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Guilty Plea For Salem Man For Distributing Heroin To Overdose Victim

… wax packets of suspected heroin, and a hypodermic needle from the scene. The investigation, which included witness … and analysis of surveillance video and text messages from the victim’s cell phone, revealed that Henrici drove to the hotel in the morning of June 22, picked up money from the victim, drove to Hartford to purchase heroin from …
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Three Charged In Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin And Fentanyl

… heroin and 400 grams or more of fentanyl during the period from July 2014 through June 2015. Hardy was previously … Another approximately 17 kilograms of material was seized from a Lawrence, Massachusetts apartment associated with … Law enforcement also seized approximately $198,000 in cash from an apartment rented by Hardy and Stuart-Holt, …
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Waterbury Man Who Sold Heroin To Overdose Victim Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison

… for distributing heroin to a Woodbridge man who died from an overdose a short time later. This matter stems from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics … in court, on November 19, 2015, a 22-year-old male died from an apparent heroin overdose at a residence in …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… 210-4300 Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th CHICAGO - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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15 Year Sentence For Clay County Man Guilty Of Drug Trafficking

… after undercover agents made purchases of methamphetamine from Ronald Ingalls, an individual selling methamphetamine for Cheatham. Soon after, agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration and deputies from the Clay County Sheriff’s Department executed search …
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Guilty Plea For Heroin Trafficker Whose Drugs Led To Fatal Overdose

… to a 911 call encountered a 33-year-old female who had died from a suspected drug overdose in the bedroom of a residence … heroin, a hypodermic needle and other drug paraphernalia from the bedroom. The investigation revealed that the victim’s boyfriend purchased heroin from Killings the previous evening, and then he and the …
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DEA Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day On April 30

… and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., DEA and its partners will hold their … In Florida, 4-1/2 tons of prescription drugs were collected from over 140 sites. The collected drugs were safely … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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DEA Miami Partners With Clear Channel Radio South Florida And Mobile Mike For National Take Back Day

… Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday, April 30, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mobile Mike will broadcast live from a DEA collection site in the parking lot of Westfield … In Florida, 4 ½ tons of prescription drugs were collected from over 140 sites. The collected drugs were safely …
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Eagle Pass Businessman Sentenced For Cocaine Distribution

… with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine from January 1, 2009 until March 21, 2014, and two counts of … conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine from January 1, 2009 until March 21, 2014. He was also … others to sell cocaine for him and collected the street tax from these dealers on behalf of the Mexican Mafia. It was …
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Former Texan Gets Hammered With 30-Year Prison Sentence

… been ordered to federal prison for trafficking narcotics from Mexico through Brownsville to Florida, announced DEA … hired them to bring packages of methamphetamine on the bus from Brownsville for delivery to him in Florida.  They would … bus and successfully delivered the drugs to him in Florida from September 2013 to March  2014.  They were eventually …
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DEA Investigation Leads To OFAC Designation Of Lebanese-Based Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Network

… distribution, and sale of multi-ton shipments of cocaine from South America and has laundered the proceeds from the sale of cocaine in Europe and the Middle East, … and Colombia, Joumaa and his organization launder proceeds from their illicit activities - as much as $200 million per …
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New York Man Convicted Of Federal Drug Charges

… drug crimes. According to evidence introduced at trial, from about March 2009 through August 6, 2010, Worthy and other conspirators regularly obtained cocaine from a dealer in New York City, used female couriers to body … into cocaine base, or “crack cocaine,” and then sold it from apartments in Portland, Lewiston and Waterville. During …
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South Shore Drug Traffickers Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

… 21, 2012, shortly after purchasing a quantity of Oxycodone from Fitzgibbons, Roberts was arrested and 274 Oxycodone … seized. Dunn purchased wholesale quantities of Oxycodone from Roberts, Kilday and others, and then distributed the … On Dec. 8, 2012 Silva was arrested while returning from New York and 1,744 Oxycodone pills were seized. “These …
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DEA New England Collects Nearly 30 Tons Of Unwanted Prescription Drugs

… nearly 30 tons of unwanted medications have been removed from our homes and disposed of properly,” said Special Agent … to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers. … (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,829 locations …
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South Berwick Man Sentenced On Distribution Of Suboxone Resulting In Death Charge

… pills.  The subsequent autopsy showed that Mr. Malone died from buprenorphine toxicity. Court records show when police … part of their investigation, police collected DNA samples from the pharmaceutical bottles recovered from Verrill’s apartment. Officers also collected a DNA …
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Peaks Island Woman Sentenced To Three Years For Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

… guilty on March 11, 2015. According to court records, from at least March 2013 through November 2013, Gross was … heroin and cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine, from several residences in the Portland area.  Conspirators brought heroin and crack cocaine from out-of-state suppliers to the residences.  Conspirators …
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Randy Rivera Sentenced To 12 Years’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Crack Cocaine

