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Lawrence Man Indicted In Connection With Major Drug Trafficking Operation

September 22, 2015
… to tackle the heroin and prescription drug epidemic from all angles, including getting these lethal drugs off of … drug organizations around the state.” In June, authorities from the State Police TDU began an investigation into an … Enterprise and Major Crimes Division, with assistance from State Police assigned to the AG’s Office, the …
September 22, 2015
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Woonsocket Resident Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Trafficking, Firearm Charges

October 28, 2015
… and local law enforcement upon his return to New England from Texas and Florida with three kilos of cocaine and a … to distribute. In late April, detectives and officers from the Providence and Woonsocket Police Departments … law enforcement vehicles were posted along Route 95 N from the Connecticut border and northward. Law enforcement …
October 28, 2015
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Jury Finds Hartford Man Guilty Of Murder

August 05, 2016
… plagues our most vulnerable citizens.” This matter stems from a long-term investigation being conducted by the FBI’s … 15 Thomaston Street.  Parker was unconscious and suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.  Parker was transported by … were both armed with 9mm handguns, opened fire on Parker from opposite sides of the vehicle in which he was seated.  …
August 05, 2016
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Three Cape Cod Men Plead Guilty To Heroin Trafficking And Firearms Charges

September 20, 2016
… on Cape Cod.  Pratt purchased large quantities of heroin from Chisholm and sold it to other distributors.  During a … heroin and a firearm.  Roderick regularly purchased heroin from Wilkins for distribution and personal use.  On March 7, … officers recovered approximately 400 grams of heroin from Serriello that he stowed in his motorcycle.  Earlier …
September 20, 2016
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Twenty Arrested For Roles In Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

November 15, 2013
… special agents of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and officers from the Stephenville Police Department, on conspiracy and … individuals distributing for, or obtaining methamphetamine from, that DTO.  The investigation involved undercover … substantial amounts of methamphetamine and cash were seized from the DTO.  Law enforcement learned that this DTO, based …
November 15, 2013
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11 Defendants Arraigned In The Eastern District Of Oklahoma For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

April 16, 2014
… was incarcerated in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections from December 24, 2009, until January 8, 2014.   Beginning … of methamphetamine in Eastern Oklahoma.  Upon release from incarceration up to and including April 14, 2014, … methamphetamine within Eastern Oklahoma. The charges arose from a joint investigation by the Drug Enforcement …
April 16, 2014
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Home Of The Brave

March 24, 2016
… the following individuals were indicted on charges stemming from a drug conspiracy.  All defendants are charged with … The Superseding Indictment alleges that from beginning in or about the end of 2013, and continuing … drug organization’s criminal operations.  The charges arose from a joint investigation entitled “Home of the Brave” …
March 24, 2016
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Three Schaumburg Police Officers Accused Of Operating Drug Ring In Cook And DuPage Counties

January 17, 2013
… investigators, the men routinely confiscated drugs from drug dealers.  It is further alleged that instead of …  It is further alleged that the men also stole $20,000 from a storage facility believing the money belonged to a … to thank the DEA for their outstanding work in this case from beginning to end as well as Assistant State’s Attorney …
January 17, 2013
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Dekalb And Sterling Doctor And His Wife Charged With Illegally Dispensing Prescription Drugs And Income Tax Fraud

May 15, 2013
… failed to report a total of $1,256,486 in cash received from Sauk Medical Clinic and rental receipts.  The … dispensing a controlled substance carries a maximum penalty from up to 5 years in prison to a maximum penalty of life … or serious bodily injury, in addition to a fine ranging from $250,000 to $1 million.  Each count of filing a false …
May 15, 2013
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Indianapolis Doctor Charged In Illegal Painkiller Distribution

August 19, 2013
… General and the DEA after the DEA began receiving calls from pharmacists about concerns of Dr. Rasaki's prescribing … a legitimate medical purpose. A twentieth charge stems from the alleged prescription for Hydrocodone to an … at that time. A charge of Insurance Fraud stems from findings that Dr. Rasaki allegedly filed more than …
August 19, 2013
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DEA Task Force Investigation Dismantles Hartford-Based Heroin And Fentanyl Distribution Ring

