 30 Kilograms and 9 Firearms Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison

March 19, 2025
… Methamphetamine Cocaine Splatter.jpeg RALEIGH, N.C. – A man from Sampson County was sentenced today to 17 years in … and conducted controlled purchases of pure methamphetamine from him on three occasions.  The investigation culminated …
March 19, 2025
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Three Men Indicted, Nearly 1,400 Pounds of Methamphetamine Seized, and Two Methamphetamine Labs Dismantled

March 17, 2025
… seized. Additionally, law enforcement recovered 11 firearms from an individual who attempted to conceal them following … by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from the Sacramento Sheriff’s Office, Sacramento Area …
March 17, 2025
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El Pasoan Omar Arellano named SAC of DEA El Paso Division

March 14, 2025
… will be led by an El Pasoan. Omar Arellano, who graduated from Del Valle High and the University of Texas at El Paso … cartels. Arellano holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from UTEP. He is married to an El Pasoan and has two adult …
March 14, 2025
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Two Men Charged with Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine into Waterbury

March 11, 2025
… California and, later that day, attempted to mail a package from Monterey Park to Connecticut.  Investigators seized the … Police Department.  The NHDO Task Force includes members from the DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, Internal Revenue …
March 11, 2025
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Armed Drug Trafficker is Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

February 27, 2025
… pills, powder fentanyl, heroin, and other substances from the defendant. Torres was armed during at least one … was executed at Torres’s residence. Investigators seized from the residence five firearms and ammunition, and …
February 27, 2025
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Man Sentenced to 72 Months in Prison for Attempting to Receive 2 Pounds of Meth through the USPS

February 18, 2025
… with our law enforcement partners to prevent illegal drugs from hitting the streets in order to make our cities safer.” … Crawford at an address in Northfield, New Hampshire, sent from California. USPIS obtained search warrants for both …
February 18, 2025
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Member Of Violent Gang Pleads Guilty To Racketeering And Drug Trafficking

February 08, 2025
… cocaine base, more commonly referred to as “crack” cocaine, from a stash house in Somerville. On Aril 15, 2022, during a … in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on …
February 08, 2025
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Rhode Island Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For His Role In Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy That Spanned Across The Country

February 05, 2025
… transported cash and kilogram quantities of drugs to and from New York on behalf of the DTO, distributed thousands of … in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on …
February 05, 2025
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Leader Of Brockton-Area Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Conspiracy

February 05, 2025
… operating in the Brockton area, who sourced drugs directly from Colombia, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. On two … in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on …
February 05, 2025
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Georgia Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Armed Fentanyl Trafficking

January 03, 2025
… large quantities of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine from his Albany residence, where three minor children … and electronic recording, purchased controlled substances from Sparks five times, beginning on March 9, 2023, and …
January 03, 2025