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Connecticut Man Sentenced To 89 Months In Federal Prison For Heroin Dealing

… Minervini transported significant quantities of heroin from Connecticut to Vermont for re-distribution. In 2009, … a precautionary measure. Following the crash, Minervini ran from his car and led agents on a foot chase through the …
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11 Defendants Charged In Federal Court With Drug Distribution In Manitowoc, Calumet, Sheboygan, And Milwaukee Counties

… criminal complaint and corresponding arrest warrants from the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Law enforcement … on a lengthy investigation by officers / special agents from the following agencies: Drug Enforcement … Area Drug Gang Task Force, which includes officers from the Milwaukee Police Department, and the Wisconsin …
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Carlsbad Man Sentenced For Role In Scheme To Launder Money For Drug Rings, Including The Sinaloa Cartel

… Mexico who laundered drug trafficking proceeds generated from multi-kilogram and multi-pound sales of narcotics in … and money movements can occur in a variety of directions from one country to another. “Law enforcement will continue …  These agencies received assistance and support from the Santa Ana Police Department, the Beverly Hills …
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Federal Indictment Targets 27 Including Members Of An International Drug Trafficking Organization And Los Angeles County Based Street Gangs

… distribution network, announced representatives from the agencies who jointly conducted the investigation at … Mexico and controlled the importation of methamphetamine from Mexico to the United States where it was sold on the … was, in most cases, 99 percent pure. The defendants range from alleged cartel members to street gang members or …
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Palm Beach, Broward And Martin County Pill Mills And Pharmacies Are Shut Down

… illegally distribute these drugs nationwide.  Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report … Doctor 2.  In a span of just six months, we have attacked from every angle what can only be described as a homegrown … of the same type used to fill the clinics’ prescriptions, from China. If convicted, the defendants face a statutory …
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DEA Helps Foil Iranian Terror Plot

… The Alleged Plot - The criminal complaint alleges that, from the spring of 2011 to October 2011, Arbabsiar and his … Houston Division and DEA Houston Division, with assistance from the FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force. The … for the Southern District of New York, with assistance from the Counterterrorism Section of the Justice …
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Eleven Individuals Charged With Trafficking Heroin And Other Illegal Narcotics

… conspiracy involving the shipment of heroin from California to Baton Rouge and the distribution of … terms of imprisonment, fines, and forfeiture of proceeds from the illegal drug offenses: Michael Almanza, age 44, of … by the DEA and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, with assistance from Louisiana State Police, East Baton Rouge Parish …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Guilty Pleas Of Two Colombian Narcotics Traffickers Defendants Were High-Ranking Members Of Organization Headed By Colombian Drug Kingpin Francisco Gonzalez Uribe

… well as statements made during the guilty plea proceedings: From 2007 through 2009, OSPINO-ROSERO and NORENA-CORREA were … Republic -- the DEA secured large quantities of narcotics from individuals linked to OSPINO-ROSERO and NORENA-CORREA. …
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DEA Phoenix Participates In U.S. Marshals “Operation Justice V”

… safer with the removal of numerous dangerous criminals from our streets.” Surprise Police Chief Michael Frazier … JUSTICE V” involved more than 150 law enforcement officers from 30 contributing agencies throughout Maricopa and Pinal … “Aggravated Assault,” and, “Endangerment,” stemming from a 2009 drive-by shooting in South Phoenix. Anyone with …
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Tucson ‘Liposuction Technician’ And Aide Arrested On Multiple Felony Charges

… Medicine without a (ARS 13-3455). The charges arise from a three-month investigation conducted by the DEA’s … illegal medical practices and prevent controlled substances from being diverted into the wrong hands and endangering the … the DEA Tactical Diversion Task Force consisting of members from the DEA, the Tucson Police Department, and the South …
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Drug Ring Supplying Elmira, NY With Heroin And Fentanyl Shut Down

… members of a drug pipeline responsible for funneling heroin from Pennsylvania and New Jersey to Elmira, NY.  Eight … bars, and we have prevented a significant amount of heroin from reaching the streets. Our message to drug dealers is … organization obtained large quantities of heroin primarily from defendant Israel Cedeno-Martinez in Trenton, New …
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Doctor Charged In Manhattan Federal Court For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Oxycodone Pills

… can net an illicit distributor $2,400 in cash or more. From at least approximately January 2011 until December … that Lambrakis collected at least $2.5 million in fees from his “patients.” Lambrakis, 69, of Manhattan, is charged …
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Rochester Father, Two Sons Arrested And Charged With Drug Trafficking

… officers conducted multiple controlled purchases from the defendants at 164 Curtis Street in Rochester, which … is Victor Rivera’s residence. On December 4, 2015, officers from the New York State Police intercepted a suspicious … the direction of Chief Michael Ciminelli, with assistance from several law enforcement agencies including the New York …
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Dante Major Received 55 Years To Life Sentence

… and Richard J. Devlin, Jr, Otsego County Sheriff. Working from street level dealers to the supply source, Otsego … Sheriff’s Office investigators and DEA Special Agents from the Albany District Office made controlled purchases of heroin and oxy powder from retail level dealers working for the head of the drug …
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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… On April 23, 2011, Giovanni Manzella, a 34 year-old man from Long Beach, New York, died of an overdose of oxycodone … also within two days after receiving a prescription from Conway for 180 pills of oxycodone. Patient files seized … that neither man received meaningful medical examinations from Conway. The files for these and other patients …
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Long Island Doctor Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Distribution Of Oxycodone

