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Two Sent to Prison After Drug Trafficking in Local Parking Lot

… friend Mendez. Authorities conducted surveillance at a Best Buy parking lot in McAllen in anticipation of the narcotics … after which Perez removed bags containing bricks of cocaine from the trunk of his vehicle. Mendez was parked in another …
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Former Army Soldier Sentenced For Murder-for-Hire And Gun Possession

… to carve a “Z” into the victim’s chest and was planning on buying a hatchet to dismember the body. Evidence at trial … and that Walker contended he could hit the intended victim from more than two football fields away with his rifle. …
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Three New Orleans Men Receive Lengthy Prison Sentences In Heroin Conspiracy Involving Overdose Death

… United States District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt read from the bench a letter written by the victim’s mother, and … calls, ask the caller how much heroin he or she wanted to buy, and direct the caller to drive to a gas station or …
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Leader Of "Pump And Dump" Stock Fraud Scheme Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Nine Years In Prison

… to secretly fund and distribute misleading third-party "buy" recommendations concerning the targeted companies. … than $2 million in cashier's checks, representing proceeds from stock fraud, to Panama and caused them to be deposited …
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Final Defendant Sentenced in Conspiracy that Shipped Cocaine from California to Savannah

… Final Defendant Sentenced in Conspiracy that Shipped Cocaine from California to Savannah November 10, 2021 Atlanta … a drug trafficking conspiracy that shipped cocaine and cash from coast to coast. Kevin Chelsea , 39, of Las Vegas, was … counterparts face when trying to prevent dangerous drugs from hitting the streets in our communities. As a result of …
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California Man Admits Laundering Proceeds From Heroin Trafficking Organization

… California Man Admits Laundering Proceeds From Heroin Trafficking Organization September 07, 2017 New … was previously arrested in November 2014 in Illinois. From June 2014 through November 2014, Madrid conspired with …
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Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Wiring Drug-Trafficking Profits to Mexico

… to participating in a conspiracy to commit money laundering from May 23, 2020, to Sept. 20, 2022. Leal-Martinez is the … Leal-Martinez admitted that she accepted drug proceeds from co-conspirators, including Jose Jesus Sanchez-Mendez, … Gonzalez-Celestine participated in four controlled drug buys that were monitored by law enforcement. She sold more …
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Han Gil Hotel demolished, was a "safe haven" for drug distributors

… Attorney’s Office included a condition that the developer buy the property “as is,” and demolish the building within … for years, the hotel – which was located diagonally across from a local elementary school – served as home base for … many drug dealers that once frequented the facility is far from over.” The Han Gil’s former owner, Su Amos Mun, was …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 23 Members Of Bronx Drug Trafficking Crew With Distributing Crack Cocaine, Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Oxycodone

… Oxycodone. The defendants allegedly controlled the areas from West Burnside Avenue to West Tremont Avenue and from … from drug dealers in the area controlled by BMG. During the buys, officers were able to purchase significant street …
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Physician From Kentucky Pleads Guilty Of Conspiracy To Distribute Controlled Substances

… Physician From Kentucky Pleads Guilty Of Conspiracy To Distribute … Albert Also Forfeited $500,000 of Illegally Gained Proceeds from the Conspiracy PIKEVILLE, KY. - A former Paintsville, …
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Two North Texas doctors, one nurse sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking violation

… fentanyl, morphine, oxycodone, alprazolam and zolpidem, from his pain management medical offices in Sherman and … 2010 and 2017. The health care fraud conviction resulted from Diamond submitting a claim for reimbursement to … Office and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stevan A. Buys and Jonathan R. Hornok.   # # #   On …
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Lockport man convicted by a federal jury of narcotics conspiracy tied to the Sinaloa Cartel going to prison for 25 years

… invoices to make it look like Western New Yorkers were buying sea cucumbers at astounding rates and quantities. The … March 23, 2015, Buffalo Police seized 32 kilograms of drugs from the Folger Street location—including Gillon’s eight … Western New York area. Approximately $20,000,000 was sent from Western New York banks to California in a two year …
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Business Owner Who Trafficked Pounds of Meth and Cocaine Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… and other information presented in court, officials from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Bureau of Alcohol, … and cocaine in at least four counties, stretching from Benson down to Wilmington. Johnson’s drug distribution … ammunition. As part of his guilty plea, Johnson admitted to buying a motorcycle worth approximately $17,000, using drug …
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DEA Rocky Mountain Division Announces Record Fentanyl Seizures in 2022

… oversaturated drug market.  Anyone, including our kids, can buy dangerous and deadly drugs at the click of a button. … to do everything within our ability to keep this poison from reaching your communities.” Fentanyl remains the … a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from 2021 when DEA lab testing revealed four out of ten …
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Federal grand jury charges three men for distributing fentanyl-laced pills that caused death of rapper Mac Miller

