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Statement of DEA Special Agent in Charge and U.S. Attorney Thomas T. Cullen

Statement of DEA Special Agent in Charge and U.S. Attorney Thomas T. Cullen October 09, 2019 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 …
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“Godfather” of Methamphetamine Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

“Godfather” of Methamphetamine Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison July 19, 2005 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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Elks Extend "Hands Across the Border" to Kick Off Red Ribbon Week

Elks Extend "Hands Across the Border" to Kick Off Red Ribbon Week October 13, 2003 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 …
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DEA’s response to COVID-19

… Control and Prevention website and the U.S. government's online guide to information and services .  # # # On …
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Former Physician Sentenced To Nearly Six Years In Prison On Drug Charge For Trading Prescription Drugs For Sex And Cash

… Ativan, Ritalin, Darvocet, OxyContin, and Klonopin, on an online website, and all of the ads were placed through one …
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Aryan brotherhood associate pleads guilty to a racketeering conspiracy that directed murders and other violent crimes from inside California prisons

… conspiracy that directed murders and other violent crimes from inside California prisons November 30, 2020 San … acts involving murder and drug trafficking offenses. From their shared cell in California State Prison (CSP) …
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Pharmacist Sentenced to More Than 14 Years in Federal Prison for a Drug Distribution Conspiracy and for Murder for Hire

… confidential source made a number of controlled purchases from Robinson at the pharmacy, using blank prescriptions … Robinson was arrested on June 27, 2017 and was released from custody on June 29, 2017, under the supervision of U.S. … clonidine.  CS-2 had obtained the prescription medications from David Robinson.  CS-2 had known Robinson for …
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Baltimore Attorney Stanley Needleman Sentenced To Prison For Federal Tax Crimes Including Failing To Report Over $1.5 Million In Income

… - (540) 662-5879 Federal Agents Seized $1,153,660 Cash from Safes in Basement of Defendant’s Home GREENBELT , MD - … cash receipts and deposits. Needleman has been disbarred from practicing law. Judge Titus also ordered Needleman: to …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities

… Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities April 26, 2024 Louisville Contact Info … Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event aims to remove unneeded prescriptions from homes to help prevent medication misuse by offering …
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Upper Marlboro Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin and Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

… County Police Department. According to his guilty plea from at least June 2016 through July 2017, Stewart conspired … and Prince George’s County.  Stewart obtained heroin from Broxton and then sold smaller quantities of heroin to …
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Sovah Health to Pay United States $4.36 Million to Settle Claims of Controlled Substance Act Violations

… settlement is the third-largest civil penalty ever obtained from a hospital system under the Controlled Substances Act … Martinsville & Henry County) united to form Sovah Health. From 2017 to 2019, a  Sovah Health employee  diverted more …
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Two MS-13 Leaders Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders

… gang composed primarily of immigrants or descendants from El Salvador.  Branches or “cliques” of MS-13, one of … March 2017, a member of the Sailors Clique who was hiding from law enforcement in the Lynchburg, Virginia area had a … the high schooler. The gang members kidnapped the student from his front lawn and cut his hand off before killing him. …
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Roanoke Drug Kingpin Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

… ways for their willingness to transport narcotics by car from places such as New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, and … by Jordan himself as the “Batmobile.” The car was in route from New York to Roanoke and stopped by law enforcement … to coordinate the delivery and distribution of narcotics from jail, while his case was pending trial. A known …
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Roanoke law enforcement and community leaders announce new cooperative initiative to curb violent crime

… outreach Roanoke CARE_0.jpg ROANOKE, Va. – Today, leaders from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of … In addition, partner agencies will work with officials from the City of Roanoke, Roanoke City Public Schools and … safer by removing illegal guns and violent offenders from our streets and curbing violence before it begins.”   …
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Eight Baltimore Drug Gang Members Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in Alleged Large Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

… is responsible for distributing large quantities of heroin from 2005 to 2007 in various parts of south Baltimore … a stash location and helped deliver and resupply the heroin from the stash location into the shop. Jamal Piles was a courier, delivering heroin from stash locations to the stash house located near the …
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Mitchellville Man Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

