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Kent, Washington Gun Store Owner And Step-Son Arrested On Drug And Gun Charges

… 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 …
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Drug Trafficker Who Hid Kilos Of Heroin And Meth In Lakewood Apartment Walls Convicted

… 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 …
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Medford Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Marijuana Distribution Conviction

… 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 …
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Leader Of Whatcom County Drug Ring Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

… 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 …
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Drug Trafficker Who Hid Pounds Of Heroin And Methamphetamine In Apartment Walls Sentenced To Long Prison Term

… 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 …
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Fairbanks Brother And Sister Sentenced In Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… - 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 …
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Idaho Dentist Pleads Guilty To Prescription Drug Fraud

… 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 …
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Santa Rosa Man Pleads Guilty To Role In North Bay Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Designer Drug Importer Arraigned Today In Bakersfield

… 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 …
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East Bay Doctor Indicted For Health Care Fraud And Distribution Of Controlled Substances

… 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 …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Meets A Growing Need For Northern California Residents

… 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. …
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Central Valley Drug Trafficking Group Indicted

… 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 …
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Tonawanda Man Sentenced To Over Ten Years In Prison For Cocaine And Marijuana Trafficking

… 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 …
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Five Arrested In Marijuana And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… 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.  …
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Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcements Launched In New York

… 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 …
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Convenience Store Owner Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Spice

… 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 …
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Queens Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder-for-hire

… 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 …
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New York City Heroin, Cocaine Trafficker Found Guilty

… 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 …
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Marijuana Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 17 Years In Prison

… 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 …
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Two Indictments Against Valley Marijuana Cultivators

… 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 …
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Boston Area Distributors Of Fresno-Grown "Medical" Marijuana Sentenced

… 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 …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.    The public can find a …
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Local, State, And Federal Agents Shut Down Two Commercial Marijuana Grow Operations

… That indictment charges Yan Ebyam, 34, most recently from Sacramento; Thomas Wesley Jopson, 62, of Rio Oso; David … florist facility in Sacramento. According to information from court documents previously filed in the matter, the …
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Fresno Man Pleads Guilty To Interstate Drug Shipments

… that were posted with medicinal marijuana recommendations from medical doctors. Rather than distributing the marijuana … and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, California …
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One Fresno Man And One Massachusetts Man Plead Guilty In Interstate Marijuana Trafficking Conspiracy

… that were posted with medicinal marijuana recommendations from two local doctors. Rather than distributing the … and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, California …
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East Coast Distributors Of Fresno-Grown Marijuana Plead Guilty

… that were posted with medicinal marijuana recommendations from two local doctors. Rather than distributing the … and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, California …
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April 25, 2026
April 25, 2026

Prescription Drug Take Back

6:00 AM - 10:00 AM (EDT)
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Too often, unused prescription drugs find their way into the wrong hands. That's dangerous and often tragic. That's why it was great to see thousands of folks from across the country clean out their medicine cabinets and turn in - safely and anonymously - a record amount of prescription drugs.
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May 22, 2023
May 22, 2023

Colorado Springs Military & Veterans Employment Expo (MVEE)

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (EDT)
Colorado Springs, CO
The MVEE is an annual event that has been held in May for over 10 years. It attracts transitioning service members, veterans and their spouses from the four local military bases and the local community in the Colorado Springs area. The MVEE is also open to the general public. This...
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2019 National Drug Threat Assessment

January 30, 2020
… public health data; open source reporting; and intelligence from other government agencies to determine which substances …
January 30, 2020
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High-Ranking Members of Sinaloa Cartel Charged with Material Support of a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Narcoterrorism

… dismantling its operations, and protecting our community from its narcoterrorism.” The indictment alleges that the … 80 kilograms of methamphetamine and 50 kilograms of cocaine from communities in and around Southern Illinois. President … criminal organizations, and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …

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