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Convicted Felon Sentenced to 52 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Drugs while in Possession of an Illegal Firearm

July 14, 2025
… As a previously convicted felon, Veilleux was prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition. The Drug … led the investigation with valuable assistance from the Manchester Police Department. Assistant U.S. …
July 14, 2025
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UW Medicine Resident Physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital Charged for Diverting Fentanyl

July 01, 2025
… were ordered for three children.  “Diverting medicine away from infant patients is despicable, doubly so if the person … with drug use, including unexplained delays and absences from the operating room.   On December 27, 2024, as a …
July 01, 2025
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Honduran National Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Illegal Reentry and Controlled Substance Offenses

June 26, 2025
… probation by absconding.  In 2008, Cruz-Acosta was deported from the United States.  He returned to the United States … in federal prison.  Thereafter, he was again deported from the United States in June 2010.  Cruz-Acosta again …
June 26, 2025
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Texas Woman Arrested After 20 Pounds of Cocaine Seized at New Mexico Checkpoint

June 26, 2025
… Border Patrol agents seized more than 20 pounds of cocaine from her vehicle during a checkpoint inspection south of … Administration investigated this case with assistance from the U.S. Border Patrol. Assistant U.S. Attorney Devon …
June 26, 2025
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Federal Charges Filed Against Dixie County Man for Trafficking Methamphetamine

June 25, 2025
… criminal organizations, and protect communities from perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
June 25, 2025
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Nearly 2 Dozen Charged in Large Drug and Money Laundering Operation Spanning Multiple Jurisdictions

June 18, 2025
… criminal organizations and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the  Department’s OCDETF and  Project Safe Neighborhood …
June 18, 2025
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Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Meth

June 13, 2025
… of 5 years of supervised release following their release from prison. The charges against these defendants were the … that there was a package with an odor of marijuana emitting from it. A search warrant was obtained for the package, and …
June 13, 2025
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Texas and Lafourche Parish Residents Guilty of Federal Controlled Substances Act Violations

May 07, 2025
… to four (4) years of supervised release after release from prison, as well as a mandatory $100 special assessment … of Louisiana.  The conspiracy involved obtaining narcotics from Houston, Texas and transporting them to Thibodaux, …
May 07, 2025
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Oktibbeha County Man Sentenced in OCDETF Illegal Firearm and Drug Trafficking Case

June 04, 2025
… to three years supervised release following his release from prison. “Drug dealers and guns are a lethal … community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
June 04, 2025
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Traffic Cocaine and Money Laundering

June 16, 2025
… individuals to traffic cocaine and heroin from Mexico, through California, to Massachusetts and into … kilogram of heroin (which turned out to be pure fentanyl) from sources in Mexico. Palafox also admitted to conspiring …
June 16, 2025
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Dominican National Sentenced to Federal Prison, to be Deported for Trafficking Fentanyl, Stealing Hundreds of Individuals’ Personal Information, and Defrauding the Government

June 16, 2025
… 306,500 lethal doses. In addition to seizing fentanyl from Nunez Rodriguez’s residence, agents also seized United … he was in possession of 43 refund checks ranging in amounts from $1,400 to $1,800. The case was prosecuted by Assistant …
June 16, 2025
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Mexican National and California Man Charged Following Seizure of Over 45 Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills and Powder

June 06, 2025
… 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 …
June 06, 2025
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Rhode Island Man Sentenced to Twenty Years in Federal Prison in One of Rhode Island’s Largest Fentanyl Seizures

May 29, 2025
… a highly productive drug lab and a stash house in Pawtucket from which 19,315 fentanyl-laced pills made to resemble … Task Force consists of agents and law enforcement officers from the FBI, Rhode Island State Police, the Cranston, …
May 29, 2025
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Georgia Woman Who Trafficked Over 10 Pounds Of Methamphetamine Sentenced To Decade In Prison

May 29, 2025
… trafficking organization (DTO) that trafficked narcotics from Mexico into the United States.  Brooke Logan Paniagua, … courier would be transporting 12 pounds of methamphetamine from Georgia to Massachusetts. On Sept. 27, 2022, Paniagua …
May 29, 2025
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Stockton Man Sentenced to 16 Years and 8 Months in Prison for Fentanyl and Meth Pill Manufacturing and Distribution