… action against a pharmacy, removed prescription authority from numerous rogue doctors, and expanded … DEA Task Force which is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, NCPD and NYSP with assistance from the IRS. On …
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First Defendant in Drug Trafficking Organization Dealing in Seattle's International District and Homeless Encampments Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

… Seattle Field Division. “The fentanyl powder alone seized from this group contained more than 1.7 million potentially … the Seattle Police Department with significant assistance from the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation … to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Seattle comprises agents and …
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Tacoma Man Who Persisted in Drug Trafficking Despite Being Stopped With More Than 25 Pounds of Meth Sentenced to 66 Months in Prison

… Using Rental Cars and Then Buses to Transport Drugs North from LA pena drugs on car.jpg Drugs seized in Rogelio Pena … Department seized 7.5 kilograms of fentanyl laced pills from a bag that had been abandoned at a bus station by one … to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Seattle comprises agents and …
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Illegal Alien Faces Federal Charges for Selling Fentanyl at a Farmers Market Produce Stand

… 815-4513 Atlanta – Luis Sanchez-Acevedo, an illegal alien from Mexico, appeared in federal court yesterday afternoon … on charges related to his alleged distribution of fentanyl from a Forest Park farmers market produce stand.  … 2025, Sanchez-Acevedo allegedly sold a total of 3,000 pills from or in the vicinity of his produce stand at a Forest …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years for Distributing Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills Resulting in a Fatal Overdose

… distributed a counterfeit pill to a 28-year-old woman from Columbia, who believed the pill to be Percocet. After … the victim’s death, Duckett took steps to distance himself from the incident, including checking out of a hotel the following day, deleting text messages from his phone, and moving his vehicle in an apparent …
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15 Alleged Members of Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted

… to the indictment, beginning at a time unknown but from at least on or about June 1, 2024, to November 18, … whichever is greater. “This investigation, which originated from a narcotics complaint in the Western District of … networks, enforce the rule of law, and remove them from our streets. I commend the outstanding investigative …
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Three Mexican Nationals Arrested for Conspiracy to Distribute 133.5 Pounds of Methamphetamine

… anticipation of an expected methamphetamine drug purchase. From the complex, agents followed Gomez Padilla and Garcia … and seized approximately 61.75 pounds of methamphetamine from the car that Garcia Lopez had been driving. Agents also …
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Special Agent FAQs

July 09, 2025
… for determining employment eligibility with DEA. Aside from marijuana or cannabis use before the candidate’s 18th … cannot have used anabolic steroids without a prescription from a licensed practicing physician within seven (7) years … conferences; researching, collecting and analyzing data from a variety of sources relating to investigations; …
July 09, 2025
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Takedown of Drug Trafficking Operation in the Capital Region

… Rensselaer, Schenectady, and Warren counties sourced from New York City dealers. The year-long investigation led … “This drug trafficking organization distributed everything from crack cocaine, to methamphetamine, to heroin,” said DEA … narcotics that she sold to customers who travelled to her from around the Capital Region. Kuntzsch had customers based …
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Violent Gang Member Convicted of Drug and Firearms Conspiracy Involving Six Shootings

… July 2020, was in response to a video being live-streamed from a parking lot accusing Minier-Tejada and Coleman of … firearms and multiple “selector switches” for TRG members from drug users in Maine. “Selector switches,” or auto … ring that polluted the streets of Maine with everything from deadly fentanyl to cocaine, crack cocaine & …
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Operation Engage Kansas City

March 28, 2025
… Prevention PSA Competition 1st Place Winner: Ethan Wood from The Barstow School 2022 Reel Prevention PSA Competition … Prevention PSA Competition 3rd Place Winner: Anna Shapoval from The Barstow School 2022 Reel Prevention PSA Competition …
March 28, 2025
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U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentencing of Albuquerque Man for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

… When Jimenez attempted to evade detection by moving from the driver's seat to the truck bed, he was detained. A … the firearms found in the vehicle. Photographic evidence from Jimenez’s cell phone further implicated him in the … of a drug trafficking crime; and escape. Upon his release from prison, Jimenez will be subject to five years of …
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Eight East Bay residents charged with crimes related to drug distribution scheme

… and Mayer Benegas-Medina, 27.  According to the indictment, from at least July to December 2020, the defendants … drug trafficking by people who have come to the Tenderloin from outside the neighborhood,” said U.S. Attorney … of fentanyl that another member forgot on his commute from the East Bay.   Papers filed in the case also describe …
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National Health Care Fraud and Opioid Takedown results in charges against 345 defendants responsible for more than $6 billion in alleged fraud losses

… prosecuted by Health Care Fraud and ARPO Strike Force teams from the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, along with 43 U.S. Attorney’s Offices nationwide, and agents from DEA, HHS-OIG, FBI, and other various federal and state … is exacerbated when unscrupulous individuals seek to profit from people, in particular those confronting addiction,” …
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Ringleader of Central Valley drug trafficking organization sentenced to 20 years prison

… authorities seized approximately $201,790 in drug proceeds from Olivares Hernandez’s home, as well as approximately 31 … 2.9 pounds of methamphetamine, and $367,040 in cash from another of Olivares Hernandez’s stash houses in …