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Naturalized U.S. Citizen Sentenced To 60 Months For Distributing Meth

… to court documents, on October 17, 2011, Martinez traveled from California to Idaho for the purpose of distributing …
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Two Anchorage Men Charged In Drug Conspiracy That Resulted In Death Of A Minor

… and lifetime supervised release, and maximum fines ranging from $1 million to $2 million. This case was investigated by …
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Washington’s Largest Used Car Dealership Pleads Guilty To Financial Reporting Crimes

… Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Agrees to forfeit $1.5 million seized from bank accounts and pay $250,000 fine SEATTLE -  The …
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Meridian Man Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering In Treasure Valley “Spice” Case

… $10,000, Ciccarello removed over $4.5 million in currency from three Zombie Matter accounts. Co-defendant Robert A. …
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Three Of 20 Defendants Sentenced In Meth Distribution Ring

… by Gallegos and Aguila, among others. The group operated from about June 2012 through the time of their arrests on …
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Eagle Dentist Sentenced For Prescription Drug Fraud

… dental license for ten years. According to court documents, from 2011 through June 2013, Akhtar schemed to obtain …
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Pierce County Man Who Killed Two While Protecting Marijuana Grow Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison

… Capodanno is forfeiting nearly $670,000 in proceeds from the sale of two properties -- his Puyallup home and a …
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Southern California Marijuana Store Owner Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking

… seized over 5,000 marijuana plants in all stages of growth from these two locations: approximately 2,168 plants at …
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Sacramento Area Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 34 Years In Prison

… an undercover operative bought heroin and methamphetamine from Washington’s organization. The drug traffickers …
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Airport Security Screener Sentenced To Prison For Role In A Conspiracy To Obstruct The TSA

… Wong.  The investigation has involved officers and agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of …
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Anderson Couple Indicted In Shasta County Marijuana Cultivation And Distribution

… seized approximately 40 kilograms of processed marijuana from the warehouse.  During the execution of the search …
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$1,675,000 Forfeited For Operation Of Bakersfield Marijuana Stores And Indoor Marijuana Grows

… (STC HIDTA)Task Force, which currently consists of agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’(ICE) …
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Woman Arrested In Prague On Charges Of Conspiring To Bribe U.S. Air Force Contract Administrator

… parties and entities for the purpose of receiving proceeds from government contracts received through the bribery …
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Former Fresno Police Department Detective And Fresno Marijuana Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison For Bribery Conspiracy

… officer for personal gain.  This type of behavior from a public servant is not only illegal, but also …
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Methamphetamine Traffickers Sentenced To 23 Years And 17 Years In Prison

… of locations.  The bulk of the methamphetamine was seized from two stash houses that Espinoza-Patino and Del Toro …
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Four Men Indicted For Trafficking Oxycodone And Money Laundering, 37 Guns Seized

… to make a profit on the addiction and death that result from illicit oxycodone trafficking.” DEA Acting Special …
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Three Men Sentenced Today For Drug Trafficking In Kern County

… methamphetamine and heroin. According to court documents, from May 2013 through January 2014, the defendants regularly …
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Historic Demolition Of Drug Houses Underway In Buffalo, NY

… Service.  The demolitions will be paid for by funding from the federal asset forfeiture program. These funds …
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Former Correction Officer Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison For Involvement In Rikers Island Bribery And Narcotics Ring

… bribery, and honest services fraud offenses arising from a scheme to smuggle drugs and other contraband into …
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Buffalo Man Sentenced For Selling Deadly Heroin Cocktail That Resulted In The Death Of A Local Man

… man found that he died as a result of acute intoxication from the heroin and fentanyl mixture. The sentencing is the …
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Local Oneonta Man Arrested On Drug Charges

… DEA special agents and patrol and detective bureau members from the Oneonta Police Department executed the narcotics …
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Williamsville Doctor Pleads Guilty To Prescription Drug Charge

… October 13, 2016, Siddiqui picked the patient’s daughter up from her residence and gave her seven hydrocodone and seven …
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Two Syracuse Men Arrested On Federal Drug Charges

… The criminal complaint filed in federal court alleges that from October 2016 through January 25, 2017, Hadid and …
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Two Heroin/Fentanyl Overdose Deaths: Columbia County, New York Man Indicted

… Office, and the New York State Police, with assistance from the office of Columbia County District Attorney Paul …
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Anthony Vita Pleads Guilty To Distributing Fatal Fentanyl-Laced Heroin To Pregnant Woman

… Drug Enforcement (DEA), Syracuse Resident (with Assistance from DEA Norfolk, Virginia Resident Office), the Onondaga …
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Member Of Bronx Gang Pleads Guilty To Murder And Racketeering Conspiracy

… and in that capacity committed the murder of Beard.  From at least 2008 to September 2015, members and associates …
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Orangevale Man Sentenced For Hydrocodone Distribution

… and other conspirators would pick up the hydrocodone from the pharmacy, and Reyes would sell the pills. On July …
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California-Hawaii Methamphetamine Ring Busted

… members of a methamphetamine ring that distributed the drug from the Central Valley to Honolulu, announced Drug …
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Two Members of Mexico Connected Drug Trafficking Group Sentenced to Prison

… one of the drivers of cars bringing drugs to the northwest from California. Over the course of the investigation, total … about delivering drugs and receiving cash to and from various drug ring members. When search warrants were …
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Grants Pass Man Charged in Federal Court for Trafficking Fentanyl and Illegally Possessing a Firearm

… distributing fentanyl throughout Josephine County, Oregon from his residence in Grants Pass. On May 9, 2025, … Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program. RADE includes members from Oregon State Police, the Grants Pass Police Department, …