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Three Jefferson City Men Charged With Distributing Meth

February 17, 2015
… City, the affidavit says, where Pearson took a plastic bag from the back cab area of Hurtado’s pickup and placed it in … out the vehicle’s window during the pursuit, about 75 yards from where the Acura was stopped. Inside the plastic bag …
February 17, 2015
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Two Associates Of La Cosa Nostra Convicted On All Counts By Jury In The July 2010 Robbery And Murder Of A Brooklyn Businessman

March 20, 2014
… he lay slowly bleeding to death. Grasso stole a bag of cash from Donovan’s car, and the team fled. Donovan, whose … up the approximately $200,000 in cash they had stolen from Donovan. Grasso took the guns used in the robbery and …
March 20, 2014
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Member Of Violent Home Invasion Robbery Crew Sentenced To 264 Months For Conspiring To Commit Drug Robberies, Conspiring To Distribute Cocaine And Heroin, And Illegally Using A Firearm

July 10, 2014
… in drug proceeds. Agents seized 107 kilograms of cocaine from these robberies. Ms. Lynch extended her grateful … Enforcement Task Force which comprises agents and officers from the DEA, New York City Police Department and the New …
July 10, 2014
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

September 28, 2012
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. The public can find a nearby …
September 28, 2012
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

September 28, 2012
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. The public can find a nearby …
September 28, 2012
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

September 28, 2012
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. The public can find a nearby …
September 28, 2012
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

September 28, 2012
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. The public can find a nearby …
September 28, 2012
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Monroe Resident Sentenced To Long Prison Term

January 09, 2013
… which were bound for Mexico.  Frick bought and sold meth from other co-conspirators and “washed” and passed … wiretap, arranging drug deals.  Frick was ordering meth from the group, even as he was being fitted with a GPS ankle …
January 09, 2013
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Kent, Washington Gun Store Owner And Step-Son Arrested On Drug And Gun Charges

May 03, 2013
… made the sale knowing that the person was prohibited from purchasing firearms because the buyer was in the U.S. … the Washington State Liquor Control Board; with assistance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and …
May 03, 2013
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Drug Trafficker Who Hid Kilos Of Heroin And Meth In Lakewood Apartment Walls Convicted

May 20, 2013
… a gunshot and later Hidalgo-Mendoza dragged Dias-Solis from the apartment yelling for neighbors to call an … in California for distributing heroin and is prohibited from possessing firearms. Two months after Hidalgo-Mendoza’s …
May 20, 2013
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Medford Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Marijuana Distribution Conviction

May 29, 2013
… grow site on Dark Hollow Road in Medford. The plants ranged from approximately 5-8 feet tall and produced upwards of 10 … the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Medford Police …
May 29, 2013
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Leader Of Whatcom County Drug Ring Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

July 09, 2013
… records filed in the case, upon his January 2011 release from Washington State prison, Hamilton began running a … significant quantities of methamphetamine and heroin from his Olympia, Washington based supplier and had it …
July 09, 2013
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Drug Trafficker Who Hid Pounds Of Heroin And Methamphetamine In Apartment Walls Sentenced To Long Prison Term

August 28, 2013
… a gunshot and later Hidalgo-Mendoza dragged Dias-Solis from the apartment yelling for neighbors to call an … in California for distributing heroin and is prohibited from possessing firearms. Two months after Hidalgo-Mendoza’s …
August 28, 2013
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Fairbanks Brother And Sister Sentenced In Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy

November 04, 2013
… - Nathan Jackson, 27, and his sister, Hailey Jelinek, 20, from Fairbanks, Alaska, were sentenced on November 1, 2013, … enforcement officers seized over $350,000 in cash proceeds from Jackson and his co-conspirators, as well as a 1995 …
November 04, 2013
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Idaho Dentist Pleads Guilty To Prescription Drug Fraud

November 05, 2013
… in the state of Idaho. According to court documents, from 2011 through June 2013, Akhtar schemed to obtain … or the completion of any term of incarceration resulting from this case, whichever is later. The charge of acquiring …
November 05, 2013
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Santa Rosa Man Pleads Guilty To Role In North Bay Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracy

