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FL Man Who Allegedly Commandeered E-Prescribing Privileges of Doctors Charged with Criminal Sale

January 26, 2024
… of narcotic prescriptions.  Devin Anthony Magarian, 21, from Kissimmee, Florida, was arraigned on January 17, 2024, … this elaborate criminal conspiracy operating through online illicit drug sales and interstate trafficking to shut … on their diligent work and commend the DEA Diversion team from the DEA Long Island District Office.” DA Donnelly said …
January 26, 2024
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Virginia Drug Dealer Sentenced to Federal Prison for Multi-State Drug Conspiracy and Distribution

July 11, 2022
… County Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from December 2018 to January 2020, Knighton, and others … to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. From the spring of 2018 to December 2018, Knighton sold more …
July 11, 2022
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Ringleader and Members of Multi-State Anabolic Steroid Trafficking Network Sentenced

November 02, 2021
… located in Wilson County. They used raw materials received from China to manufacture liquid and pill-form steroids for … detection, Peele shipped packages using false names and from various postal branches in Surry County and Richmond. … each received wholesale quantities of anabolic steroids from Lambert’s trafficking network and sold the steroids to …
November 02, 2021
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Major Maryland-Washington, D.C. Area Narcotics Distributor Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking

October 13, 2021
… Sheriff Troy Berry.   According to Cleckley’s guilty plea, from at least in or about January 2017 through June 2018, … purchased more than 200 grams of heroin and fentanyl from a supplier. After the purchase, members of law …
October 13, 2021
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Baltimore man found with enough fentanyl to kill 37,500 people in illegal taxi pleads guilty

October 21, 2019
… We must do everything we can to reduce overdose deaths from this drug and from all opioids.” According to his guilty plea, on Feb. 22, … were going. Young answered that the driver was a friend from school and that she was giving him a ride home. Neither …
October 21, 2019
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The United States and Montgomery County Based Pharmacy and Pharmacist Reach a Consent Decree Over Allegations of Illegally Dispensed Controlled Substances

May 31, 2023
… attention to warning signs to prevent the opioid epidemic from getting worse.  DEA is dedicated to investigating those … to more than 300 people that traveled more than 180 miles from their homes to Upton Care.  Additionally, … decree, Youssefi-Rashti and Upton Care are prohibited from filling certain prescriptions, including a combination …
May 31, 2023
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Baltimore Drug Dealer Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison as Part of a Drug Conspiracy Operating in Baltimore

April 05, 2023
… investigators executed search warrants at both locations.  From the Owings Mills residence law enforcement recovered: … in cash, believed to be drug proceeds; and nine phones.  From the Presstman Street residence law enforcement …
April 05, 2023
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Leader of Southwest Baltimore “NFL” Gang Sentenced

March 17, 2023
… Baltimore Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from 2016 to March 2020, Butler was a leader of the NFL … fentanyl and cocaine to drug customers and re-distributors from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.  Butler admitted that he obtained narcotics from multiple sources of supply and stored the narcotics in …
March 17, 2023
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Jessup Felon Is Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute and for Illegal Possession of a Firearm

October 13, 2022
… at Burton’s home and at a storage unit that he rented.  From the residence, law enforcement recovered: a .380 … revolver; $14,920 in cash; and jewelry valued at $447,950.  From the storage unit investigators recovered: a 9mm handgun …
October 13, 2022
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Bowie Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 23 Years In Federal Prison For $108 Million Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

July 13, 2016
… State Police. According to evidence presented at his trial, from at least January 2011 through January 2015, Marshall … 150 grams of cocaine base.  Testimony showed that from January 2011 until August 2012, Ford-Bey, assisted by … Marshall, received multiple kilogram shipments of cocaine from a source in California.  On August 15, 2012, the Texas …
July 13, 2016
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BGF Leaders Plead Guilty To Participating In A Racketeering Conspiracy

May 02, 2011
… prisons. The crimes included extorting protection money from other inmates and using contraband cell phones to … facilities. According to their plea agreements, from 2006 through June 2010, Brown, Olivis and Williams were … incarcerated, he extorted a fellow inmate for protection from violence at the hands of BGF members and assaulted …
May 02, 2011
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Loudoun County To Host DEA Exhibit

October 14, 2015
… the world. Visitors will experience a drug investigation from start to finish, helping them understand the … in a simulated MRI machine and view real wreckage from a drug related car accident. A portion of Drugs: Costs … stakeholders in Loudoun County to address this issue from a variety of angles, and am honored to be a co-sponsor …
October 14, 2015
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Eastern Shore Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty & Sentenced on Drug Charges

July 12, 2022
… established that Holbrook received quantities of cocaine from other persons and distributed or participated in the … 4, 2020, Holbrook arranged to receive a quantity of cocaine from supplier, Shakoor Stevenson.  On that day, Holbrook and …
July 12, 2022
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Two Penn North Baltimore Neighborhood Drug Dealers Plead Guilty to Fentanyl Related Charges