May 12, 2025
… Bob P. Beris announced.  According to court documents, from at least September 2015 through May 2019, Barnes … by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Marshals …
May 12, 2025
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DEA Safely Disposes of 620,000 Pounds of Unused Medications on 28th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 08, 2025
… million pounds of expired, unwanted, or unused medications from their homes. “We want to thank our state, local, and … communities by helping to remove the threat of medications from falling into the wrong hands. This program would not be …
May 08, 2025
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Franklin, Kentucky Pharmacist and Spouse Sentenced to Federal Prison

May 06, 2025
… defendants conspired to divert oxycodone and hydrocodone from the pharmacy from May 2, 2020, to January 17, 2023, with Jenifer Huff …
May 06, 2025
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Texas Man Sentenced to over 10 years in Federal Prison for Meth Conspiracy

April 24, 2025
… trips to get methamphetamine. In addition, he stood to gain from the conspiracy by receiving some of the methamphetamine … to be determined in the near future. Contreras, 37, also from Alice, had pleaded guilty and was previously sentenced …
April 24, 2025
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Hopkinsville Man Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Distributing Methamphetamine

April 28, 2025
… 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 …
April 28, 2025
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Six Individuals Indicted on Charges of Criminal Conspiracy Involving Illegal Drugs and Firearms in Eastern Washington

April 24, 2025
… 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 …
April 24, 2025
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Woman Who Managed On-Demand Drug Delivery Service that Catered to Students and Young Professionals Sentenced to Over Four Years in Federal Prison

April 18, 2025
… 846, 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C). According to the plea agreement, from April 2023 through September 2023, Gonzalez managed an … Daniel Pastor is prosecuting the case with assistance from Andy Ding. The prosecution is the result of an …
April 18, 2025
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Tangipahoa Parish Resident Indicted for Fentanyl Distribution Resulting in Death

April 16, 2025
… 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 …
April 16, 2025
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Sixteen Charged in Takedown of Drug Trafficking Network

April 17, 2025
… exposed a criminal network that peddled poison from coast to coast. Law enforcement put their collective … and launder the proceeds of the drug trafficking enterprise from other states, including Colorado, Minnesota and …
April 17, 2025
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Darknet Vendor Sentenced for Conspiracy to Sell Counterfeit Drugs

April 14, 2025
… serve 85 percent of his prison sentence. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. … judgment, representing the amount of proceeds he received from the scheme. Jim Scott, Special Agent in Charge, DEA, …
April 14, 2025
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

May 08, 2023
… Last Mile comprised 1,436 investigations conducted from May 1, 2022 through May 1, 2023, in collaboration with … to nearly 193 million deadly doses of fentanyl removed from communities across the United States, which have …
May 08, 2023
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DEA New Jersey to take part in Newark/Philadelphia Regional Medicare Fraud Strike Force

August 13, 2018
… try to defraud the health care system or try to profit from the misery of people battling addiction to opioids. … these cases, further protecting the citizens of New Jersey from this kind of fraud and abuse.” “The Newark/Philadelphia …
August 13, 2018
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DEA releases 2019 National Drug Threat Assessment

January 30, 2020
… even greater decreases – over 13 percent – in overdoses from controlled prescription opioids. Many challenges … by DEA field division. The assessment factors in data from many sources, including drug seizures, drug purity, …
January 30, 2020
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Sixth hash oil lab dismantled by DEA within three week period

May 24, 2019
… operation. Large quantities of ethanol were removed from the property by San Diego County HAZMAT.  his is the … oil, also known as THC or honey oil, is commonly extracted from marijuana plant material using volatile solvents.  A s …
May 24, 2019
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Doctor who operated oxycodone and fentanyl diversion scheme sentenced to 5 years in prison

July 02, 2019
… that can lead to respiratory depression and death.   From approximately 2015 until his arrest in November 2017, … agents recovered hundreds of fentanyl sprays and patches from the closet of his residence, along with approximately …
July 02, 2019
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DEA to accept vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 18, 2019
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … more being added each day Collection sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. The public can find a …
October 18, 2019