… sold large quantities of crack cocaine to Vermonters from about late 2009 through his arrest in early 2013. … the crack in Springfield to three different individuals from the Burlington area, who then transported it to Vermont … to purchase crack, sometimes picking up narcotics from him multiple times per week. The amounts they …
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Stillwater Man Sentenced To 27 Months For International Money Laundering And Steroids Distribution

… supervised release, to begin following Dubanowich’s release from prison. In pleading guilty on June 1, 2017, Dubanowich admitted that he imported anabolic steroids from Thailand and other countries, via the United States … Postal (USPS), in 2015 and 2016. The steroids he received from overseas were commercially packaged and marketed, among …
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DEA To Conduct Pharmacy Diversion Awareness Conference In Cumberland County To Address The Diversion Of Prescription Opioids And Link To Heroin Abuse

… opioids, is a growing problem.  This diversion stems from various sources.  In addition to pharmacy robberies and … doctor shoppers, or illegitimate prescriptions from rogue practitioners.  The PDAC is designed to assist … across Pennsylvania in 2015 - an increase of 23.4 percent from the total number of overdose deaths reported in 2014.  …
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DEA Arrests Former King County Deputy - Charged With Methamphetamine Conspiracy And Distribution

… officer employed by the King County Sheriff's (KCSO) from 2002 to July 9, 2013.  In 2009, Wright was assigned to … violations of the Controlled Substances Act.  He resigned from office in July 2013.  The investigation was led by the … is pending trial in King County on state charges stemming from his 2013 conduct as a DEA Task Force Officer prior to …
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… of communities participate in this weekend’s event from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO - DEA reprises one of … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
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Rideout Health To Pay Civil Monetary Penalties To Resolve Controlled Substance Act Claims

… sufficient security controls. This settlement arises from a Drug Enforcement (DEA) investigation that began after DEA received information from the California State Board of Pharmacy that Fremont … Medical Center’s DEA Registration had expired, and that from October 23, 2012, to October 23, 2014, pharmacy …
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Prescription Drug Take-Back Day On Saturday April 26

… on Drug Use and Health.  And more Americans died in 2010 from overdoses of prescription (22,134, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers) than from motor vehicle accidents, says the Centers for Disease …
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Marijuana Cases Update

… by the DEA and IRS Criminal Investigation with assistance from the Treasury Inspector General of Tax Administration, … Enforcement Team. 907 Marijuana Plants/Firearm Seized from Stanislaus County Riverside Grow (1:12-cr-342 AWI) - … California beside the San Joaquin River. Water was diverted from the San Joaquin River to irrigate the illegal …
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Large-Scale Fentanyl Packaging Mill Dismantled in the Bronx: 11 Arrested and Indicted

… of potentially lethal doses of suspected fentanyl/heroin from hitting the streets. The NYDETF comprises agents and … said, “This investigation highlights potential dangers from a fentanyl/heroin packaging mill operating in a … arrested as they fled the scene of a crime.  They all ran from an active fentanyl mill filled with hundreds of …
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Multiple cases lead to arrests of five doctors, one pharmacist, one nurse practitioner and three others

… of 10 defendants with illegally distributing oxycodone. “From drug cartels to street distributors, law enforcement is … James J. Hunt. "As a result of separate investigations from three DEA offices, five doctors, a pharmacist, a nurse …
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Multi-agency Investigation Targets Methamphetamine And Firearm Trafficking In Southeastern New Mexico

… violate the federal narcotics trafficking and firearms laws from May 2017 through Oct. 2017 in Eddy and Chaves Counties … including the quantities of methamphetamine - ranging from multiple ounces to five pounds - allegedly distributed … committed to keeping New Mexico’s smaller communities safe from drug trafficking organizations that think they can go …
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Drug Seizure Provides Local K-9s with Great Training Opportunity

… West Palm Beach - 561-684-8000 presser.JPG K-9 handlers from West Palm Beach Police Department (PD); Palm Beach … Juno Beach PD; and Port St. Lucie PD accept an opportunity from DEA to train their canines on a very large cocaine … but also the purity.  MIAMI  — K-9 law enforcement officers from South Florida got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to …
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Charges Unsealed Against Specially Designated Global Terrorist Mohammad Bazzi and Talal Chahine

… alleged activities in the United States, as directed from Lebanon. Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the … he could secretly move hundreds of thousands of dollars from the United States to Lebanon without detection by law … millions of dollars to Hizballah over the years, generated from his business activities in Belgium, Lebanon, Iraq and …
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Mercer County man charged with possessing heroin with intent to distribute

… and the surrounding area. Based on information received from a reliable source, law enforcement officials determined … Law enforcement officials followed Bell in his vehicle from Trenton to Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Bell drove to an apartment complex, retrieved a bag from the trunk of his vehicle and entered an apartment. …