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Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty In 100 Pound Meth Conspiracy

April 09, 2018
… that Robert “Bobby” Whitenack, 37, a convicted felon from Westside, Iowa, was convicted on the charges of … involvement in a meth trafficking conspiracy that spanned from January 2014 through May of 2017, distributing at least … of Whitenack’s collecting $10,000 in drug proceeds from customers, to Whitenack’s possession of firearms during …
April 09, 2018
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Bradenton Man Sentenced To More Than 10 Years For Drug Trafficking

March 08, 2018
… positive for cocaine. Officers also recovered $237 from a fanny-pack strapped to Johnson’s waistband and another $207 from his front pants pockets. Shortly thereafter, Code … later told law enforcement that Johnson had told him to run from the car and get rid of the objects. He also stated that …
March 08, 2018
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Two South Florida Men Sentenced For Conspiring To Distribute Hundreds Of Pounds Of High-grade Marijuana

March 06, 2018
… traffickers had stolen approximately $250,000 of marijuana from the conspirators. In February 2015, during a recorded … meeting, the conspirators discussed recouping their debt from the drug traffickers and continuing their drug … seized more than 1,300 pounds of high-grade marijuana from a storage facility in Orlando and a house linked to …
March 06, 2018
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Firearms Straw Purchasing And Smuggling Operation

September 25, 2013
… crime. By pleading guilty, Pesqueira admitted that from July 2010 to May 2013, he purchased firearms, as well … to individuals in order for them to purchase firearms, from El Paso area gun dealers to include a Barrett .50 … conducted by ATF and DEA agents together with investigators from Homeland Security Investigations, United States …
September 25, 2013
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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Pleads Guilty To Federal Murder Charge In El Paso

May 16, 2014
… pleaded guilty to one count of murder resulting from the use or carrying of firearms during and in relation … Western District of Texas and the District of New Mexico from 2002 to 2006; and, while in Albuquerque, NM, in July … trafficking operation and to prevent Rodriguez-Gonzalez from providing law enforcement with details of Ruiz’ …
May 16, 2014
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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Sentenced To Federal Prison For Murder

September 03, 2014
… pleaded guilty to one count of murder resulting from the use or carrying of firearms during and in relation … Western District of Texas and the District of New Mexico from 2002 to 2006; and, while in Albuquerque, NM, in July … trafficking operation and to prevent Rodriguez-Gonzalez from providing law enforcement with details of Ruiz’ …
September 03, 2014
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Kentucky Crack Cocaine Trafficking Operation Halted

January 20, 2011
… large quantities of powder cocaine as well as crack cocaine from the Atlanta, Georgia area, into Henderson and … remaining defendants have been arrested on state charges from Trafficking controlled substance 1st degree cocaine to … damage this major pipeline for cocaine which stretched from Atlanta, Georgia, to Henderson, Kentucky. This case is …
January 20, 2011
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Christian County Kentucky Crack Cocaine Crew Sentenced

March 31, 2011
… to be sentenced on April 27th and 28th. Three defendants from Christian County, Kentucky, were previously convicted … two year-long investigation was the DEA with assistance from the Western Kentucky Gun Crime Task Force. The task force includes investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and (ATF), …
March 31, 2011
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Final Defendant Sentenced In 100 Kilo Crack Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy In Kentucky

May 26, 2011
… and Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 Sentences range from 60 months to life in prison for the 20 defendants in … the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), with assistance from the Western Kentucky Gun Crime Task Force. The task force includes investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and (ATF), …
May 26, 2011
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Florida Doctor Convicted In Kentucky For Illegally Prescribing 600,000 Pain Pills

December 18, 2012
… her pain clinic in Florida. Most of her patients traveled from West Virginia, southern Ohio and Boyd, Lawrence and … was the easiest doctor to obtain a prescription from and that she prescribed the highest quantity of … Virginia patients. Over 600 patients came to her clinic from those states. The clinic grossed $1.9 million in one …
December 18, 2012
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Five Men Convicted In Largest Crystal Meth Seizure In Michigan

June 19, 2013
… 2012, more than 20 pounds of pure crystal meth were seized from a vehicle and pole barn in Van Buren County. The meth … case prevented an extremely large amount of crystal meth from flooding our community. It is an excellent example of … Police Metropolitan Enforcement (MET), with assistance from other state and local agencies.  The case was …
June 19, 2013
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Seventeen People Indicted For Distribution Of Cocaine, Heroin And Marijuana

June 25, 2013
… Terrance A. Tarver obtained cocaine and marijuana from individuals in Columbus for distribution in Youngstown, Akron and Columbus. Tarver also obtained heroin from sources in Youngtown and Akron for distribution in … details a distribution network of people who obtained drugs from Tarver and then sold them throughout Northeast Ohio. …
June 25, 2013
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Columbus Man Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison For Role In Cocaine Distribution Ring And Money Laundering

December 11, 2014
… Cagle distributed multi- kilo quantities of cocaine from Texas to Ohio COLUMBUS, OHIO - Stephen A. Cagle, 46, of … kilograms of cocaine that was being transported into Ohio from Texas. The defendant was also involved in operating an … often transporting several hundreds of thousands of dollars from Ohio to Texas.   While executing a search warrant at …
December 11, 2014
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California Man Indicted For Trafficking One Kilogram Of Methamphetamine Into Northern Ohio

