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Connecticut Man Sentenced to 110 Months for Firearm and Drug Trafficking Offenses

… Police (“VSP”) officers on a foot chase, Ortiz discarded from his waistband a Sig Sauer 9-millimeter semi-automatic … knife, along with approximately $1500, were recovered from Ortiz’s person. Law enforcement located the discarded firearm and, from Ortiz’s backpack, recovered approximately 38 grams of …
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Brooklyn Man Convicted For Role In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Involving Over 50 Kilograms Of Cocaine

… in which he transported more than 50 kilograms of cocaine from New York to Boston. Dinelson Hernandez-Rodriguez, a/k/a … in New York. In August 2020, Hernandez-Rodriguez drove from New York to Hyde Park with kilograms of cocaine hidden … a co-conspirator also transported kilograms of cocaine from New York to Hyde Park. In total, Hernandez-Rodriguez …
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Burlington Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 60 Months

… resulted in the seizure of approximately $194,000 of cash from two safe deposit boxes rented in Anderson’s name at local banks. Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration also seized two additional handguns and approximately $16,000 in cash from storage units rented by Anderson. In total, law …
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DEA Encourages Communities to Make Every Day Take Back Day

… together to help remove the temptation to experiment from medicine cabinets across the country.” For more than a … The Take Back program has received an overwhelming response from communities across the country.  In 2023, the DEA Omaha … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend.  Removing unnecessary …
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Trap House Drug Dealer Sent to Prison

… and her use of her minor daughter to hide evidence from authorities.  After conducting surveillance for a … The investigation revealed Rendon distributed narcotics from the residence and had recruited a woman to live at the … Rendon.  The investigation also revealed Rendon made calls from the jail asking her juvenile daughter to go to her …
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Year in Review: The DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Sees Record Year in Fentanyl Seizures

… to more than 386 million deadly doses of fentanyl prevented from reaching consumers – enough to kill every American. … a potentially deadly dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from four in 10 pills in 2021 and six in 10 pills in 2022. A … of a pencil. The Rocky Mountain region has not been immune from the devasting effects of fentanyl. More fentanyl pills …
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Indiana Meth Trafficker Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison

… Vigo County Drug Task Force arrested Silvers while walking from a local restaurant to his parked Mustang. At the time, … Silvers admitted that he was getting methamphetamine from his source in South Bend once every few weeks and would … his team for their efforts in removing another drug dealer from our streets." The DEA, Wabash Valley Drug Task Force, …
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Eight Time Prior Drug Felon Sentenced to 300 Months for Armed Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking

… his co-conspirators were selling drugs that he provided.  From late 2020 through March of 2021, investigators … of fentanyl, para-fluorofentanyl, and methamphetamine from Rhone and people working on his behalf.  Ultimately, …
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DEA Investigations Result in Three Southern Oregon Drug Traffickers Pleading Guilty in Federal Court

… dealer responsible for trafficking quantities of fentanyl from California to Oregon, sold fentanyl to undercover law … On April 14, 2022, Merkel was arrested while traveling from California to Oregon. Merkel will be sentenced on … by the DEA Medford Resident Office with assistance from the Basin Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team …
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Pocatello Woman Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl

… Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Pocatello Man Died from Fentanyl Overdose POCATELLO, Idaho – Hailey M. Card, … by Card was consumed by a Pocatello man who died from a fentanyl overdose. According to court records, on … the Ada County Coroner's Office, confirmed that K.A. died from acute fentanyl intoxication. “The battle against …
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Previously Convicted Felon Caught on Snapchat Pleads Guilty to Firearm And Drug Offenses

… 571-362-9171 Defendant was on supervised release from prior federal firearm charge BOSTON – A Boston-area man … an obliterated serial number while on supervised release from an earlier federal firearm charge. Dane Mitchell, 32, … vehicle after he had been shot at. Mitchell is prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition due to a 2018 …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Mexican National of Orchestrating Fentanyl and Meth Scheme that Sent Narcotics Across U.S.

… distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine. This case stems from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration … and approximately 18.4 kilograms of methamphetamine. “From at least 2019, while in Mexico and while on federal …
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Lowell Gang Member Pleads Guilty in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracies

… Defendant led operation to launder European drug proceeds from black tar heroin trafficking BOSTON – A leader of a … and his co-conspirators provided “protection” to a shipment from Europe that purportedly contained 8 million Euros in drug proceeds from black tar heroin sales. Specifically, Prum and his …
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California Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 35 years in Federal Prison for Transporting Heroin and Cocaine to Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

… used Amtrak trains to ship heroin and cocaine to Chicago from Los Angeles. Edgar Roque, 32, of Paramount, Calif., was … moved thousands of kilograms of narcotics aboard the trains from 2010 to 2016.  At his direction, hundreds of packages were shipped from California to Chicago, St. Louis and elsewhere, each …
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Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse

