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Montgomery Nurse Practitioner receives 10-year sentence

May 30, 2019
… health care fraud.    The trial evidence showed that, from 2013 through 2016, Akwuba worked at Family Practice, a … sentence imposed in this case will deter other prescribers from following in her footsteps and causing harm to their …
May 30, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Top Dealer in Han Gil Case Pleads Guilty

June 20, 2019
… out of trap rooms.     Mun collected thousands of dollars from Freeman alone, and often tipped off dealers before law … Administration conducted the investigation with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Coppell Police …
June 20, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Approximately 100,000 Fake Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl

July 19, 2022
… Prevention, more than 107,000 people have died as a result from a drug overdose or poisoning in the U.S. Criminal drug … (Adderall®). The only safe medications are ones that come from licensed and accredited medical professionals. DEA …
July 19, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… “The states in the Denver Division are not immune from this epidemic, in Colorado last year we saw a 38% … Reuter. “The most important message you can take away from this is to only take pills prescribed by your doctor, …
September 27, 2021
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Rock Hill Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Involvement in Fentanyl Distribution Ring

February 02, 2023
… amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and marijuana from a distributor in Southern California.  Based upon the … group shipped more than 255 packages containing the drugs from California during a one-year period and distributed …
February 02, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Four Defendants Await Sentencing After Pleading Guilty to Roles in Operation of Industrial-Level Pill Production

April 21, 2022
… of our communities.”  “As part of safeguarding our borders from serious health and security threats, Customs and Border … voluntarily forfeited the materials. In 2020, investigators from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration flagged a …
April 21, 2022
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Ten Arrested In Southeastern Massachusetts Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

July 25, 2022
… fentanyl and substantial amounts of cash and were seized from target locations. According to the charging documents, … to regularly distribute multi-kilograms of fentanyl from a base of operations at a stash house in Fall River. …
July 25, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Bridgeport Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Federal Racketeering Charge

June 15, 2022
… A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a racketeering charge stemming from his participation in a violent Bridgeport street gang. … narcotics, laundered narcotics proceeds, and stole cars from inside and outside Connecticut and used the cars to …
June 15, 2022
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Conspiracy After Officers Seize $1 Million Worth of Cocaine in I-70 Traffic Stop

May 01, 2024
… officers seized more than $1 million worth of cocaine from a rental truck that was stopped on Interstate 70 in … and Acosta-Bermejo, attempted to prevent the officer from getting behind the Penske truck to initiate a stop. …
May 01, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Kansas City Man Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearm

April 17, 2024
… that he participated in the drug-trafficking conspiracy from Feb. 28, 2020, to Sept. 20, 2022. Co-defendant Jose … methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl sourced from Mexico. Sanchez-Mendez managed the importation, …
April 17, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Fentanyl, Guns Result in 35 Years in Prison

December 06, 2023
… to distribute fentanyl in Christian and Greene counties from Sept. 23, 2018, to Nov. 14, 2019. Wheeler was a … paraphernalia. According to court documents, statistics from the Centers for Disease Control indicate that Missouri …
December 06, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Kansas City Woman Sentenced For Illegal Firearm

January 21, 2022
… Officers Seized 19 Firearms, Illegal Drugs from Residence KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, … tasers, police identification and other police items stolen from Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. officers. …
January 21, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Rockstar Burgers owner indicted with 18 others in drug-trafficking conspiracy

October 07, 2020
… alleges that all 18 defendants participated in a conspiracy from Jan. 1, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2020, to distribute more … to forfeit to the government all property derived from the proceeds of the drug-trafficking conspiracy, …
October 07, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Missouri, California Men Plead Guilty to Marijuana Trafficking

May 05, 2020
… marijuana in Boone County, Missouri., and elsewhere from January 1, 2017, to February 8, 2019. Davis admitted … he organized and led a conspiracy to distribute marijuana from California and Oregon to locations throughout the …
May 05, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Drug Ring Pleads Guilty as Federal Trial is Set to Begin

March 25, 2024
… overdose, including by directing others to destroy evidence from the death scene. Beardsley bought and sold fentanyl, … law enforcement conducted five controlled purchases from Beardsley. In addition, Beardsley and his …
March 25, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Senior FARC Commander Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Massive Quantities of Cocaine for Importation into the United States