June 29, 2017
… were receiving bulk quantities of heroin and fentanyl from out-of-state suppliers.  They then stored, processed … at epidemic levels across New England and those suffering from opioid addiction need access to treatment and … Administration’s Hartford Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office and the Bristol, …
June 29, 2017
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Vermont Man Charged With Five Counts Of Sex Trafficking

April 28, 2017
… upon the drug addictions of his victims, withholding drugs from them until they were in withdrawal so severe that they … demeaning story about a woman who allegedly stole narcotics from him, interspersed with still photographs of her in … however, would be determined by the court with guidance from the advisory Federal Sentencing Guidelines. The United …
April 28, 2017
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Two Men Charged With Cocaine Trafficking

June 17, 2011
… Filed court documents indicate that the allegations stem from a traffic stop of a Ford F-150 pickup truck that … prevented several million dollars worth of cocaine from polluting the streets of North Carolina’s cities and … will soon learn that the only retirement they will earn from their illicit business will be spent in a federal …
June 17, 2011
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DEA’s Seventh Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In South Carolina

November 07, 2013
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take-Back Days are presently … water supplies, and medications were being retrieved from the trash by those who would abuse or sell them.  To …
November 07, 2013
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Anderson, S.C. Attorney Pleads Guilty To Obstruction

January 13, 2014
… facing federal drug charges in South Carolina stemming from a large-scale cocaine conspiracy. Court records indicate that on five occasions from February 21 to March 15, 2013, Anderson lied to federal … possessed the Chevelle but then lied about the location from where he had obtained the vehicle. Harry S. Sommers, …
January 13, 2014
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International Cocaine Trafficking Network Impacting The Low Country And Midlands Charged In Charleston, SC

May 13, 2014
… program in dismantling drug trafficking organizations, from their South Carolina base up to their sources of … This collaborative effort among law enforcement agencies from every branch of government shows clearly there’s no … is comprised of special agents and Task Force Officers from DEA, Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, Charleston …
May 13, 2014
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Career Trafficker Tied To 170 Pounds Of Cocaine And $1.5 Million In Illicit Proceeds Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

August 17, 2015
… for his role in acquiring more than 170 pounds of cocaine from Los Angeles-area traffickers with the intent to … authorities in Arizona seized nearly 70 pounds of cocaine from Wakil during two traffic stops.  Additionally, … made three seizures of cash totaling more than $1.5 million from vehicles that Wakil was driving.  “[O]n each occasion, …
August 17, 2015
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Two Colombian Nationals Extradited To Los Angeles On Charges Of Leading Multi-Ton Cocaine Conspiracy Via Clandestine Air Shipments

October 05, 2016
… of overseeing shipments of thousands of pounds of cocaine from Colombian laboratories to Central American distribution … and Rios would “transport the cocaine via overland routes from production laboratories outside Meta, Colombia, to … drug cartels and disrupted the entire cocaine supply chain, from the production in Colombia to the distribution in the …
October 05, 2016
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DEA Announces Actions Related To Marijuana And Industrial Hemp

August 11, 2016
… and medical evaluation and scheduling recommendation from the Department of Health and Human (HHS), which was … most appropriate way to assess whether a product derived from marijuana or its constituents is safe and effective and … state law. The 2014 Act did not remove industrial hemp from the list of controlled substances and, with certain …
August 11, 2016
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Rancho Cucamonga Man Convicted For Operating Large-Scale Marijuana Grow Operation

October 12, 2012
… came after he had received written warnings in October 2011 from the U.S. Attorney’s Office that G3’s marijuana stores … investigation of this case was conducted by special agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. On …
October 12, 2012
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DEA And The Museum Of Science And Industry Open Powerful New Exhibit

