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Pharmacist Admits Attempting To Use Deadly Toxins As Weapons, Possessing Narcotics Manufacturing Equipment

May 29, 2014
… “To make this happen we pull together various resources from the FBI and work closely with our law enforcement … applications. Gonzalez made the purchases through an online third-party vendor marketplace and all the items were …
May 29, 2014
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Joint DEA /State Investigation Results In Charges Against Entire Baltimore Drug Trafficking Organization

March 11, 2011
… BALTIMORE, MD. - At least 425 law enforcement officers from DEA, Baltimore Police Department, U.S. Marshals … organization in the Latrobe Homes area of East Baltimore from at least 2008 through March 2011. Twenty-two defendants … of law enforcement’s commitment to keep this city safe from the violence and crimes associated with drug …
March 11, 2011
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Twelve Alleged Members Of Mexican-Based Cocaine Trafficking Ring Indicted

October 14, 2011
… that has utilized a distribution network to smuggle cocaine from Mexico to northern Virginia. This indictment was the … was unsealed. “Our local communities are not immune from the poison the Mexican drug cartels bring to the … result of the concentrated efforts by agents and detectives from the FBI, DEA, ICE, Alexandria Police Department and the …
October 14, 2011
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Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

June 14, 2013
… 25 North Cannon Avenue in Hagerstown.  Russo admitted that from January 2009 through December 2010, he filled … “in stock” and how much it would cost; customers traveled from out of state or in van loads to his pharmacy; and many …
June 14, 2013
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Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

June 17, 2013
… 25 North Cannon Avenue in Hagerstown.  Russo admitted that from January 2009 through December 2010, he filled … “in stock” and how much it would cost; customers traveled from out of state or in van loads to his pharmacy; and many …
June 17, 2013
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DEA and its Partners Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide

May 28, 2024
… Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide May 28, 2024 Seattle Contact … more than 18.6 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. DEA continues to expand …
May 28, 2024
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Two Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms in Case Arising from Investigation of Aryan Family Prison Gang

September 16, 2024
… Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms in Case Arising from Investigation of Aryan Family Prison Gang September 16, … Network in Alaska; Younger Conspirator Transported Drugs from Arizona to Washington Stash House Where Fentanyl Pills … not some street-level dealer…. The amount of societal harm from these substances is almost immeasurable.” Discussing …
September 16, 2024
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Six Individuals From Americana Corridor Of South Orlando Indicted For Federal Firearm And Drug Trafficking Offenses

August 22, 2014
… Six Individuals From Americana Corridor Of South Orlando Indicted For …
August 22, 2014
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Five Charged in Sophisticated Scheme to Mail Cocaine from Puerto Rico New York City inside Children’s Lunchboxes

October 27, 2021
… Five Charged in Sophisticated Scheme to Mail Cocaine from Puerto Rico New York City inside Children’s Lunchboxes … conspiracy to smuggle millions of dollars in cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York and Massachusetts via the U.S. … Police. In carrying out the charged conspiracy, which ran from May of 2020 to July of 2021, accused ringleaders Carlos …
October 27, 2021
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Sumter County Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy in Sumter, Richland Counties

August 15, 2025
… RCSD narcotics investigators made several undercover buys of methamphetamine and fentanyl from Tucker over a three-week period. During this same time, …
August 15, 2025
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Wethersfield Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Distribution Charge Stemming From 19-Year-Old’s Overdose Death

January 26, 2017
… Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Distribution Charge Stemming From 19-Year-Old’s Overdose Death January 26, 2017 New … of a Wethersfield motel and purchased two bags of heroin from Carrillo for 10 dollars.  Carrillo was arrested on a …
January 26, 2017
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Chicagoland Man Sentenced To More Than 15 Years In Prison For Orchestrating The Major Marijuana Distribution From Sacramento

March 14, 2014
… Prison For Orchestrating The Major Marijuana Distribution From Sacramento March 14, 2014 San Francisco Contact Info … According to testimony presented at trial, Brock, who is from a suburb of Chicago, was the target of an interstate …
March 14, 2014
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“NFL” Gang Member Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison for Racketeering Charges

June 27, 2022
… Baltimore Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from 2017 to April 2019, Davis participated in the Normandy, … base, and fentanyl to drug users and drug redistributors from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.  … obtained heroin and fentanyl in distribution quantities from other NFL members, which he then sold to customers on a …
June 27, 2022
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Baltimore Fentanyl Dealer Admits to Selling Narcotics to Customers Across Four States

March 07, 2022
… During the existence of the conspiracy, which spanned from January 2017 to December 2020, scores of customers from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia …
March 07, 2022
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Heroin Dealer Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison

March 09, 2022
… Distribute Heroin Less Than Three Weeks After His Release from State Prison Baltimore, Md., – U.S. District Judge … Baltimore District Office. According to his guilty plea, from September 2020 to November 2020, Skordalos participated … joined the DTO less than three weeks after his release from state prison. In September 2020, federal agents …
March 09, 2022
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Narcotics Dealer Sentenced to Ten and a Half Years in Federal Prison for Federal Drug Trafficking Charges and Assault on a Federal Officer