… of the Maryland State Police. According to court documents, from at least January 2011 through his arrest on August 16, … purchases of a total of 308 grams of crack cocaine from co-conspirator Terrin Anderson. Anderson drove a … vehicle, the cocaine, cell phones, and other evidence from the vehicle. Based upon review of the documents in the …
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Webster Man Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Role In Drug Organization That Trafficked Cocaine from Puerto Rico Via Mail

… For Role In Drug Organization That Trafficked Cocaine from Puerto Rico Via Mail June 16, 2025 New England Contact … of multiple kilogram-weight packages of suspected narcotics from Puerto Rico to Worcester County in Massachusetts. On at … packages believed to contain cocaine or other narcotics from addresses not associated with him and then delivering …
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DEA Hosts the 27th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday to Remove Unneeded Medications from Homes

… Take Back Day on Saturday to Remove Unneeded Medications from Homes October 25, 2024 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us … Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  National Prescription Drug Take Back … misuse starts when young people take drugs they do not need from their parent’s or grandparent’s medicine cabinet.  …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities

… Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities April 26, 2024 El Paso Contact Info Contact … Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event aims to remove unneeded prescriptions from homes to help prevent medication misuse by offering …
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Three Defendants Arrested for Operating Narcotics Delivery Service Responsible for Three Overdose Deaths from Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine

… Delivery Service Responsible for Three Overdose Deaths from Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine February 01, 2022 New York … According to the allegations in the complaint [1] : From at least in or about 2020 to at least in or about 2021, …
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Pharmacist arrested in diversion of 5,000 oxycodone pills worth up to $150,000 from a pharmacy in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

… in diversion of 5,000 oxycodone pills worth up to $150,000 from a pharmacy in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn November 01, 2018 … for allegedly diverting thousands of oxycodone pills from the Brooklyn pharmacy where she was employed to the …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities

… Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities April 26, 2024 Headquarters Contact Info … Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event aims to remove unneeded prescriptions from homes to help prevent medication misuse by offering …
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Communities Nationwide Turn In Nearly 630,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications on DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… removed nearly 19.2 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across our country.  According to a report … medication for a non-medical purpose got that medication from a family member or friend.  DEA continues to expand …
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U.S. Attorney’s Office and DEA Announce Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Task Force

… Maryland has continued, resulting in more than 2,000 deaths from July 2023 through June 2024 – more than 1,600 were … task force consisting of sworn law-enforcement members from agencies throughout Maryland.  Led and coordinated by …
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DEA Washington Division Calls on the Community to Have Important Conversations on Dangers of Drugs and Fake Pills in Back-To-School Routines

… 415,300 pills in 2023, which was a 260 percent increase from the previous year. The number of pills seized in the District of Columbia increased by nearly 60 percent, from 17,500 in 2022 to 27,600 in 2023. SAC Forget explained …
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DEA Phoenix & the AZ Attorney General “Huddles Up” with NFL Alumni and Rise Up Glendale to Spread Awareness about Fentanyl

… and upcoming events. This event has received support from many local community partners to include the National … predicts more than 110,000 American lives were lost in 2023 from drug poisonings and drug-related deaths.  Nearly 70% of … drug education and awareness, prevention curriculum, online resources, school programs, and many other special …
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East Baltimore Drug Trafficking Organization Member and Associate Sentenced

… of Solomon, Drummond delivered cocaine every two weeks from July 2018 to January 2019, to a co-conspirator to … in the same location.  This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on …
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West Baltimore Career Criminal Distributing Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Crack Cocaine, Sentenced

… contained Powell’s DNA.  A review of the video footage from the covert camera revealed that, at approximately 6:45 … a previous felony conviction which he knew prohibited him from possessing a firearm or ammunition. This case is part …
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Baltimore Narcotics Supplier and Tester Admits to Transporting More Than Two Kilograms of Cocaine to Maryland for a Drug Trafficking Organization

… Baltimore District Office. According to his guilty plea, from April 2020 to November 2020, Grigsby was a member of a … in which he discussed obtaining three kilograms of cocaine from a supplier for one of the DTO’s mid-level cocaine …
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Consent Decree Approved Between the United States and Baltimore-Based Pharmacy and Pharmacist Alleged to Have Illegally Dispensed Controlled Substances

… were for the same drug, strength, and quantity, and were from the same prescriber and some were prescribed by an … the patient is biologically male and presents prescriptions from an obstetrician or gynecologist.  Before filling …