August 14, 2023
… violence, power and notoriety to import tons of cocaine from Colombia into New York City,” stated DEA Administrator … selling cocaine to drug traffickers or extorting payments from traffickers operating in the 30th Front’s territory. …
August 14, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Former Suffolk County Legislator Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Public Records and Patronizing a Prostitute

October 17, 2022
… Dr. Spencer served as a Suffolk County Legislator from January 2012 through December 2021 representing Suffolk … Island Heroin Task Force comprises law enforcement agents from the DEA, New York State Police, Suffolk County Police …
October 17, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Narcotics Dealer Arrested in Connection with Multiple Overdose Deaths

March 31, 2022
… in this activity accountable.” As alleged in the Complaint: From at least in or about January 2020 up to and including … several undercover purchases of fentanyl-laced heroin from PELOQUIN and certain of his co-conspirators in which …
March 31, 2022
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Defendant Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Attempting to Murder U.S. Government Informant

March 23, 2022
… arranged for the murder of an individual whom he knew from prior narcotics transactions and believed to be … and that he wanted to prevent that individual from providing information to U.S. law enforcement. This …
March 23, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Four MS-13 Gang Members Convicted of Racketeering, Violent Crimes, and Drug Distribution

March 18, 2022
… they shot him. Perez Sandoval then drove the associates from the scene of the shooting to Rosales Juarez’s … M.R.G., and, on July 3, 2017, GLCS gang members traveled from Prince William County to Charlottesville to murder …
March 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Launches New Initiative to Combat Drug-Related Violence and Overdoses in Communities across America

February 07, 2022
… many resources to seize illegal drugs and guns from the streets and remove violent drug organizations from neighborhoods within these cities.”   Operation …
February 07, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Bronx Gang Member Charged with 2015 Murder

March 23, 2021
… will continue to work together to keep our communities safe from such criminals and the dangerous activity and violence … New York. *                *                * Goland, 29, from the Bronx, New York, is charged with one count of …
March 23, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Several Million Dollars’ Worth of Narcotics Including Fentanyl Seized in Mount Vernon

April 26, 2021
… into our communities.” The NYDETF comprises personnel from the DEA, New York City Police Department and New York … were executed by the NYSP and NYPD with assistance from the DEA. NYSP K-9 Liam also assisted. The charges are …
April 26, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Catskill physician receives 54 months in prison for distribution of opioids, health care fraud, aggravated identify theft, and obstruction of justice

March 06, 2020
… of supervised release, to be served following her release from prison.  In sentencing Mabry, Judge D’Agostino … 11.  This case was investigated by the DEA, with assistance from the New York Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, and was …
March 06, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Saratoga County drug dealer pleads guilty to overdose death

November 26, 2019
… made it evidently clear that no town is immune from the deadly consequences of fentanyl,” said Special … he sold controlled substances, including furanyl fentanyl, from his residence in Saratoga Springs. Early on Feb. 3, …
November 26, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Nine members of trafficking organization charged with distributing heroin, fentanyl and cocaine out of auto body shops

February 27, 2019
… in Charge Donovan. “DEA’s goal is to keep the public safe from the dangers of drug abuse. One way of doing that is to … of multiple auto body shops and garages in the Bronx, N.Y.  From 2015 to February 2019, the DTO is estimated to have …
February 27, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Fatal overdose in Manhattan leads to arrest of alleged drug dealer in Miami

October 03, 2018
… will continue to target and charge drug dealers that profit from the lethal opioid epidemic that is killing so many … and the DEA Tactical Diversion Squad-NY, comprising agents from the DEA, the NYPD, the New York State Police, New York …
October 03, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Member of Violent Gang Pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Firearm and Drug Trafficking Offenses

February 05, 2025
… across his chest – law enforcement had recovered firearms from similar bags in the past. During a search of Darosa’s … in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on …
February 05, 2025
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New Haven Gang Member Involved in 2021 Murder Sentenced to More Than 20 Years in Federal Prison

February 05, 2025
… themselves with the word “Honcho,” which is derived from the street name of an Exit 8 member who was murdered on … Exit 8 members and associates also stole vehicles, at times from outside of the state, and used those stolen vehicles …
February 05, 2025
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December 11, 2024
… Info for Teens Peers Speak Out Teens from Maryland Teens from California Info for Teens Using prescription pills that …
December 11, 2024