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Meth Distributor Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

June 11, 2024
… he purchased approximately 1.2 kilograms of methamphetamine from a co-conspirator. Clevenger attempted to flee on foot from police officers during a traffic stop near the …
June 11, 2024
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Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

April 09, 2024
… Edmundson at a gas station after receiving information from the Brown County, Kansas, Sheriff’s Department that he … community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
April 09, 2024
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Semi Driver Caught With 88 Pounds of Illegal Drugs Sentenced to 12 Years

January 23, 2024
… duffel w drugs.jpg This duffel is one of two bags seized from a truck driver. The duffels contained more than 80 … Illinois. “DEA, working in lockstep with our partners from the Illinois State Police, will continue to be …
January 23, 2024
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Four Co-defendants Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

December 19, 2023
… methamphetamine in Benton and Pettis counties in Missouri from Jan. 14 to Feb. 10, 2022. Naylor also pleaded guilty to … legally own a firearm. A deputy stopped Johnson, who ran from the bedroom into the restroom toward the toilet in an …
December 19, 2023
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Slovakian Man Accused of Running Darknet Market Selling Drugs and Personal Information

December 21, 2023
… documents including passports and drivers' licenses from Missouri and other states, the charging documents say. … Internet Crime (ZIT) as well as law enforcement agencies from Switzerland, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. Dark …
December 21, 2023
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Guns and Heroin Result in 10+ Years in Prison

November 01, 2023
… one kilogram or more of heroin in the St. Joseph area from Sept. 1, 2019, to March 26, 2021, and to two counts of … when he was arrested on March 16, 2021, after fleeing from law enforcement officers in a high-speed car chase. …
November 01, 2023
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Heroin Charge Results in Sentence of 12 Years

October 26, 2023
… in a conspiracy to distribute heroin in the St. Joseph area from Sept. 1, 2019, to March 26, 2021. Johnson was in … when he was arrested on March 16, 2021, after fleeing from law enforcement officers in a high-speed car chase. …
October 26, 2023
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Four Gangster Disciples Leaders Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy and Murder

March 06, 2023
… D-Mac, aka Monster, 30, also of Cape Girardeau, on orders from Frank Smith, aka Little Frank, aka Red Beard, 49, of … Griffin sought to remove another Gangster Disciple member from his position as Governor of Missouri. Smith texted …
March 06, 2023
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Joplin Physician Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud

December 02, 2022
… plea agreement, Stelling continued to practice medicine from Sept. 12 to Sept. 24, 2018, despite believing that her … she needed to obtain a certificate of tax compliance from the Department of Revenue by Sept. 12, 2018, which she …
December 02, 2022
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Former Aryan Brotherhood Member Sentenced to 18 Years for Meth Trafficking

October 25, 2022
… told investigators the methamphetamine was what he had left from the 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine he had obtained from his supplier in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the previous …
October 25, 2022
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Three Defendants Sentenced for $2.1 Million Meth Conspiracy

September 09, 2022
… money-laundering conspiracy over a nearly four-year period from Jan. 1, 2015, to Nov. 14, 2018. In addition to the … paraphernalia – including drug ledgers and drug packaging – from Guzman’s residence. Gnat pleaded guilty on June 17, …
September 09, 2022
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Kansas City Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

June 28, 2022
… tasers, police identification and other police items stolen from Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. officers. …
June 28, 2022
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KC Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

January 06, 2022
… Agents Seized 19 Firearms, Illegal Drugs from Residence snow_firearms.jpg Nineteen firearms were … tasers, police identification and other police items stolen from Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. officers. Both …
January 06, 2022
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Aryan Brotherhood Member Pleads Guilty to Meth Trafficking

December 16, 2021
… told investigators the methamphetamine was what he had left from the 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine he had obtained from his supplier in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the previous …
December 16, 2021
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$2.1 Million in Meth Proceeds Results in Guilty Verdicts

November 10, 2021
… money-laundering conspiracy over a nearly four-year period from Jan. 1, 2015, to Nov. 14, 2018. In addition to the … paraphernalia – including drug ledgers and drug packaging – from Guzman’s residence. The federal indictment also …
November 10, 2021
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

April 27, 2021
… 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 …
April 27, 2021
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Springfield woman sentenced to 17 years for meth conspiracy, illegal firearms

