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Mexican National Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Role in Cocaine Conspiracy

… to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. This HSTF Tucson led investigation comprises agents and officers from the FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s …
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Orange County Couple Receives Lengthy Federal Prison Sentences in Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas

… While enroute to the jail, a deputy observed Lagrone slip from her handcuffs and move closer to Lacouture.  At the … criminal organizations and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.  This case was …
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Trial Victory Secured in Largest Single Fentanyl Pill Bust in DEA History

… charges that violated the terms of his pretrial release from a separate case in which he was charged as a felon in … El Paso Division investigated this case with assistance from the IRS Criminal Investigation. Supervisory Assistant …
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Former Daycare Director Sentenced in Large-Scale Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… member of the conspiracy, and that kind of trust only comes from a long history of repeated transactions. She knew … revealed Ochoa-Saucedo picked up the brick of cocaine from Arellano at her residence and that he had done so on …
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Hopkinsville, Kentucky Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking

… criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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Hopkinsville, Kentucky Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking

… criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced to Over 6 years in Federal Prison for Cocaine Trafficking

… criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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Sacramento Doctor Agrees to Pay $125,000 for Controlled Substances Act Violations at Sutter Imaging Capitol Pavilion

… Dr. Yen is a radiologist employed by Sutter Medical Group. From 2018 to 2024, he was the DEA registrant at Capitol … was aware of the risk of diversion of controlled substances from Capitol Pavilion. In addition to paying civil monetary …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day is THIS Saturday!

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day THIS Saturday , April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering communities across the … safely remove expired, unwanted, or unused medications from their homes—medications that might otherwise be …
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Ohio Man Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl Resulting in Overdose Death

… dope.” In his plea agreement, Clifton also admitted that from May 2019 through June 2019, he routinely offered to … serve 85 percent of his prison sentence. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. …
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Five Sentenced for Smuggling Cocaine into the Country

… McAllen, Texas – Four more individuals from Mexico have been sentenced for their roles in a … 2023, all had smuggled multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from Mexico into the United States. The co-conspirators …
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Member of Violent Gang Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Racketeering Involving Drug and Firearms Trafficking

… cocaine base, more commonly referred to as “crack” cocaine, from a stash house in Somerville. Afonseca was also recorded … in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on …
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Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Heroin and Cocaine into Connecticut

… containing nearly 500 grams of cocaine that had been mailed from California to a Bloomfield residence that was connected … and Bulk Cash Trafficking Task Force, including members from the U.S. Postal Service – Office of the Inspector …
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Ten Jersey City men charged with conspiracy to burglarize more than 40 pharmacies

… these suspects so that they can be brought to justice.” From Oct. 11, 2020, through Dec. 22, 2020, the defendants … while traveling in the Malibu. Surveillance video footage from the pharmacy in Linden showed Simmons and Phang wearing …
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Twelve people charged in long-running investigation of Newark G-Shine Bloods

… and chess, they may have been just a few feet away from narcotics and the criminals who sell them. Getting the … and Wali Duncan – obtained their supply of narcotics from Rahim Jackson and Arthur Hardy, who would deliver the …
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Methamphetamine distribution organization disrupted in Cape May County

… L. Abide, age 50 and Robert S. Bellemare, age 47, both from the Villas section of Lower Township, NJ along with … reform.   Terrance Mitchell, who had a fugitive warrant from the state of Pennsylvania, was charged with Possession …
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Overprescribing opioids costs La Jolla doctor $125,000

… Kasendorf’s prescribing practices. This investigation arose from data analytics tools which allow the Department of … to DEA at 877-RX-Abuse (877‑792‑2873). Tips and complaints from all sources about potential fraud, waste, abuse, and …
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El Cajon “Pill Mill” Doctor Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Causing the Illegal Distribution of Opioids

… front including zealously pursuing all who seek to profit from illegally distributing opioids whether or not they may … office and paid them to secure these prescriptions from Salerno. Others assisted the patient recruiter by …
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“Pill Mill” doctor pleads guilty to opioid distribution, admits signing prescriptions for dead and jailed patients

… guilty plea in connection with the pending case that flowed from the investigation of this “pill mill.”  Each of the … and, in some instances, recruiters picked up the tablets from the pharmacies themselves; and, in turn, those …
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DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day has highest-ever partner participation

… Karen Flowers. “By removing unwanted prescription drugs from their homes, these residents may have saved someone from becoming addicted to a prescription medication. Thank …
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Three brothers charged in conspiracy to distribute more than 20,000 pills of fentanyl

… intensity of our war against foreign criminals who profit from destroying American lives,” said DEA Special Agent in … pills. The combined weight of the pills seized from the three brothers on September 13 was approximately …
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DEA achieves significant milestone during 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… to keep unused, unwanted or expired prescription drugs away from those who could misuse or abuse them.”  National … Day events continue to remove opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and …
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Pill Mill Operator Convicted for Oxycodone Diversion

… her patients, to shield her unlawful prescribing practices from law enforcement scrutiny. Cristobal, 75, of Lyndhurst, … York Division, which is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, the New York City Police Department, the New …
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Colombian Kingpin Pleads Guilty to Running Criminal Enterprise

… ports on the Pacific Ocean so that it could be exported from Colombia by sea. In transporting the cocaine from the jungle areas of Cauca to port cities, members and …
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“Court Vision Academy” kicks off in Albany

… program will take place on Friday and Saturday nights from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the TCCE and is open to boys … Vision Academy program.”   Using money the DEA receives from the NY/NJ HIDTA, a federal grant program that invests …
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DEA announces “360 Strategy” in the greater New Orleans area to address heroin, prescription drugs and violent crime

… with City of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, members from other local and federal agencies and organizations in … form a “Community Alliance” that will comprise key leaders from law enforcement, prevention, treatment, the judicial …
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New Orleans-area defendants plead guilty to fraudulent possession and black market distribution of oxycodone

… aggressively pursue those who seek to perpetuate and profit from the opioid crisis in this country and bring them to justice.”  The charges stem from the defendants’ involvement in a prescription drug …
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DEA achieves significant milestone during 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… this critical event - making our homes and communities safe from possible prescription drug abuse or theft," said DEA … Day events continue to remove opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and …
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Orthopedic Surgeon Sentenced for Opioid Prescription Conspiracies

… conspiracies to write fraudulent opioid prescriptions from October 2015 to October 2017, announced United States … Attorney Matt Ballard and his team. The investigators from the Rogers County District Attorney’s Office along with …
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High Desert Doctor Arrested on Federal Narcotics Charges

… medications – during telemedicine sessions with “patients” from across the United States. Dr. Raphael Tomas Malikian, … included various undercover operations in which agents from the DEA and California DOJ posed as patients and …