… came together once again to protect our communities from prescription misuse by safely disposing of 663,725 … more than 17 million pounds of unnecessary medications from communities across the country. The DEA Seattle Field … their homes of unneeded medications to protect loved ones from deadly drugs and drug poisonings,” said DEA …
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Coordinated Operation Results in Ten Arrests on Indian Reservations throughout Montana

… methamphetamine in three companion indictments. Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain … to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine from January 2022 through March 2023 in Billings, in … of methamphetamine trafficking. The indictment alleges that from about January 2022 until March 2023, James and …
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Georgia Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Possession of Meth with Intent to Distribute After Ordering Fabric Soaked in Meth

… meth in packages at the Atlanta airport addressed to him from Mexico. Chad Williamson, 44, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, … Parcel Center in March 2021. The packages were shipped from Naucalpan de Juarez, Mexico, and marked as religious … on March 11, 2021. Williamson had removed the SIM card from his phone in an attempt to hide its contents. …
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Law Enforcement Partners Host Second Annual Nebraska Drug Forum

… than 150 investigators, prosecutors, and representatives from law enforcement agencies attended the two-day forum. … the source of supply to identify where the drugs are coming from. Like all of our partners, we will not stand idly by and watch our neighborhoods suffer from the influx of drugs and the violence that comes with …
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San Diego Resident Charged for Maintaining a Steroid Distribution Center in Spring Valley

… that Feliciano purchases his anabolic steroid powders from sources of supply located in China and Turkey and then … August 2022, and continues to distribute anabolic steroids from the distribution center in Spring Valley on a daily … million, and more than $2.5 million in wire transfers sent from these accounts to overseas entities believed to be …
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Berkeley Resident Sentenced to Four Years in Prison in Tenderloin Fentanyl Distribution Scheme

… at his arrest in Berkeley on April 19, 2022, Ordonez ran from the police with a backpack containing around 1,118.8 … person to work to sell more than 40 grams of fentanyl from February 9, 2022 to the date of his arrest on April 19, … 10, 2022.  Ordonez admitted that on April 19, 2022, he ran from police, dropping his backpack, which contained more …
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Bremerton Couple Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Significant Amounts of Fentanyl and Meth

… in the rental car they were using to transport the drugs from Arizona.  Both have been detained at FDC SeaTac since … that Berryhill was shipping what appeared to be narcotics from their store.  Berryhill was obtaining drugs from a supplier in Phoenix, Arizona.  Berryhill would fly or …
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DEA Chicago Division Seizes Over 18.3 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl Throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin in 2022

… worked to seize over 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl from communities across the country,” said Administrator … secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China. In 2021, the DEA issued a  Public Safety Alert … a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from DEA’s announcement in 2021 that four out of ten …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces the Seizure of Over 379 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… worked to seize over 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl from communities across the country,” said Administrator … secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China. In 2021, the DEA issued a  Public Safety Alert … a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from DEA’s announcement in 2021 that four out of ten …
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Selling Synthetic Drugs Results in $9.2M Forfeiture and Prison for Seven

… Freeze and Death Grip which were delivered to shop owners from California. Payments were often sent to accounts Bowles … During the investigation, authorities tracked payments from multiple retail smoke shops throughout the United … involved in the scheme. Financial records show that from February 2012 through 2019, the network received over …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

… the public on the serious dangers of fentanyl poisoning from fake pills and other illicit drugs.  DEA supports the … has ever encountered,” said Administrator Anne Milgram.  “From large cities to rural America, no community is safe …
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Former Nurse Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Tampering with Morphine Medications at Moses Lake Clinic

… Confluence Health, Tuller used syringes to remove morphine from at least 17 vials, and then ingested that morphine as … to be in excruciating pain after receiving only saline from what was supposed to be morphine vials. In sentencing … actions and investigations helped remove an individual from a position of trust and stop any further harm from …
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Former El Paso Police Officer Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy

… stash house. On November 10, 2020, agents seized $14,405 from Saenz’s residence and 1.2 kilograms of cocaine from a stash house he used. During the investigation … undercover agents bought quantities of cocaine from Saenz at his residence. On July 26, 2021, Fred Saenz …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

… 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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15 People Convicted in $11M Cartel Drug Conspiracy

… “These individuals were a thorn that has now been ripped from the city of Laredo and surrounding areas thanks to the … planned to use the vehicle to pick up a marijuana load from a warehouse on San Mateo Drive in Laredo. Law … seized approximately 1,168 kilograms of marijuana from the ranch and an additional 969 kilograms from inside …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, … . “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent drugs from being misused,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …