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Beacon Falls man involved in marijuana trafficking ring sentenced to 55 months in federal prison

… United States.  On June 28, 2017, Burns flew the aircraft from Northern California to Lubbock, Texas.  The next day, Burns flew the aircraft from Texas to Arkansas, and then to West Virginia and … of dollars by trafficking nearly two tons of marijuana from California to Connecticut. Members of the conspiracy …
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Eleven arraigned in wide-ranging Cape Cod heroin conspiracy

… and Osterville, and Pawtucket, R.I. Interceptions from Otero’s cellphones identified 10 other members of his … Fray, Cotell (who is still on federal supervised release from a 2017 heroin conviction), Baams, Tony Johnson, Joshua … residence that fit an ammunition clip recovered from Fray’s home on the night of the May 8 shooting.   The …
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Leader of Lawrence-based drug trafficking organization sentenced to 12 years in prison

… ran his organization like a business. He bought drugs from suppliers, such as co-conspirator Domingo Gonzalez … Reynaldo Duran Lora and Rafael Arce – some of whom came from New Hampshire and Maine to obtain drugs to redistribute … of the drug business and live well. Investigators learned from these calls that Patrone’s assets are primarily in the …
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Florida man sentenced to 84 months in prison for trafficking multiple kilos of cocaine into Rhode Island

… shipments of cocaine through the U.S. Postal Service from Puerto Rico into Rhode Island has been sentenced to 84 … of cocaine shipped through the U.S. Postal Service from Puerto Rico to residences in Central Falls and … Drug Task Force is comprised of law enforcement personnel from the DEA, Rhode Island State Police, and East …
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Former physician assistant convicted in kickback scheme

… and Drug Administration to treat breakthrough cancer pain. From approximately June 2013 through fall 2014, Clough wrote … demonstrated that Clough received over $49,000 in payments from the drug manufacturer. Testimony at the trial also …
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Doctor Pays $153,000 to Resolve Allegations of Overprescribing Opioids at his Escondido Clinic

… clinic in Escondido, California.  This settlement stems from the United States’ investigation into whether Dr. … Based on its investigation, the United States alleged that from January 1, 2014 to August 31, 2019, Dr. Chesler wrote … Health care providers treating patients who suffer from pain must still only prescribe opioids in accordance …
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North Tonawanda man arrested, caught with 30 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a car

… up to the car hauler while two men began to unload cars from the hauler. Jimenez-Rodriguez exited the vehicle for a time and watched as the vehicles were unloaded from the car hauler. Shortly after the black Mercury Mariner … who work tirelessly each day to protect our community from the harm caused by illicit substances. My Office will …
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North Tonawanda man caught, arrested with 30 kilos of cocaine hidden in a car

… up to the car hauler while two men began to unload cars from the hauler. Jimenez-Rodriguez exited the vehicle for a time and watched as the vehicles were unloaded from the car hauler. Shortly after the black Mercury Mariner … who work tirelessly each day to protect our community from the harm caused by illicit substances. My Office will …
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Honduran Drug Kingpin Sentenced To Life In Prison

… the testimony of multiple co-conspirators and pictures from a seizure of over 2,000 kilograms of cocaine, showed … Guatemala that was part of a distribution chain spanning from Colombia to Mexico and the United States. In that role, … received multi-hundred kilogram quantities of cocaine from Colombia and Panama, temporarily stored the narcotics …
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Indianapolis Meth Trafficking Leaders Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison

… per day to various customers in the Indianapolis area from the summer of 2019 until March 2020. King had … the drug conspiracy and distributed his methamphetamine from a stolen vehicle. Granger served as one of King's … at a 100% purity level, and illegally possessed firearms from the streets, it is a big win. DEA remains committed to …
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Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Morphine at Moses Lake Clinic

… Confluence Health, Tuller used syringes to remove morphine from at least 17 vials, and then ingested that morphine as … to be in excruciating pain after receiving only saline from what was supposed to be morphine vials.  United States … law enforcement professionals to keep our communities safe from anyone who seeks to exploit the system designed to …
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Takedown Dismantles DTO Based In Parkersburg

… said Assistant Special Agent in Charge Erek Davodowich, from the DEA’s Louisville Division.  “The dedicated men and … commitment to keeping highly addictive and dangerous drugs from destroying lives.” “It is our hope that today's arrests … “This investigation and the subsequent arrests resulted from a collaborative effort between federal and State law …
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Five Perrine residents arrested for their involvement in a drug trafficking network

… to distribute narcotics.   The Criminal Complaint arises from a joint investigation conducted by the United States … conducted approximately 30 controlled narcotics purchases from the King Enterprise, including cocaine, marijuana, and … Miami Field Office, and the Miami-Dade PD, with assistance from the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office and Homestead …
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Tampa man on federal supervised release pleads guilty to laundering proceeds of synthetic marijuana conspiracy

… offense, Aljubeh was on federal supervised release stemming from a 2014 federal conviction for conspiring to traffic in … sent to Zatar instructing him where to deposit the proceeds from the drug sales. An investigation into the account, and … were being used to receive the proceeds of AB-FUBINACA from Zatar and others. After deposits were made into the …
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CVS Pharmacy, Inc. to pay $1.5 million to settle Civil Penalty Claims for violation so the Controlled Substance Act

