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Utica men sentenced for drug trafficking conspiracy

… possess with intent to distribute cocaine in the Utica area from October 2016 to October 2017. The jury also found … fingerprints on some of the drug packaging material seized from the stash location. The cocaine base Peralta possessed … Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with assistance from the New York State Police, Oneida County Sheriff’s …
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Niagara Falls man sentenced for involvement in multi-million dollar heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl conspiracy

… Williams to assist Williams with receiving drug shipments from California, distributing the drugs, and collecting … Sonia Hernandez, to receive kilograms of cocaine.   From July 15, 2014, through March 18, 2015, Lucas received …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27, 2019

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … of prescription drug abusers say they get their drugs free from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take Back Day is a unique …
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Four Arrested for Alleged Drug Trafficking in Las Vegas

… of illegal synthetic drugs and firearms. Special Agents from the DEA and investigators assigned to the Tulare County … in California and Las Vegas, NV. On March 22, 2022, agents from the DEA in Las Vegas, along with assistance from investigators assigned to the Tulare County HIDTA …
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison For Illegally Possessing Firearms

… in Bridgeport.  At the time of his arrest, officers seized from Vasquez several fictious driver’s licenses from several states, each with Vasquez’s picture and a … Georgia in June 2019.  In late 2019, the gun was recovered from an SUV outside of a Waterbury nightclub, and the …
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Missouri Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Healthcare Fraud

… Judge E. Richard Webber sentenced on Thursday a doctor from Town and Country, Missouri, to a year in prison for a … only by prescription. The Naushads concealed their actions from patients, employees and publicly-funded health … programs by, among other things, stonewalling questions from their chief of purchasing. After a shipment of foreign, …
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St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty in Case Involving Overdose Death

… District Court Judge John A. Ross accepted a plea of guilty from Markquis Bryant Feb. 28 for the crime of distribution … were able to determine that the victim had purchased from Bryant the fentanyl that caused the overdose on March … an undercover operation in which fentanyl was purchased from Bryant at his residence in the 5300 block of Queens …
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Springfield, Missouri woman pleads guilty to meth conspiracy

… conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Laclede County from November 28, 2018, to May 21, 2019. She remains in … 2019. She received one pound of methamphetamine each week from a co-conspirator, for which she paid $4,500. The … had warrants for their arrest. Mathews attempted to run from the deputy, but was apprehended after a short foot …
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Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

… for distributing methamphetamine he received in the mail from California, It was investigated by the Drug Enforcement … multiple pounds of methamphetamine through the mail from a source in California from December 8, 2018, to February 5, 2019. He then …
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Rochester Man Sentenced to More than 14 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking and Fatal Overdose

… house at 192 Weaver Street in Rochester, selling fentanyl from the house in 2019 and 2020. On February 25, 2020, … and $10,445 in cash, all of which consisted of proceeds from the distribution of fentanyl. Rodriguez admitted … The victim and a group of her friends obtained fentanyl from Rodriguez at the Weaver Street drug house. The victim …
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Bronx Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison and West New York Man Admits Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine

… four kilograms of a substance they believed was cocaine from an individual. DEA Special Agents arrested Johnson and Beggs and seized $153,577 from Johnson’s vehicle, a loaded firearm from a hidden compartment in Johnson’s vehicle, and $23,607 …
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Five members of heroin trafficking ring arrested in Syracuse

… of heroin taken off the streets SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Four men from Syracuse and one from New York City (the Bronx) have been charged with operating a heroin distribution ring from which investigators seized over 62,000 individual bags …
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Pilot convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, money laundering, and structuring

… 720-431-8836 Flew hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Guyana to NY and NJ TRENTON, NJ - A Passaic County, New … to documents filed in the case and the evidence at trial: From April 2011 through November 2014, Lall, a private …
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Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking

… seized cell phone, law enforcement found messages from at least March 2020 through December 2022, between … and sale of counterfeit M-30 pills (in quantities ranging from hundreds of pills to thousands of pills) and cocaine in … by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations and the Sacramento …
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Suburban Chicago Man Charged with Trafficking Firearms and Drugs

… seized approximately 150 kilograms of methamphetamines from a truck that had traveled from Texas to Bolingbrook, Illinois. Law enforcement also seized fentanyl and cocaine from a storage facility used by Jacobo in Wheeling, …
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Hartford Man Admits Trafficking Crystal Meth

