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Judge Sentences Caruthersville Man to 6 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth

April 23, 2021
… to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. From Jan. 22 to March 11, 2020, Black conspired with others and sold methamphetamine through several controlled buys with an undercover agent. Black would agree to meet …
April 23, 2021
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Fresno Man Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl That Caused Overdose Death

January 21, 2025
… an undercover law enforcement officer, posing as a drug-buying customer, ordered fentanyl pills from Gonzalez and met him in a parking lot for the purchase. …
January 21, 2025
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Houstonian Sent to Prison for Trafficking Meth and Heroin

November 21, 2023
… area. Law enforcement set up numerous controlled drug buys. Delgado-Santacruz would negotiate the sale price of … of 892 grams of meth and 3,059.357 grams of heroin from Dec. 9, 2020, to Jan. 18, 2022. The total street value …
November 21, 2023
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Two Face Life for Drug Trafficking in Local Parking Lot

April 22, 2023
… Jr., 28. Authorities were conducting surveillance at a Best Buy parking lot in McAllen They saw vehicles approach, after which Perez removed bags containing bricks of cocaine from the trunk of his vehicle. Mendez was parked in another …
April 22, 2023
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Tulare County Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute 6 Pounds of Methamphetamine

January 20, 2023
… methamphetamine. A law enforcement source negotiated to buy a pound of methamphetamine from Meza and Chavez delivered the methamphetamine. A …
January 20, 2023
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Attempted Cocaine Trafficking

April 21, 2022
… the intent to distribute. Tinch in May 2018 attempted to buy a kilogram of cocaine from an individual in a grocery store parking lot in the …
April 21, 2022
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Minnesota Man Sentenced to 5 Years on Methamphetamine Charge

November 23, 2021
… this charge on Aug. 26, 2021. On Dec. 10, 2020, an officer from the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Department pulled over a … During post-arrest interviews, Stelzer and Moua admitted buying the methamphetamine together in the Twin Cities. …
November 23, 2021
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Phoenix mother indicted, accused of using 13-year-old daughter to hide cocaine

October 17, 2019
… using her 13-year-old daughter to try and hide cocaine from officers during a traffic stop. Covarruvia is charged … with a Phoenix drug trafficking organization, allegedly buying cocaine for resale.   Covarruvia faces multiple state …
October 17, 2019
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Mishawaka, Indiana man sentenced to 120 months in prison

February 05, 2020
… found over four pounds of methamphetamine, money used to buy drugs that same day from Mr. Sanders, along with Mr. Sanders and another …
February 05, 2020
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Fort Wayne, Indiana man sentenced to over 21 years in prison for methamphetamine charges

August 07, 2020
… case, in the summer of 2019, there were multiple controlled buys of methamphetamine made from Hernandez that ultimately led to his arrest and federal …
August 07, 2020
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Illinois man sentenced for bringing cocaine to Madison to sell

June 16, 2020
… working with law enforcement officers called Gomez to buy cocaine.  During the phone call, Gomez agreed to drive a half kilogram of cocaine from Rockford to the informant in Madison, Wisconsin.  When …
June 16, 2020
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San Antonio businessman pleads guilty to money laundering conspiracy

February 04, 2020
… dealership, MGM Auto, to agents, proposing that he would buy it back from the agents at a reduced price, i.e., less his …
February 04, 2020
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Federal jury finds Stockton man guilty of heroin and crack cocaine trafficking offenses

September 19, 2019
… operation was investigated using a confidential source to buy heroin and crack cocaine from Sherman’s front man and co-defendant, Lindsey Mills, …
September 19, 2019
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Corpus Man Receives 11 Years For Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering

June 21, 2012
… Christi area. Agents were able to determine the proceeds from drug sales enabled Yanez to buy and renovate these houses and that Yanez believed these …
June 21, 2012
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Attempted Purchase Of Cocaine Leads To 10-Year Federal Prison Sentence

