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Southern Indiana Indictments Charge Alleged Marijuana Traffickers

… responsible for obtaining large quantities of the drug from sources in Texas, Arizona and Mexico, for subsequent … the proceeds of marijuana sales by the group, was seized from defendant Zefferino Trejo’s residence in Seymour, … excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana over several years, from Mexico to Southern Indiana and Kentucky. If convicted, …
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Two Men Charged With Sex Trafficking

… accused of inducing and enticing “Victim 1” to travel from Vermont to New York in February 2013 to engage in prostitution, and transporting “Victim 1” from Vermont to New York in February 2013 to engage in … available in the South Burlington area. Additional records from Backpage.com revealed that Sharif Cargo’s email address …
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Hartford Man Sentenced To 66 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Heroin

… dealers in New Haven who regularly obtained heroin from Crucetts and Martin Rodriguez, 50, in Hartford.  The … that Crucetts was receiving kilogram quantities of heroin from Carlos Gabriel Estevez, 23, of Ozone Park, N.Y.; Jimmy … calls and texts, investigators surveilled Ortiz as he drove from Connecticut to a parking lot in New Rochelle, N.Y., …
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Fairfield Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone

… obtained forged prescriptions for opioid medications from Bellofiore’s former medical assistant and, as a result, … for a friend or relative of the couple to pick up from Bellofiore’s office.  It was Bellofiore’s understanding … The Controlled Substances Act prohibits physicians from dispensing any Schedule II controlled substance, …
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McAllen Medical Clinic Operator Pleads Guilty In Pill Mill Case

… and pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge stemming from his involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced … drug distribution conspiracy.  That indictment alleged that from at least May 2013 through July 2014, the defendants … their DEA registration numbers, preventing Dr. Andrews from issuing prescriptions for controlled substances and …
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Suspended Physician Sentenced To 1 A½ Years For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone And Falsely Billing Medicare In Undercover Probe

… while imposing sentence, “The defendant was stealing money from those in need….putting many in need at risk.” Babu … admitted that he engaged in a scheme to defraud Medicare from approximately November 2011 through February 2014. In … oxycodone. The agent claimed to have shoulder pain from a previous injury and to be on disability. On …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … W. Patterson. “This is a crisis that must be addressed from multiple angles.  Educating the public and removing these medications from households across the Unites States prevents misuse …
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Two Individuals Convicted On Large-Scale Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

… James Morgan, 34, also known as “Weazel” or “Wezzie,” both from Panama City, were involved in a conspiracy that … obtaining approximately four kilograms of cocaine per week from his Texas source of supply, Kelvin Rucker. Knowles paid … and $39,000 per kilogram of cocaine that he obtained from Rucker. Knowles and his girlfriend, Candis Marshae …
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Treasury Designates Honduran Drug Traffickers

… store.  Today’s action generally prohibit U.S. persons from conducting financial or commercial transactions with … and distribution of multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombian sources of supply into Honduras.  These … coordinates the receipt of drug-laden aircraft departing from Apure, Venezuela into Honduras via clandestine …
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Texas “Mexikan” Mafia Members Get Long Prison Sentences TMM Describes Itself As A Criminal Organization Dealing In Drugs, Firearms, Assassination Contracts, Prostitution, Robbery

… as narcotics distribution, extortion and money laundering from Nov. 1, 2013, through May 30, 2014.   Bazan was found … and firearms. It also states that 10 percent of the profits from any business or interest shall be contributed to the … TMM’s primary source of income. The TMM collects “the dime” from members, prospective members or sympathizer. TMM …
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Top Players In South L.A. Gang Controlled By Incarcerated Mexican Mafia Member Plead Guilty To Federal Racketeering Charges

… the Harpys gang. Valencia - the man who imposed the orders from Danny Roman - pleaded guilty today to violating the … in gang activities, which included collecting “taxes” from drug dealers who were allowed to operate in gang … the activities of the South Los Angeles street gangs from the Special Housing Unit of Pelican Bay State Prison. …
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Houston Mother And Son Sent To Prison For Smuggling Methamphetamine

… heard that on June 22, 2012, Favorite drove a Honda minivan from Laredo to the Border Patrol immigration checkpoint on … in the van and that he and his mother had driven down from Houston. However, when agents asked if the bottles … they were only his. He stated he received them previously from a Hispanic male, but would not elaborate. The bottles …
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Colombian Crime Syndicate Leader Sentenced To Prison For Role In Mediating Drug Money Disputes

… with his role in a conspiracy to invest the proceeds from the sale of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine.  Fredy … to conspiracy to invest illicit drug profits in April 2015. From approximately 2001 to September 2014, Mira Perez was a …
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Ten Charged After Investigation Into Danbury-Area Home Invasion Drug Robberies