March 29, 2022
… undercover officer purchased 10 gelatin fentanyl capsules from the same two DTO associates.  Chemical analysis of … purchases in the known territory of the Bullseye DTO from co-conspirators who advised their narcotics as being …
March 29, 2022
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Oxon Hill Man Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Federal Prison for a Drug Distribution Conspiracy and for Illegal Possession of Stolen Firearms

May 06, 2022
… County Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from at least December 2020 until February 11, 2021, Rushdan … and picking up bags at the apartment while traveling to and from drug trafficking locations. On February 11, 2021, law …
May 06, 2022
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Hagerstown, Maryland Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Federal Fentanyl and Heroin Drug Charges

June 29, 2022
… March 18, 2019, law enforcement received an anonymous tip from a Hagerstown, Maryland storage facility customer … bore Smith’s photograph and the alias “Michael Silver”. From March 20 to April 24, 2019, law enforcement surveilled …
June 29, 2022
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Final Defendant in a Harford County Drug Conspiracy Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine

February 09, 2022
… regarding the purchase of three ounces of crack cocaine from co-defendant Hammond were intercepted.  Bolden had … transported money to Hammond and received a small backpack from Hammond, which investigators believed contained the …
February 09, 2022
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Oxon Hill Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for a Drug Distribution Conspiracy and for Illegal Possession of Stolen Firearms

February 18, 2022
… County Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from at least December 2020 until February 11, 2021, Rushdan … and picking up bags at the apartment while traveling to and from drug trafficking locations. On February 11, 2021, law …
February 18, 2022
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Final Defendant in a Harford County Drug Conspiracy

February 09, 2022
… regarding the purchase of three ounces of crack cocaine from co-defendant Hammond were intercepted.  Bolden had … transported money to Hammond and received a small backpack from Hammond, which investigators believed contained the …
February 09, 2022
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Two Indicted on Drug Conspiracy and Other Charges in Landmark Case Following Fentanyl Overdose Death

January 27, 2022
… – A brother and sister were arrested on charges stemming from an investigation by federal and local law enforcement … 2021, death of a 20-year-old woman in Southeast Washington from acute Fentanyl intoxication. According to the …
January 27, 2022
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Leader of Wholesale Drug Distribution Network Pleads Guilty to Distributing Synthetic Cannabinoids and Laundering Millions in Proceeds

November 02, 2021
… of the sale of that spice. According to court documents, from 2017 through November 2019, Joseph Ruis, 56, was the … The spice connected to this conspiracy caused an individual from New Hampshire to fatally overdose. Ruis controlled the …
November 02, 2021
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Penn North Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison

September 14, 2021
… to his plea agreement, in July 2019, investigators from Drug Enforcement Administration’s Strike Force Group 1 … October 2019, investigators conducted controlled purchases from co-conspirators who had discussed drug trafficking with …
September 14, 2021
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Physician Assistant Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute and Dispense Oxycodone, Fentanyl, Methadone, and Alprazolam

August 26, 2021
… as a physician assistant with Drs. Rosen and Hoffberg from 2011 to 2018, where he treated patients during … pleaded guilty on June 9, 2021, to accepting kick-backs from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for prescribing a …
August 26, 2021
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Essex Man Pleads Guilty To Crack Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

July 01, 2021
… Harford County Narcotics Task Force received authorization from a Circuit Court County Judge to intercept wire and … individual obtaining two to three ounces of crack cocaine from Hammond, the source of supply for the DTO. Hammond met …
July 01, 2021
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Baltimore man sentenced to prison after agents recovered fentanyl he hid in an illegal taxi

February 05, 2020
… were going.  Young answered that the driver was a friend from school and that she was giving him a ride home.  … she retrieved the bag.  The officer saw that, aside from the driver’s wallet and some personal items, the bag …
February 05, 2020
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Possible meth lab found in Hagerstown Maryland

November 06, 2019
… Clandestine Laboratory Team (consisting of Special Agents from the DEA Hagerstown Resident Office and Task Force Officers from the Washington County Narcotics Task Force) responded …
November 06, 2019
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Greene County Man Indicted for Possessing Over 10,000 Fentanyl Pills and a Kilogram of Fentanyl Powder

January 12, 2023
… alarming rate and our Virginia communities are not immune from its devastation. By arresting Mr. Woodson and removing this poison from our streets, we are effectively saving many lives. We …
January 12, 2023
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DEA Announces “360 Strategy” In Charleston To Huntington, West Virginia Tri-County Area

February 15, 2017
… enforcement; and both education and medical professionals from the Charleston to Huntington Tri-county areas. “The … better than anyone else the toll this epidemic extracts from their communities,” said Special Agent-in-Charge …
February 15, 2017
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American Express Bank International Enters Into Deferred Prosecution Agreement And Forfeits $55 Million To Resolve Bank Secrecy Act Violations

August 06, 2007
… uphold their responsibility to safeguard financial markets from the illegal activities of international drug cartels … will continue to work to stop financial institutions from knowingly disregarding their obligations to have these …
August 06, 2007
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Maryland Science Center To Host DEA Exhibit

January 29, 2014
… the world. Visitors will experience a drug investigation from start to finish, helping them understand the … in a simulated MRI machine and view real wreckage from a drug-related car accident. A portion of Target …
January 29, 2014