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Oxycodone Trafficker Gets 24 Months In Prison

… to distribute oxycodone and distributing oxycodone from March 2009 to March 2010. According to court documents, … eight months involved undercover purchases of oxycodone from the defendants. On numerous occasions, the defendants … large quantities of oxycodone. The oxycodone was then sold from the men’s residences in Twin Falls. Latham and Simmons …
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Sureno 13 Street Gang Member Convicted Of Drug And Gun Crimes

… found additional oxycodone, approximately six inches away from a loaded handgun. The serial number on the handgun had … Rodriguez is a convicted felon, and thus was prohibited from possessing a firearm. The search of the apartment also … the Drug Enforcement (DEA), with the assistance of officers from the Seattle Police Department, Shoreline Police …
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Sacramento Men Indicted By Federal Grand Jury For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone in Alaska from November 2008 to September 29, 2010. Dantzler … arranged the travel of conspirators to carry oxycodone from Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland and Reno, Nevada to … to distribute at least 7,500 pills of oxycodone transported from the Sacramento area to Juneau for distribution. The law …
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Former Lewiston Pharmacist Sentenced For Stealing Hydrocodone

… by deception. The probation terms prohibit Jungert from being employed as a pharmacist and require him to … a substantial number of hydrocodone pills were missing from the store's inventory during the time Jungert was … Jungert filled hydrocodone prescriptions without requests from patients. As part of his plea agreement, Jungert paid …
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Heroin Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

… in distributing heroin. On November 29, 2009, officers from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office stopped … bundles. Officers also seized approximately $2,000 in cash from Medina and Banuelos-Escobar. Banuelos-Escobar and … Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with assistance from the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team and the Douglas …
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Florida Man Faces Life Sentence For Substance Linked To Overdose Death

… was created by mixing the fentanyl, which Brown purchased from China, together with other substances including a plant … fentanyl were shipped, or attempted to be shipped, by Brown from Florida to Alaska. On February 19, 2009, during the … a friend and drug customer of both Moores and Adams, died from an overdose of fentanyl. Analysis of M.C.’s blood …
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Wasilla Man Sentenced To 64 Months In Federal Prison For Attempting To Traffic Methamphetamine Into Alaska

… to re-establish the flow of methamphetamine to Alaska from Reese’s Mexican source of supply. Over a period of … months, Locklear negotiated to receive methamphetamine from a man he believed to be a conduit to Reese’s Mexican … had apparently not been deterred by his uncle’s conviction from attempting to continue and further his drug trafficking …
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Federal Grand Jury Hands Down Indictment Against Alleged Oxycodone Ring Operating In Fairbanks

… was imported, sold and distributed in Fairbanks, Alaska, from September 2008 to September 2010, and that the proceeds from the sales were laundered from September 2008 to about July 2010. Since May 2011, the …
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Pontoon Beach Woman Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

… plea revealed that on March 5, 2010, Bodie transported from Dallas, Texas, via a train, approximately 501 grams of … attempted to discreetly remove the packages of cocaine from her clothing and hide them behind boxes in the room. The cocaine was later retrieved by agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration. The investigation …
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Life Without Parole

… was the intended recipient of 8.9 kilograms of cocaine from co-conspirators in Oregon. The cocaine was intercepted … the package and discovering the sham, Coverson jumped from a second story window to elude law enforcement, … prior packages of cocaine that Coverson had received from this same source. Coverson has three prior felony drug …
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Former Pharmacy Technician Sentenced For Stealing Narcotics

… Oregon, was sentenced to prison for stealing narcotics from the Roseburg Veteran’s Affairs Hospital. Richardson is … and/or family. Based on review of the pharmacy records, from approximately January 2010 until June 2011, defendant … 6000 pills of Oxycodone, Clonazepam, Zolpidem and Oxycontin from the VA pharmacy that cost the VA $23,475. The narcotics …
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Sacramento Woman Sentenced To 38 Months In Prison For Role In Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… scale drug trafficking conspiracy transporting oxycodone from California for later sale in Juneau, Alaska. As part of the conspiracy, McGrath made multiple airline trips from California to Juneau carrying the oxycodone pills on … Seattle-(SEA-TAC) Airport where she was scheduled to fly from Juneau to California while in possession of …
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Former Deputy U.S. Marshal Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Yuba City Armed Robbery Of Marijuana Dealers