… indictment alleges Pettit ordered the fentanyl-laced pills from Walter, and then Reavis delivered the narcotics to … unknown person that reads, in part: “People have been dying from fake blues left and right, you better believe law enforcement is using informants and undercover to buy them on the street do they can start putting ppl in …
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Man Sentenced in El Paso for Trafficking Meth into U.S. from Mexico

… Man Sentenced in El Paso for Trafficking Meth into U.S. from Mexico October 10, 2023 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us … of Chihuahua, Mexico attempted to enter the United States from Mexico through the Presidio Port of Entry on Feb. 17. A … to prosecute drug traffickers and protect our communities from the detrimental effects of their crimes.” “With this …
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Man from Albuquerque pleads guilty to drug possession and firearm charges

… Man from Albuquerque pleads guilty to drug possession and … Albuquerque. Law enforcement obtained surveillance footage from a nearby business that showed Cotto was involved in a … exit his yellow Chevrolet Camaro and fire multiple rounds from a gun towards the other vehicle as it drove northbound …
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New York Drug Enforcement Task Force and NY Attorney General Take Down Ghost Gun Trafficking Ring

… a 438-count indictment, charging three individuals from a gun trafficking operation that illegally sold 47 … ghost guns which were shipped to New York and Pennsylvania from various online retailers before being assembled. The indictment, …
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St. Augustine Man Who Led a Police Helicopter on High-Speed Chase Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Drug and Firearms Offenses

… car. The helicopter pilot saw an object being throw from the car. Noting the location of the object, the pilot … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Worcester Nurse Pleads Guilty To Stealing Pain Medication From Patients

… Worcester Nurse Pleads Guilty To Stealing Pain Medication From Patients November 05, 2015 New England Contact Info … District Court in Worcester to stealing pain medication from patients in a nursing care facility in Worcester.  …
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Brooklyn Man Admits To Transporting Crack From NYC To Plattsburgh, NY

… Brooklyn Man Admits To Transporting Crack From NYC To Plattsburgh, NY December 11, 2017 New York … he transported approximately 47 grams of crack cocaine from New York City to Plattsburgh, New York, intending to …
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Alleged Drug Trafficker Extradited From Mexico To Eastern District Of California

… Alleged Drug Trafficker Extradited From Mexico To Eastern District Of California April 04, 2016 … Rios-Madrid regularly exported large quantities of cocaine from Mexico to the United States and used a U.S.-based …
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Puerto Rican Drug Kingpin Among Ten Charged Over $1 Million Cocaine Delivery At Times Square Hotel

… and lived as a fugitive for two years after escaping from federal authorities who were about to arrest him in a … That morning, Gonzalez-Santiago had flown to JFK Airport from San Juan, P.R., in order to oversee distribution of the … Bronx drug supplier Francisco Rivera, who had intended to buy some of the 36 kilos of cocaine seized from Ricardo …
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Bus Rider from Colorado Makes Prison Stop for Heroin Trafficking

… Bus Rider from Colorado Makes Prison Stop for Heroin Trafficking … March 4, 2019, during a layover while Collins was traveling from Denver, Colo., to Norfolk, Va. Collins had been acting … Officers retrieved Collins’s backpack and soft-sided cooler from the bus and obtained a search warrant for them. …
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63 Federal Convictions Stemming From Multi-Agency Operation Trident

… 63 Federal Convictions Stemming From Multi-Agency Operation Trident August 01, 2011 San … in three separate marijuana-cultivation cases stemming from Operation Trident, a multi-agency marijuana enforcement …
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12 Defendants from 4 States Charged in Federal Meth Conspiracy

… 12 Defendants from 4 States Charged in Federal Meth Conspiracy February …
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Convicted Felon From Worcester Pleads Guilty To Cocaine And Firearm Offenses

… Convicted Felon From Worcester Pleads Guilty To Cocaine And Firearm Offenses … in cash and a digital scale were found.  Hall is prohibited from possessing a firearm due to his criminal history, which …
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

… DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico November 07, 2019 Rocky Mountain Contact Info … Range of Colorado, most of the fentanyl encountered comes from Mexican sources and is in the form of counterfeit … number of overdose deaths caused by fentanyl pills coming from Mexican sources.  Fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills …
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State Inmate Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Methamphetamine And Heroin From Prison

… To Prison For Distributing Methamphetamine And Heroin From Prison February 23, 2017 Atlanta Contact Info Contact … buyer to give him $500 every time the buyer bought drugs from Pineda. Patterson, Pineda, and Altamirano all discussed …