January 27, 2021
… a total of more than 2.5 kilograms of methamphetamine from Gauger in a series of traffic stops and searches of her … that she participated in the drug-trafficking conspiracy from May 14, 2017, to June 20, 2018. Gauger also admitted …
January 27, 2021
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Federal agencies arrest 10 in drug trafficking ring in St. Louis and Phoenix

September 30, 2020
… goal is to destroy the network and stop these organizations from peddling their poison in the streets of St. Louis.” … Legend, Attorney General Barr has directed federal agents from DEA, the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service and ATF to surge …
September 30, 2020
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St. Louis County dentist sentenced to 18 months after issuing illegal prescriptions for opioid narcotic drugs

February 05, 2020
… Safety for the City of Des Peres, Missouri, with assistance from the Bureau of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs of the … every day to ensure that Missouri citizens are protected from Medicaid fraud and fraudulent actors are held …
February 05, 2020
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Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 70 Months for Unlawful Drug Distribution

March 01, 2024
… In previously pleading guilty, Simonson admitted that from at least January 2020 through October 2022, she … and HHS-OIG investigated the criminal case, with assistance from the New York State Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement.  …
March 01, 2024
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Couple Charged with Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

February 07, 2024
… and 50 times more potent than heroin as an analgesic.  From 2011 through 2021, fatal overdoses associated with … 2,600 drug overdose deaths each year in 2011 and 2012, but from 2013 through 2021, the number of drug overdose deaths …
February 07, 2024
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10 Members of Crack/Fentanyl Distribution Organization Arrested in Niagara Falls

December 21, 2023
… Operation Overdrive to address crime and violence stemming from drug trafficking networks nationwide.  DEA and our law … safer and healthier.  I commend the men and women from all the agencies involved in this investigation for …
December 21, 2023
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Three Men Indicted for Operation Bronx Fentanyl Mill; $300K in Drugs, Loaded Gun Recovered

November 27, 2023
… 720-431-8836 Fentanyl Mill.JPG Drugs, Gun and Cash Seized from Fentanyl Mill BRONX, N.Y. - Bronx District Attorney …
November 27, 2023
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U.S. Attorney Discusses Anti-Gun Violence Efforts, Announces Indictment of Defendant Allegedly Involved in Murder of Rochester Police Officer

June 21, 2023
… intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana from various drug houses they operated in the City of … resulted in more than 100 illegal firearms being removed from the community. Most importantly, these efforts have …
June 21, 2023
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

May 25, 2023
… as well as patients who had just been discharged from a hospital following an overdose. In addition, Parasmo … in some instances, possibly reselling them on the streets. From 2010 to 2015, Dr. Parasmo prescribed over 1.5 million …
May 25, 2023
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Massachusetts Man Convicted of Trafficking Four Tons of Cocaine Hidden Inside Furniture

December 20, 2022
… June 2019, the DTO sent approximately 27 shipments of cargo from Puerto Rico to the continental United States.  The … At times, Montilla drove straight through the night from Massachusetts to Florida to be present for a cocaine …
December 20, 2022
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Long Island Medical Doctor Charged with Illegally Distributing Oxycodone Pills

December 14, 2022
… Peace. “This Office will continue to protect our community from bad actors who flood our streets with dangerous drugs, … made hundreds of thousands of dollars a year cash solely from the cash payments made by patients to obtain their …
December 14, 2022
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Two New York Men Charged for Conspiracy to Distribute 110 Kilograms of Cocaine

June 27, 2022
… Medina-Fabian. Velez-Pena transferred multiple duffle bags from his tractor-trailer to Medina-Fabian, who then placed … Subsequent to receiving consent to search the SUV from Medina-Fabian, law enforcement recovered several duffle …
June 27, 2022
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Newly Appointed Head of DEA New York Division Reports for Duty

April 25, 2022
… imperative role of prevention and education in saving lives from the consequences of drug abuse.  In March, 2022, DEA … in order to save lives.   Mr. Tarentino graduated in 1993 from Norwich University, the Military College of Vermont …
April 25, 2022
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Buffalo Man Going to Prison for Selling Fentanyl that Led to Five Deaths

June 25, 2021
… the course of the investigation, law enforcement officers from the Amherst, Lancaster, and the Buffalo Police … 11 controlled purchases of fentanyl and butyryl fentanyl from Robert Moore. Robert Moore was arrested on March 16, …
June 25, 2021