… estimated that more than two million Americans will suffer from opioid addiction,” stated DEA Special Agent in Charge … Prevention (“CDC”), on average 46 Americans died every day from an overdose involving prescription opioids in 2016. In … and a pharmacy chain, the removal of prescription authority from numerous doctors and the expansion of information …
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“BMB” Gang member convicted in Manhattan Federal Court of murder, racketeering, narcotics, and firearms charges

… street gang that operated primarily on White Plains Road from 215th Street to 233rd Street in the Bronx. TYRELL was … law enforcement partners to prevent this type of violence from happening in our neighborhoods.” According to court … gang. After arriving at the party, TYRELL obtained a gun from an associate and passed it to another BMB member who …
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Mexican cartel leader Edgar Valdez-Villareal, a/k/a “La Barbie,” sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking and money laundering

… began coordinating shipments of cocaine into Mexico from Colombia and other South American countries using … in Memphis and Atlanta. Valdez-Villareal obtained cocaine from Colombia, exported the cocaine from Mexico to customers located in the U.S. in tractor …
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Loveland Meth Connection Broken

… DEA and the Larimer County Drug Task Force with assistance from the Loveland Police Department and Fort Collins Police … of the streets of Loveland, we also prevent other crimes from being committed.” The investigation has identified … County Drug Task Force i s comprised of representatives from the Colorado State University Police Department, Fort …
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DEA Los Angeles announces new opioid and overdose prevention efforts as part of DEA 360 Strategy

… SAC Comeaux and community stakeholders taking questions from national and local media.jpg LOS ANGELES – As the … and combines the talents of law enforcement officers from DEA, LA Sheriff, LA Police Department, as well as other …
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Leader of Cartel Del Noreste and newphew of Los Zetas leaders receives two consecutive life sentences plus 20 years in federal prison

… money laundering. Evidence presented at trial revealed that from 2004 until September 2016, the defendant was a member … enforcement partners, a very significant drug trafficker from Mexico has been brought to justice," said DEA Special … Texas, on Sept. 28, 2016. This federal prosecution resulted from multiple Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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DEA Alerts: Over one million deadly fentanyl pills seized by DEA Phoenix and Arizona law enforcement this year

… as the street fentanyl pills are nearly indiscernible from the legitimate pharmaceutical-manufactured oxycodone tablet. Overall, preliminary data from the Arizona Department of Health Services website shows approximately 344 Arizonans have died from the consumption of fentanyl since January of this year, …
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Owasso doctor guilty of pill-sharing conspiracies

… in five separate federal cases. Today’s guilty pleas stem from Thomas’ issuance of fraudulent prescriptions for the … personal use. “The number of Americans dying each day from opioid overdoses is alarming,” said Assistant Special … Office, and the DEA Tulsa Resident Office.”  Investigators from the Rogers County District Attorney’s Office played a …
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Western Slope man sentenced to 7 years in federal prison for marijuana conspiracy

… in Luong’s plea agreement, on September 18, 2016, agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration were informed of a … observed many of these individuals attempting to flee from the grow operation.  Agents detained a number of the … was investigated by the DEA, with substantial assistance from ATF, Two Rivers Drug Enforcement Team, Western Colorado …
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Eleven people charged In federal court with heroin and fentanyl trafficking in the Milwaukee area

… Two of the arrested defendants were undocumented aliens from Mexico and subject to immediate removal. The officers … investigate and arrest those individuals who profit from the pain and suffering of others,” said DEA Milwaukee … investigation led by law enforcement agents and officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal …
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

… “There isn’t much room for error. Every pill we seize from these profit-seeking cartels is a potential life … CDC provisional data, more than 87,200 people died from an overdose last year, marking the largest number of … along the Southwest border increased more than 89 percent from January 2019 to December 2020.   Project Wave Breaker …
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

… continue to evolve. While fentanyl and fentanyl analogues from China have decreased substantially following the DEA’s … period ending in July of 2020, a significant increase from 2019, when more than 70,000 people died of … the first part of 2020. The assessment gathers information from many data sources such as drug investigations and …
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DEA Warning: Scammers Impersonating DEA Agents Are Stealing Identities, Money

… be heard here . “Our office receives 3 – 5 calls a month from people all over the country, often moments after they … law enforcement officer will demand cash or gift cards from a member of the public.” Employing more sophisticated … actors is awareness and caution. Anyone receiving a call from a person claiming to be with DEA should report the …
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San Mateo doctor charged with unlawful distribution of opioids and health care fraud

… For example, according to a state government database, from about August 2014 through June 2018, Mulligan issued … who obtained medically unnecessary prescriptions from Mulligan used private insurance or Medi-Cal to cover … the result of an investigation by the DEA with assistance from the San Mateo District Attorney’s Office and the …
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts. DEA, … pounds of medications were safely collected and were kept from being diverted, misused or abused.” In addition to … Day are available at www.deatakeback.com . Photos and video from Take Back Day are available at …
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Federal Judge in Waco issues several lengthy prison sentences

… During subsequent recorded telephone conversations from inside the detention facility, Dembinsky bragged to two … to distribute methamphetamine throughout the Waco area from September 2018 to April 2019. Judge Albright ordered … entered the financial institution and demanded cash from bank tellers. The FBI, Belton Police Department, Round …