… of approximately 53 grams of crystal methamphetamine from an individual in Middletown.  During the transaction, … of approximately 240 grams of crystal methamphetamine from Smith in Hartford. Smith was arrested on a federal … 4, 2024.  At the time of his arrest, law enforcement seized from Smith approximately 27 grams of crystal …
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Southern Indiana Meth Ring Dismantled

… five years of supervised release following their release from prison. According to court documents, between June and … into the Evansville area. Bravo trafficked methamphetamine from Texas to his Evansville-based co-conspirators . After obtaining the methamphetamine from Bravo, Hartley and another individual, who is now …
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Dominican National Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Pills and Crystal Meth

… purchases of fentanyl pills and crystal methamphetamine from Lara-Diaz.  On January 26, 2023, investigators arranged … fentanyl pills and 10 pounds of crystal methamphetamine from Lara-Diaz for a total price of $65,000.  Lara-Diaz was … fentanyl and methamphetamine, Lara-Diaz, who was removed from the U.S. to the Dominican Republic in 2019, again faces …
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Federal Court Shuts Down San Joaquin County Pharmacy and Orders $1 Million in Civil Penalties

… injunction against them that permanently bars them from dispensing controlled substances, owning a company that … failed in their responsibility to prevent the opioids from being diverted into illicit channels. This case … laws involving prescription drugs.” “The defendants went from pharmaceutical provider to drug dealer when they …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

… removed almost 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. Removing unnecessary medications from the home can help prevent situations involving; not …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Over 5400 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications in Arizona

… removed almost 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. Removing unnecessary medications from the home can help prevent situations involving; not …
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California Man Sentenced for Distributing Meth, Heroin through Mail

… and over 220 grams of heroin via the U.S. Postal Service from California to a drug dealer in Fairbanks, Alaska, for … lived in Arizona. He purchased the packages of drugs from an individual in California, labeled them and shipped … are steadfast in our commitment to protect Americans from drug trafficking threats and this case is another …
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Houstonian Imprisoned for Distributing Kilos of Meth for Gulf Cartel

… Rodriguez-Gayton’s arrest and ultimate conviction stems from an investigation into individuals affiliated with the Gulf Cartel operating in Houston. From October 2020 through January 2021, Rodriguez-Gayton …
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California Drug Trafficker Arrested in Southern Oregon Sentenced to Federal Prison

… transporting nearly two kilograms of methamphetamine from California to Oregon. Jose Baldemar Izar, 42, of … to court documents, in October 2020, investigators from the Douglas Area Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) received a tip that Izar was trafficking drugs from California to Oregon for distribution in the Roseburg, …
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DEA Dedicates September 11th Memorial

… Enforcement Task Force Officers who have lost their lives from illness or disease caused by their work at Ground Zero … September 11, 2001. This new memorial consists of artifacts from the World Trade Center and Pentagon and a photograph from Shanksville, Pennsylvania; as well as seven names of …
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Tulare County Man Sentenced to over 7 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Deliveries, Co Conspirator Pleads Guilty

… Aguilera also transported several thousand fentanyl pills from Los Angeles to Porterville. In addition, at … direction, she retrieved 2.2 pounds of heroin from the Los Angeles area that had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico. Aguilera and Maria Delgado are two of nine …
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Panola County Men Sentenced for Federal Drug Trafficking Crimes

… 297-0300 TYLER, TX – Three brothers and another man, all from Carthage, have been sentenced to federal prison for … and other co-conspirators purchased bulk methamphetamine from various suppliers and distributed it to mid-level … Hinton by coordinating bulk methamphetamine purchases from their suppliers and also sold methamphetamine to their …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… are inextricably linked,” said Acting Administrator Shea.  “From the extreme levels of violence in Mexican cartels, to … that have little regard for human life, and profit from the pain and suffering of our people. Along with our …
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Mexican National Living in Meriden Sentenced to Four Years for Heroin Trafficking

… a controlled purchase of approximately 50 grams of heroin from Gomez and Perez. Investigators next arranged to purchase two kilograms of heroin from Gomez and Perez.  On November 17, 2019, investigators … site in Berlin.  After the three individuals drove away from the site together, Berlin Police stopped their car.  A …
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Springfield Man Involved in 2014 Murder Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

… that Silva had taken a large amount of cash generated from the drug trafficking enterprise, Cardona hired Jesus … shipments of cocaine.  Sierra then received a firearm from Jaquez and promised to pay Jaquez a portion of the … to meet Silva in Meriden, purportedly to purchase a car from him.  Sierra and Jaquez then traveled to Connecticut to …