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Mexican national pleads guilty to drug conspiracy and gun offenses

June 12, 2020
… Sheriff’s Special Investigations Unit, composed of agents from the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department, the …
June 12, 2020
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Mexican National pleads guilty to drug conspiracy and guns offenses

June 12, 2020
… Sheriff’s Special Investigations Unit, composed of agents from the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department, the …
June 12, 2020
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Omnicare Inc. agrees to pay more than $15 million to resolve allegations it improperly dispensed narcotics at long-term care facilities

May 13, 2020
… to remove opioids and other controlled substances from emergency kits days before doctors provided a valid …
May 13, 2020
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Chinese national residing in Fresno charged in illegal marijuana grow operation

March 05, 2020
… had been retrofitted with fluorescent grow lights suspended from the ceiling, charcoal air-filtration systems, ballasts, …
March 05, 2020
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Stockton man sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for fentanyl distribution

February 24, 2020
… law enforcement was able to stop the streets of Stockton from being flooded with thousands of doses of this …
February 24, 2020
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Two Bakersfield residents indicted for heroin and methamphetamine distribution offenses following arrests in Siskiyou County

January 31, 2020
… Comeaux announced. According to court documents, an officer from the California Highway Patrol stopped a car going …
January 31, 2020
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Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area along with the DEA announce the establishment of a new HIDTA initiative in Beaumont, Texas

January 27, 2020
… Texas.  The task force will be   staffed by personnel from DEA, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of …
January 27, 2020
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Two men indicted for conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine and fentanyl in Tulare County

January 23, 2020
… and the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the California Department of Justice. Assistant U.S. …
January 23, 2020
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South Bay veteran pleads guilty to impersonating a federal officer

January 15, 2020
… Jeffrey Backhus is prosecuting the case with assistance from Elise Etter.  This prosecution is the result of an …
January 15, 2020
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Two men indicted for trafficking heroin and fentanyl in San Joaquin County

December 19, 2019
… bought over a pound of heroin and 500 fentanyl pills from Guzman. When agents searched Guzman’s and Aispuro’s …
December 19, 2019
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Fentanyl distribution organization disrupted in Kern County

December 06, 2019
… pills to the undercover officer. Garcia, obtained fentanyl from Medina-Perez with the intention of distributing the …
December 06, 2019
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Laredo drug smuggler pleads guilty in marijuana conspiracy

December 03, 2019
… Administration conducted the investigation with assistance from Border Patrol. Assistant U.S. Attorney Yoona Lim is …
December 03, 2019
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Two men admit to selling cocaine in a parking lot

October 02, 2019
… Hernandez as he attempted to apply for entry into Laredo from Mexico at the Gateway to the Americas Bridge.   U.S. …
October 02, 2019
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Rancho Cordova men indicted for drug trafficking and firearm possession

September 05, 2019
… According to court documents, on Aug. 22, 2019, deputies from the U.S. Marshals Service assisted DEA special agents …
September 05, 2019
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Attorney licensed in New Jersey and New York charged with marijuana offenses

August 15, 2019
… used as a concentrated cannabis manufacturing laboratory, from which detectives seized more than 980 pounds of …
August 15, 2019
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Eagle Point drug trafficker sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine

August 05, 2019
… 2017, a person believed to have obtained methamphetamine from Caro-Gonzalez was stopped with approximately 16 pounds …
August 05, 2019
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Coeur d’Alene couple sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine

July 01, 2019
… to make several controlled purchases of methamphetamine from the Turners. On Sept. 7, 2018, officers pulled over a …
July 01, 2019
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Fresno man sentenced to over 21 years prison for methamphetamine trafficking, possession of a firearm and interstate transportation for prostitution

June 21, 2019
… and use of weapons, and on two separate occasions, he fled from officers who were attempting to apprehend him. Montano …
June 21, 2019
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Local man sentenced for meth conspiracy and firearm offense

June 17, 2019
… approached, they could smell the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and asked the driver, Allen Sturtz, and the …
June 17, 2019
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Waco man sentenced to life in federal prison for meth trafficking

May 28, 2019
… rest have been sentenced to federal prison terms ranging from seven years to life imprisonment. The DEA, FBI, U.S. …
May 28, 2019
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Southern Oregon man sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for marijuana trafficking

May 30, 2019
… the seizure, investigators seized more than $153,000 from the courier’s residence in North Carolina. Further …
May 30, 2019
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Boise nurse sentenced for obtaining controlled substances by fraud

April 17, 2019
… Diversion Squad, which is comprised of law enforcement from the DEA, Ada County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. …
April 17, 2019
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Meth distributor heads to federal prison

April 10, 2019
… Summer admitted he had transported narcotics on the bus from Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas on …
April 10, 2019
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Lewiston pharmacy tech sentenced for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances

April 09, 2019
… must respond aggressively against those that are profiting from fueling the crisis,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge …
April 09, 2019
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Jury convicts former police officer for involvement in drug trafficking scheme

March 07, 2019
… Weslaco, following a four-day trial.   The jury heard that from March through August 2017, a confidential source met …
March 07, 2019
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Three Arrested in San Antonio and Charged Federally with Meth Trafficking

February 26, 2019
… approximately 4.6 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from inside her vehicle. All three defendants remain in …
February 26, 2019
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Portland nurse charged with drug trafficking

December 03, 2018
… of methamphetamine and heroin, and in February 2018, drove from Vancouver to Portland with approximately 93 grams of …
December 03, 2018
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Six-time felon receives lengthy sentence for methamphetamine distribution

August 20, 2018
… and cash to a known drug trafficking organization operating from Corpus Christi to Houston. Ultimately, authorities …
August 20, 2018
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Alameda resident sentenced for selling prescription drugs without a license and related charges

September 24, 2018
… and will begin serving the sentence when he is released from state custody.   Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine …
September 24, 2018
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Mexican national residing in Modesto is sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking

September 21, 2018
… who had just received four kilograms of methamphetamine from Reyes. This case was the product of an investigation by …
September 21, 2018