September 16, 2011
… Coordinator: (571) 362-2942 Miami.Training@dea.gov Exhibit from the Drug Enforcement Administration explores the many … 4801 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Target America , located in the …
September 16, 2011
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Last Member Of A Large Drug Trafficking Organization With Ties To Mexico Sentenced

November 14, 2012
… pled guilty on March 29, 2012. According to court documents from early 2008 through July 2011, the Drug Trafficking … in Mexico and was transported through Texas to Georgia. From Georgia, it was sent via couriers to central Florida …
November 14, 2012
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56 Individuals Arrested On Federal And State Methamphetamine & Pseudoephedrine Charges

April 19, 2013
… Shawn M. (34), Joseph D. (33), and Hunter G. (23), all from the greater Pensacola area, were involved in a … of pseudoephedrine in order to manufacture methamphetamine from January 1, 2011, until their arrests.  Pseudoephedrine … (ECSO) obtained 64 arrest warrants for drug charges ranging from trafficking in pseudoephedrine with intent to …
April 19, 2013
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DEA Arrests El Monte Flores And Mexican Mafia Gang Members Charged In Federal Racketeering Indictment

July 30, 2014
… El Monte Flores gang, an organization that takes direction from the Mexican Mafia prison gang and controls criminal … by members of El Monte Flores, including acts of (ranging from battery to murder), drug trafficking offenses, robbery, … used and threatened to use violence to extort “taxes” from other drug traffickers. The defendants named in the …
July 30, 2014
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SoCal Doctor Sentenced To Over 5 Years In Federal Prison

January 06, 2015
… drug best known as Xanax - in exchange for cash payments from “patients.” According to a sentencing memo filed by … as a doctor to endanger his patients’ lives and to profit from their addiction,” prosecutors said in court papers. … with the UCs, and that his conduct was an extreme departure from the accepted standard of care.”             Sun’s …
January 06, 2015
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Richard Ammar Chichakli Arrested On Money Laundering, Wire Fraud, And Conspiracy Charges

January 10, 2013
… Powers (“IEEPA”) by attempting to purchase two aircraft from companies located in the U.S., in violation of economic … pursuant to its authority under IEEPA, prohibited Bout from conducting any business in the U.S. In 2005, that … Samar Airlines, contracted to purchase two Boeing aircraft from companies located in the U.S. In connection with the …
January 10, 2013
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Kerrville Doctor Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Prescribing Controlled Substances Without A Legitimate Medical Purpose

February 26, 2015
… the Texas Medical Board for that reason.  Further testimony from a witness who had been prescribed Hydrocodone … has a direct correlation to the safety of our community.  From the proliferation of prescription medication induced …
February 26, 2015
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Four More Waco Area Aryan Brotherhood Members And Associates Sentenced To Prison For Role In Methamphetamine Distribution Operation

July 08, 2015
… and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine. “These sentences resulted from unprecedented collaboration of federal, state, and … commitment to prevent gang violence and criminal activity from poisoning our communities, but it also sends a clear … connection with this investigation to imprisonment ranging from 21 months to 35 years in federal prison. Sentencings …
July 08, 2015
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Temple, Texas Aryan Brotherhood Associate Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison For Her Role In Methamphetamine Distribution Operation To Date, 30 Individuals Have Been Sentenced To Federal Prison In Connection With This Investigation

August 12, 2015
… Petrie to pay a $1,000 fine. “These sentences resulted from unprecedented collaboration of federal, state, and … commitment to prevent gang violence and criminal activity from poisoning our communities, but it also sends a clear … connection with this investigation to imprisonment ranging from 21 months to 35 years in federal prison. Sentencing for …
August 12, 2015
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New Haven Men Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distributing Narcotics

September 27, 2012
… Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven. This matter stems from a joint law enforcement investigation conducted by the … officers conducted three controlled purchases of crack from Napoleon. Later in 2010, Napoleon was intercepted … a wiretap ordering eighth-ounce quantities of crack cocaine from another member of the conspiracy. He then sold the …
September 27, 2012