May 28, 2015
… and had asked to purchase multiple kilograms of cocaine from him.  Simmons promised to buy a total of eight kilograms of cocaine for $33,000 …
May 28, 2015
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New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program Receives National Recognition

June 29, 2011
… Jersey Drug Trafficking Organization Task Force/HIDTA (H2) from the New York/New Jersey HIDTA. H2 conducted a global … of the Miami Homestead office. The investigation began as a buy-bust, and developed into an international, …
June 29, 2011
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Former Stockton College Police Officer Admits Distributing Oxycodone

August 07, 2014
… forfeit $8,775, consisting of the illegal profits obtained from his sale of oxycodone.   According to documents filed … a doctor, and “if you gonna be a good customer for me and buy these every 28 days for 15 bucks, I won’t give these to …
August 07, 2014
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Lawrence Man Sentenced For Selling Crack

May 09, 2011
… working with the DEA arranged with a third person to buy an ounce of crack cocaine. The third person said he … by the DEA HIDTA Task Force, which includes agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Massachusetts …
May 09, 2011
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Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Charge

January 25, 2018
… Roosevelt Avenue, after previously making three controlled buys of cocaine from the defendant. During the execution of the search …
January 25, 2018
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DEA/San Diego Sheriff’s Department Arrest 65 People In Operation Mountain Shadow

September 10, 2013
… and Drug Enforcement Administration agents conducted "buy-walk" operations.  They bought methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and firearms from the suspects.  Approximately 150 federal agents and …
September 10, 2013
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Stockton Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Marijuana Warehouse Grow

May 22, 2013
… for-profit grower of marijuana to shield his activity from law enforcement scrutiny. These growers sell their product in pound quantities to whoever will buy it, frequently selling to numerous marijuana …
May 22, 2013
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Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Causing Death

December 12, 2023
… Office (District 9) later concluded that C.J. had died from fentanyl toxicity. When Parsons and J.A called 911, … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
December 12, 2023
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Bradenton Man Sentenced to more than 17 Years for Distributing Cocaine Obtained through the Mail

May 22, 2023
… who used those addresses to secure shipments of cocaine from Puerto Rico. As a result, kilogram quantities of … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
May 22, 2023
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Three Men Charged in Conspiracy to Distribute Millions of Fentanyl Pills

April 21, 2022
… to proceeds of the offense. According to court documents, from at least May 2020 through April 2022, Silfrain, … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
April 21, 2022
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Former Pain Clinic Doctor Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Money Structuring

March 17, 2022
… Wellness and Pain Specialists, a pain management clinic, from May 2014 until it shuttered in June 2018. Bird used the … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
March 17, 2022
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Career Offender Sentenced

February 11, 2022
… and an undercover DEA agent on four separate occasions, from December 2018 through August 2019, for a total of … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
February 11, 2022
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Colombian National Extradited to the United States Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy

January 13, 2022
… transnational criminal conspiracy that transported cocaine from Colombia to the United States. Specifically, Marsiglia … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
January 13, 2022
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Fentanyl Dealers Sentenced to 12 and 8 Years in Federal Prison

January 13, 2022
… fentanyl-laced heroin to, and collect drug proceeds from, a DEA cooperating source and undercover officers on 15 … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
January 13, 2022
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Anesthesiologist Pleads Guilty to Taking Fentanyl from Hospital

April 25, 2024
… Anesthesiologist Pleads Guilty to Taking Fentanyl from Hospital April 25, 2024 St. Louis Contact Info Contact … court today to illegally taking prescription fentanyl from the hospital. Roman Peplinski, 37, of Kansas City, Mo., … Peplinski admitted that he illegally obtained fentanyl from Lakewood Medical Center on Nov. 5, 2022. Peplinski …
April 25, 2024
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Remove Unneeded Prescriptions, Prevent Addiction

April 21, 2023
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This event offers … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
April 21, 2023