… conspiracy, robbery, firearms and drug offenses stemming from an investigation into a series of Danbury-area violent … robbery of narcotics and narcotics trafficking proceeds from a victim on January 30, 2013, and subsequently … robbery of narcotics and narcotics trafficking proceeds from a victim on February 14, 2013, and that Patterson, …
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California Man Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin In Operation Goldy Locks

… Walt Green announced yet another conviction arising from Operation Goldy Locks, an extensive investigation into … contained heroin. Upon delivery of the pills to Baton Rouge from California, they were then distributed to mid-level … he transported over 30,000 pills containing heroin from California to Baton Rouge and delivered the pills to a …
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Baton Rouge Man Convicted Of Possession With The Intent To Distribute Heroin

… furthers our efforts to prevent heroin trafficking from taking hold in our community.” U.S. Attorney Green stated: “This sentencing resulted from a line of cases prosecuted by my office relating to … cannot allow such criminals to continue to profit from the extreme suffering of those addicted to heroin and …
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Baton Rouge Man Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin Disguised As Prescription Pills

… contained heroin. Upon delivery of the pills in Baton Rouge from California, they were then distributed to mid-level … contained heroin, and his intent was to sell and profit from the sale of significant amounts of heroin. In addition, … in March 2015, Lambert also engaged in money laundering from the proceeds of the drug-trafficking conspiracy.  “On …
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DEA Continues Its Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 29, from 10 am to 2 pm local time, at over 5,000 sites around … 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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Ten Indicted In Dismantling Of Plattsburgh Heroin Distribution Ring

… and criminal complaints previously filed in the case, from June 2016 through May 2017, the defendants transported heroin from Annapolis, Maryland, and Schenectady, New York, and … are felt in our communities, but the groups profiting from spreading this poison are often found elsewhere.  As …
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31 Dealers Arrested In Drug Sweep In Yonkers, NY

… the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office. Members from our Department and our law enforcement partners began … crack-cocaine, and prescription pills were purchased from these street level drug dealers and suppliers. … for their steadfast commitment in taking our streets back from the perils of drugs and drug addiction. We continue to …
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Multiple Defendants Indicted In Large Scale Drug Trafficking And International Money Laundering Conspiracies

… in Alaska and also working together to launder money from the United States into Mexico. The first indictment … of California, with conspiring to transport drug proceeds from the United States to conspirators in Mexico. The … Conspirators later mailed three more kilograms of heroin from Texas to Alaska using Canales’s address. Investigators …
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DEA’s Seventh Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

… to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables and kitchen drawers. … (5.15 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 90 locations manned … with DEA on the event.  When added to the collections from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 58,000 …
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Treasury Continues Targeting Sinaloa Cartel Leadership

… these traffickers of their assets, draining the lifeblood from their criminal enterprises." Tapia Quintero oversees … purchase and transportation of cocaine and methamphetamine from Sinaloa into the U.S., specifically Arizona and … cell affiliated with Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman Loera from Sinaloa to Tijuana, Baja California via tractor …
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DEA Announces 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… opioids in the past 12 months obtained the drug from a friend or relative.  “Disposing of leftover … is one of the best ways to prevent a member of your family from becoming a victim of the opioid epidemic,” said Tuggle. … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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13th Drug Take-Back Announced By DEA

… - 571-324-7324 Event Will Take Place Throughout Arizona from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, April 29th phx042817_fig1.jpg … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place April 29th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous Take-Back … by eliminating the availability of these drugs, starting from within their own homes.”  The National Prescription …
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DEA Collected A Record Amount Of Unwanted Rx Medication In The State Of New York

… to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers. … prescription medications were collected in New York State from members of the public making a total of 742,497 pounds … York State the collection will be incinerated at an ‘energy-from-waste’ facility which is an environmentally safe method …
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Anchorage Couple Sentenced For Drug, Gun, And Money Laundering Charges

… Anchorage area. He regularly purchased both drugs on credit from his Anchorage-based supplier. After selling the drugs, … other items, which he later took affirmative steps to hide from law enforcement. Mr. Harris returned the remaining cash … he paid his supplier an additional $75,000 in cash earned from selling heroin and methamphetamine. In October 2013, …
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Organizer Of The Most Prolific Cocaine Network In Alaska Sentenced To 16 Years

… Infiltrated - Over 250 kilograms of Cocaine to Alaska from 2010 to 2014 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Clarence Anthony … in Las Vegas, would obtain large quantities of cocaine from California, where he was from. He then paid employees at Las Vegas McCarran …
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Former Philadelphia Police Officer Sentenced To 16 Years For Drug Conspiracy

… a phony arrest was orchestrated in order to steal drugs from a drug dealer. At the time of the crime, Williams was a … launderer, but who was actually an undercover Special Agent from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Williams went to … by greed and who turn a blind eye to tragedies that stem from illicit drug use," said John J. Bryfonski, Special …
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DEA Pennsylvania And Delaware Holding Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In September

… unused, and unwanted medications on Saturday September 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The DEA will have more than 300 … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, and often come from the home medicine cabinet. The many convenient …