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MGH To Pay $2.3 Million To Resolve Drug Diversion Allegations

… large volumes of controlled (prescription medications) from the hospital.  Altogether, the two nurses stole nearly … oxycodone, an addictive painkiller.  Both nurses stole from automated dispensing machines that MGH used to store …
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Arlington Career Criminal Sentenced For Heroin Distribution

… of money used by a cooperating witness to purchase heroin from Bain in March 2014.  Agents also seized drug … to prescription medication to switch to heroin.  Overdoses from heroin have climbed substantially as a result.  Between …
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Danbury Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Federal Prison For Armed Home Invasions

… five years of imprisonment.  Sometime after his release from prison he had the words “Face Shot” tattooed on his … Police Department.  The DEA Task Force includes personnel from the New Haven, Hamden, Branford, Meriden, West Haven, …
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New Jersey Firefighter Charged With Drug Distribution

… gave conflicting answers, and said that they had just come from Lawrence.  Jimenez denied having weapons or drugs in … the cooperating witness began purchasing cocaine and heroin from Cruz-Rivera.  On Oct. 4, 2013, Jimenez allegedly told …
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Sixty-Six Gang Members Facing Federal RICO, Firearm And Drug Trafficking Charges

… of investigation BOSTON - Sixty-six alleged gang members from the Greater Boston area have been charged with federal … year period, investigators seized approximately 37 firearms from 18th Street Gang members alone, including 29 hand guns, …
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Hartford Man Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Gang-Related Narcotics Trafficking

… documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from a year-long joint law enforcement investigation headed … to five years of probation.  Brown had been detained from May 2014 until the date of his sentencing.  As a …
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Manchester Man Arrested For Conspiracy To Distribute And Unlawful Distribution Of Methamphetamine

… for $85,000. Approximately 5.13 kilograms were recovered from Ramirez Aldava’s vehicle at the time of his arrest.  A … quantities of controlled substances into New Hampshire from source countries such as Mexico, and to bringing …
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Twenty-Three Individuals Charged In A Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… of a communication facility.  The indictment alleges that from at least May 2013 through July 2014, these individuals … by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Louisiana …
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Two Attorneys Among Four Convicted Of $9.2 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme

… of at least $4.2 million in alleged fraud proceeds from the convicted defendants. Convicted at trial were … was initiated by the DEA/IRS Financial Investigations Team from information learned during a separate investigation of …
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24th Member Of Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy Sentenced

… his own addiction and because he did not financially profit from his involvement in the case. Twenty-three individuals … in February 2008, the United States received authority from Judge Crabb to conduct wiretaps on several of the …
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Three Members Of International Synthetic Drug-Trafficking Organization Arrested In Los Angeles

… forfeited over $2 million in cash and other assets obtained from his illegal activities, including a house, two cars and … chemicals used to produce these SSCs were imported from China, then applied to a plant-like substance and sold …
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Task Force Charges Four Tied To Opana Epidemic In Southern Indiana

… County Sheriff's Department executed enforcement actions from June 16 through June 20, 2015, which resulted in the … occurring in rural Scott County and Clark County, Indiana from drug users injecting Opana and sharing needles amongst …
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Albany And Valdosta Drug Dealers Sentenced To Serve Federal Prison Time

… with the Pataula Drug Task Force received information from a reliable confidential informant that Morgan would be traveling from his house in Hawkinstown, Georgia, to Newton, Georgia, …
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21 Defendants Charged In Brunswick-Based Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… also been charged with weapons charges. The charge results from a joint investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), … agencies. We are committed to sending to those who profit from the scourge of illegal narcotics trafficking to prison, …
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DEA Office In Atlanta Holding Its Sixth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Saturday, April 27, 2013

… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.  During this Saturday’s …
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DEA Office In Charlotte Holding Its Sixth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Saturday, April 27, 2013

… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.  During this Saturday’s …
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DEA Office In Columbia Holding Its Sixth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Saturday, April 27, 2013

… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.  During this Saturday’s …
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DEA Office In Nashville Holding Its Fourth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Saturday, April 27, 2013

… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.  During Saturday’s event, …
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Major Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

… are committed to removing such dangerous substances from our streets. This defendant will now have plenty of … the charges and other information presented in court: From late-2009 to late-2010, several state, federal, and …
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Two Men Arrested In Buncombe County Face Drug Trafficking Charges Following 1,400 Pound Marijuana Seizure

… seized 15 cardboard boxes containing 23 blocks of marijuana from a pull-behind box trailer, and 27 cardboard boxes … on the property. The total weight of marijuana seized from Chavez’s residence was approximately 1,400 pounds, with …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Prison On Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges

… in court documents and the defendants’ sentencing hearings, from about 2011 to February 2013, Perez-Ruiz was the local … for trafficking more than 150 kilograms of cocaine from Mexico to the United States, with a total street value …
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Doctor Convicted Of Three Murders In Prescription Drug Overdose Case

… and Joseph Rovero, 21, an Arizona State University student from San Ramon. Nguyen died March 2, 2009.  Ogle died a … died in less than three years, Tseng took in $5 million from her clinic and continued dispensing potent and …
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2 Charged In Marijuana “Honey Oil” Lab Explosion, Fire In Riverside

… laboratory where they used butane to extract (THC) from marijuana. The resulting product is commonly called … 50 percent of his body.  Gallegos recently was released from the hospital, and he surrendered himself yesterday. …
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Two Charged With Attempting To Smuggle Half A Million In Heroin Through LAX

… each time he acted as a courier, he would cross the border from Mexico into the United States, and take a Greyhound bus … to the DEA, the Task Force is made up of representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Los Angeles …
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Physician Assistant At Orange County Clinic Convicted Of Federal Drug Charges For Issuing Prescriptions Without Medical Need

… died of drug overdoses after obtaining prescriptions from Nguyen.             On the eve of Nguyen’s trial last … illegally prescribing oxycodone, methadone and alprazolam from the beginning of 2009 through early 2015.  Siew, 66, of …
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DEA Investigations Lead To Largest Treasury Kingpin Designation Against Mexican Cartel

… are frozen, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. The Government of … for violations of the Kingpin Act range from civil penalties of up to $1,437,153 per violation to …
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West Hollywood Doctor Indicted On Federal Charges For Writing Prescriptions For Narcotics After Being Ordered To Stop

… Eisenberg also issued “medical marijuana” recommendations from these West Hollywood locations, according to court … agent, posing as a patient, obtained a prescription from Eisenberg for hydrocodone and (the generic form of a …
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18 Sentenced To Federal Prison For Roles In Austin-Based Drug Distribution Operation

… and close to $100,000 in U.S. currency. This case resulted from an investigation conducted by the Austin High Intensity … The Austin HIDTA Task Force is made up of investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of …
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Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Organization Leaders Arrested National President, Vice President And Sergeant At Arms Indicted On Federal RICO And VICAR Charges

… alleges that in 2014, Portillo received methamphetamine from Colorado-area Bandidos members and that Forster was … commitment to prevent gang violence and criminal activity from poisoning our communities, but it also sends a clear …
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Harris County Residents Arrested On East Texas Drug Trafficking Charges

… jury on Feb. 3, 2016.  According to one of the indictments, from December 2010 until June 30, 2015, the defendants … Danielle Garamillo, 21. According to the other indictment, from March 2014 until present, the defendants conspired to …