November 22, 2021
… after ingesting narcotics, and the child obtained narcotics from Wall’s belongings, ingested the narcotics, and … task force officer attempted to physically stop Trimmer from fleeing. Trimmer then proceeded to grab the officer’s …
November 22, 2021
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Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for a Heroin Distribution Conspiracy Conducted Over the Dark Web

November 09, 2021
… Washington Division. According to Ramseur’s plea agreement, from at least April 2014 through December 2015, Ramseur was … Ramseur accepted orders for heroin and received payments from customers in Bitcoin. Ramseur and his co-conspirators packaged and shipped heroin from Capitol Heights, Maryland, to customers throughout the …
November 09, 2021
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California Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced

July 29, 2021
… to fellow co-conspirators who then shipped narcotics from the west coast to the east coast of the United States. … regularly traveled to the New York area to collect money from accomplices and other narcotic customers.  For example, … the quality, logistics, and potential financial gain from trafficking-controlled substances. Additionally, there …
July 29, 2021
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Baltimore Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison

February 03, 2014
Baltimore Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison February 03, 2014 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 800 …
February 03, 2014
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Georgia Man Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine from Inside an Alabama Prison

March 14, 2025
… in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine from Inside an Alabama Prison March 14, 2025 New Orleans … orchestrate shipments of bulk fentanyl and methamphetamine from the Atlanta, Georgia area into southern Alabama and … in Atmore, Alabama and seized half a kilogram of fentanyl from him. Melton’s coconspirator was on his way back from …
March 14, 2025
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Three defendants sentenced for conspiring to send nearly 14 kilograms of 100 percent pure methamphetamine from California to Georgia

June 12, 2019
… nearly 14 kilograms of 100 percent pure methamphetamine from California to Georgia June 12, 2019 Atlanta Contact … nearly 14 kilograms of 100 percent pure methamphetamine from California to Georgia.   “These individuals established … this tight-knit group and have removed this poison from our streets.”   According to U.S. Attorney Pak, the …
June 12, 2019
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DEA Task Force seizes $150 million worth of opioids from tractor trailer headed to Northeast

March 04, 2019
… DEA Task Force seizes $150 million worth of opioids from tractor trailer headed to Northeast March 04, 2019 New …
March 04, 2019
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More Than 1,000 Stakeholders From Throughout Minnesota Convene To Define The Problem With Prescription Painkillers And Develop Solutions

August 25, 2015
… More Than 1,000 Stakeholders From Throughout Minnesota Convene To Define The Problem With … community leaders, recovering addicts and their families from across Minnesota are meeting to address the pain pill …
August 25, 2015
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DEA Wins International Award for Publication Aimed at Preventing Drug Misuse Among College Students

June 01, 2021
… tools, and worksheets in eight easy-to-follow chapters.  An online version is available for download on DEA’s website: …
June 01, 2021
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Aryan Brotherhood members and associates charged with racketeering for directing murders and other violent crimes from inside California prisons

June 06, 2019
… racketeering for directing murders and other violent crimes from inside California prisons June 06, 2019 San Francisco … other charges for extensive, organized criminal activity from within California’s most secure prisons. The … blow to the leadership of a violent criminal enterprise run from inside California prisons. Despite the incarceration of …
June 06, 2019
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57 People Linked To Drug Trafficking Organizations That Smuggled Narcotics From Mexico In PVC Pipes Charged In Federal Court

August 15, 2013
… To Drug Trafficking Organizations That Smuggled Narcotics From Mexico In PVC Pipes Charged In Federal Court August 15, … drug trafficking organizations that smuggled narcotics from Mexico in PVC pipes typically hidden in the axles of …
August 15, 2013
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Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Receive 24 Kilos of Cocaine from a Mexican Drug Cartel Source

January 30, 2024
… Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Receive 24 Kilos of Cocaine from a Mexican Drug Cartel Source January 30, 2024 New … a confidential source received 23.9 kilograms of cocaine from a drug-trafficking organization (DTO) based in Mexico. …
January 30, 2024
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Alert – DEA warns of increasing extortion scam calls

February 28, 2020
… and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA employees threatening arrest … violation of federal law. Anyone receiving a telephone call from a person purporting to be a DEA employee seeking money … should refuse the demand and report the threat using DEA’s online form or by calling 877-792-2873. Reporting scam calls …
February 28, 2020
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Prior Felon Sentenced to 128 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Offenses

November 01, 2024
… Court documents reflect that Lee, despite being released from federal prison in July 2021, along with others was … After initially stopping for the Trooper, Lee fled from Troopers who attempted to give chase. Shortly … of the Attorney General.  To access public court documents online, please visit the U.S. District Court for the …
November 01, 2024
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Virginia Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth on the Darknet

July 12, 2022
… via the darknet. According to court documents, from about May 2019 through December 2019, Tyler Pham, 39, … law enforcement agents conducted 20 controlled purchases from “addy4cheap” on both markets for a total of 767 peach …
July 12, 2022