May 04, 2016
… two to three pounds of methamphetamine to Cleveland from the Los Angeles, California, area.  On April 10th, … drugs worth tens of thousands of dollars into our community from California,” Rendon said. “The law enforcement agents … partners, we have successfully halted this individual from regularly importing large amounts of this addictive …
May 04, 2016
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Two Mexican Nationals Charged In Ohio After 200 Pounds Of Cocaine Seized In Cleveland

September 14, 2016
… in Northern Ohio in past 20 years CLEVELAND - Two men from Mexico were charged in U.S. District Court after … license plates was expected to come to the Cleveland area from the Baltimore area to deliver drugs or pick up money … then appeared to work on the trailer and then take items from the trunk of the Nissan and put them in the trailer. …
September 14, 2016
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DEA And Community Partners In Michigan Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday

October 18, 2016
… injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. Last April, during its 11th …
October 18, 2016
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DEA And Community Partners In Kentucky Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday

October 18, 2016
… injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. Last April, during its 11th …
October 18, 2016
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DEA And Community Partners In Ohio Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday

October 18, 2016
… injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. Last April, during its 11th …
October 18, 2016
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Former Ohio Police Officer Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison For Extortion

November 04, 2016
… illegal activities included providing illegal drugs taken from police department property room to be sold on the … to sell and split the profits. A portion of the drugs came from the police department’s property room, which Dailey … bath salts and hundreds of oxycodone pills were missing from the property room. Further investigation revealed that …
November 04, 2016
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Guilty Plea For Southern Ohio Physician Who Ran Prescription Pill Mil

April 07, 2017
… John Temponeras, 82, was also a physician at the clinic. From June 2005 until May 2011, Temponeras and her father saw … area had declined to accept or fill her prescriptions from Unique Pain Management so she opened the dispensary …
April 07, 2017
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Ohio Man Sentenced To 16+ Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Fentanyl That Resulted In Overdose Death

November 21, 2017
… cover the funeral costs for an overdose death that resulted from Chandler’s drug distributing. Benjamin C. Glassman, … law enforcement conducted a controlled purchase of fentanyl from Chandler. While executing a search warrant at a … The Hamilton County Heroin Task Force has agents assigned from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Cincinnati …
November 21, 2017
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West Michigan Man Receives 30 Years: Trafficked In Cocaine And Methamphetamine

January 09, 2018
… prison for drug trafficking. Following his discharge from federal supervision in the earlier case, Johnson led a … large quantities of cocaine and crystal methamphetamine from Mexico and to distribute them in West Michigan. This … even in the parts of the United States furthest removed from our southern border. Countering that reach here in …
January 09, 2018
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

October 19, 2016
… injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. Last April, during its 11th …
October 19, 2016
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Two Dallas Women Sentenced In Opioid Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

April 24, 2017
… superseding indictments. The 2015 indictment alleged that from at least May 2013 through July 2014 the defendants … to purchase 30mg oxycodone pills and 10mg hydrocodone pills from her. Cane asks Robinson what price to charge for the … by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from the Internal Revenue Service, Texas Department of …
April 24, 2017
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Lubbock Man Involved In Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy Pleads Guilty In Federal Court

June 14, 2017
… male died of an overdose after purchasing furanyl fentanyl from the defendant LUBBOCK, Texas - A Lubbock, Texas, man, … Bryant Jr. and pleaded guilty to a federal offense stemming from his role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy.  The … and determined that the cause of death was drug toxicity from furanyl fentanyl.  A postmortem forensic toxicology …
June 14, 2017
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Members Of Crack Cocaine Distribution Ring Sent To Federal Prison

July 18, 2013
… 2011, agents of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) with assistance from the Rio Grande City Police Department launched an … Esteban Trevino. The group sold large quantities of crack from two adjacent residences in Rio Grande City. In handing … community and strongly admonished them for dealing drugs from their residences in the midst of their families …
July 18, 2013
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Drug Traffickers Plead Guilty On Eve Of Trial

June 05, 2014
… and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.  Marichalar, from Mission, pleaded guilty shortly before the jury was empanelled this morning, while Cross, from Indianapolis, Ind., and Gonzalez, from Miami, Fla., entered their guilty pleas late yesterday. …
June 05, 2014
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25 Waco Area Aryan Brotherhood Members And Associates Charged In Connection With Methamphetamine Distribution Operation

September 11, 2014
… connection with this investigation. “These charges resulted from unprecedented collaboration of federal, state, and … commitment to prevent gang violence and criminal activity from poisoning our communities, but it also sends a clear … less than 50 grams. These charges and arrests resulted from a joint investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau …
September 11, 2014
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Federal Judge Sends Three To Prison For More Than 30 Years In “Operation El Patron”

November 12, 2014
… to federal prison following their convictions resulting from a long-term Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task … in a conspiracy to distribute bulk quantities of cocaine from Texas to Georgia and returned drug proceeds to Laredo … counts of laundering U.S. currency in amounts ranging from $200,468 to $999,465. Flores Sr. and Jr. were both …
November 12, 2014
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Dr. Gerald Ratinov And 18 Others Arrested In Illegal Pain Management Clinic Operation

March 29, 2011
… and has stopped a dirty doctor and his cohorts from continuing to profit from the wretchedness of addiction. We will do our part to … Harris County District Attorney’s Office with participation from the Texas Medical Board, the Texas Pharmacy Board, …
March 29, 2011