March 30, 2017
… that he and his couriers sold drugs in quantities ranging from a gram to multiple ounces at a time.  The defendant … Internal Revenue Service, worked together, with assistance from other federal and state agencies, including the …
March 30, 2017
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Designer Drug Importer Arraigned Today In Bakersfield

December 17, 2013
… of more than 1,000 pounds of designer synthetic drugs from a warehouse and smoke shop called Havana House in … that Kamar owns and operates and $2.7 million in cash from Kamar’s residence and smoke shop. Designer synthetic …
December 17, 2013
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East Bay Doctor Indicted For Health Care Fraud And Distribution Of Controlled Substances

April 11, 2014
… in Charge José M. Martinez. According to the Indictment, from October 2010 through April 2011, Toni Daniels was a … the assistance of Vanessa Vargas. The prosecution resulted from a joint investigation by the FBI, the U.S. Department …
April 11, 2014
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Meets A Growing Need For Northern California Residents

May 08, 2014
… 40,854 - ( 20 - tons) of unwanted prescription medications from 207 - collections sites. “The overwhelming community … ( 107 - tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation in Central Valley and Northern California. …
May 08, 2014
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Central Valley Drug Trafficking Group Indicted

July 10, 2015
… returned a 22-count indictment today against 13 defendants from Sacramento, (Kern Co.) and Phoenix, Arizona, charging … quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine from Mexico into the United States. Once here, the drugs …
July 10, 2015
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Tonawanda Man Sentenced To Over Ten Years In Prison For Cocaine And Marijuana Trafficking

July 02, 2015
… eight kilograms of cocaine and 100 pounds of marijuana from Himbury’s residence on St. Amelia Drive in Tonawanda. … Special Agent in Charge, New York Division, Investigators from the Buffalo Police Department, under the direction of …
July 02, 2015
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Five Arrested In Marijuana And Money Laundering Conspiracy

September 09, 2015
… received packages containing marijuana that were shipped from Denver, Colorado via a commercial delivery service.  … The defendants also conspired to send the cash proceeds from resulting marijuana sales to the supplier in Denver.  …
September 09, 2015
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Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcements Launched In New York

October 29, 2015
… to the Centers for Disease Control, 46 people die each day from an overdose of prescription painkillers in the United … number of people who sought treatment increased 136 percent from 2004 to 2013.  In particular, upstate New York, with a …
October 29, 2015
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Convenience Store Owner Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Spice

December 17, 2015
… The defendant regularly ordered shipments of the spice from sources across the country. Abdullah and his clerks … County health inspector served an order on Abdullah’s store from the New York State Department of Health banning the …
December 17, 2015
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Queens Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder-for-hire

January 27, 2017
… Victim-1 and a number of his associates stole heroin from the drug dealer. On the night of July 19, 1999, … sustained injuries but did not die.       GRACESQUI, 46, is from Queens, New York.  Mr. Bharara praised the …
January 27, 2017
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New York City Heroin, Cocaine Trafficker Found Guilty

January 30, 2017
… traffic more than 100 kilos of cocaine, 40 kilos of heroin from California to New York (NEW YORK -   - Preet Bharara, … of 100 kilograms of cocaine and 40 kilograms of heroin from California to New York. Williams held himself out to be …
January 30, 2017
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Marijuana Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 17 Years In Prison

April 15, 2013
… These middle managers helped protect and isolate Espindola from possible law enforcement contact. After 300 pounds of … by investigators in Chicago, Espindola separated himself from the undercover agents by putting Ramirez-Cardinez in …
April 15, 2013
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Two Indictments Against Valley Marijuana Cultivators

November 09, 2011
… Defendant Alleged to Have Directed Marijuana Conspiracy from Prison FRESNO, CA- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. … Intensity Drug Trafficking (HIDTA) Initiative with members from the California Department of Justice Bureau of Narcotic …
November 09, 2011
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Boston Area Distributors Of Fresno-Grown "Medical" Marijuana Sentenced

December 06, 2011
… that were posted with medicinal marijuana recommendations from two local doctors. Rather than cultivating the … and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, California …
December 06, 2011
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

September 26, 2012
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.    The public can find a …
September 26, 2012