… for planning and participating in the robbery of marijuana from drug dealers in Yuba City, United States Attorney … revealed that Griffin was a deputy U.S. Marshal from south Florida. Court documents further indicate that before fleeing from the CHP, Griffin, Rackley and Jamison, wearing police …
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Fentanyl And Heroin Sold On Dark Web Marketplace

… methamphetamine on AlphaBay, and then mailed the narcotics from a post office in San Francisco to customers throughout … 2016, law enforcement made an undercover purchase of heroin from “Blime-Sub,” which was delivered to a post office box … was the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’(ICE) …
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Kern County Poly Drug Traffickers Found Guilty

… brought multi kilo quantities of meth, heroin, cocaine from Mexico FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned … truck driver, obtained heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine from Mexico for distribution here.  Jennings is a … six kilograms of heroin and 11 kilograms of cocaine seized from Jennings’ truck. This case is the product of an …
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Take Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs On October 28

… - (571) 387-3956 SAN FRANCISCO - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the DEA and its local law … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. DEA launched its …
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Kingsburg Brothers Sentenced For Drug Trafficking

… the forfeiture of a significant portion of assets derived from the Dablans’ drug trafficking activities: Three … Fresno, and Alexandria, Louisiana $75,553.00 in proceeds from the interlocutory sale of nine seized vehicles 16 … initiative, which consists of law enforcement agents from the DEA, Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, Fresno Police …
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Multi-County Marijuana Cultivation Case Update

… Marijuana Plants/Processed Marijuana/Assault Rifle Seized from Kern County Ranch (1:12-cr-299 LJO) - Jorge Alberto … Sheriff's Office. 907 Marijuana Plants/Firearm Seized from Stanislaus County Riverside Grow (Case No. 1:12-cr-342 … and purportedly medical marijuana recommendations from a doctor who has been charged in another federal case …
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Former Deputy U.S. Marshal Pleads Guilty To Yuba City Armed Robbery Of Marijuana Dealers

… financed, and participated in the robbery of marijuana from drug dealers. As also stated in his plea agreement, Griffin is a deputy U.S. Marshal from Florida. Griffin’s co-conspirators had earlier entered … Court documents further indicate that before fleeing from the CHP, Griffin, Rackley and Jamison wearing police …
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Columbia County Man Sentenced To 37 Months In Prison For Money Laundering Conspiracy

… Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Laundered illegal proceeds from marijuana distribution ALBANY, N.Y. - Michael Elcox, … proceeds through various bank accounts and moving cash from New York to Florida.  Federal agents seized more than … proceeds of Elcox’s illegal marijuana distribution, from locations in New York and Florida. The case was …
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“Marvin Gardens” Defendant Sentenced For Stockton Indoor Marijuana Growing Scheme

… This crime ring exported its criminal activities from the San Francisco Bay area to the Central Valley. This … Dickson Hung obtained personal identification information from Karen Lee, Ngai Hung, Wayne Feng, Wing Chan and other … Gardens has led to multiple indictments of defendants from the San Francisco Bay Area. Assistant United States …
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Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Ship Methamphetamine And Cocaine To The Philippines In Redwood City

… admitted that he obtained the methamphetamine and cocaine from an individual with the understanding that he would ship them to the Philippines, and he accepted money from the individual in return for arranging shipment of the drugs.  On August, 24, 2012, Uribe-Bautista traveled from Redwood City to the ABS-CBN International shipping …
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Sacramento Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Cocaine Trafficking

… had multiple kilograms of cocaine shipped in vans from California to Alaska. The vans were driven to Seattle and then shipped from Seattle to Alaska. When the cocaine arrived in Alaska, … 2006, Summerfield attempted to send 13 kilograms of cocaine from Elk Grove to Alaska using commercial shipping …
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Soccer Player Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

… - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - (571) 387-3956 Conviction Stems from Multi-Agency Investigation of South Valley Drug Dealers … Antonio Lopez-Florez, 34, a professional soccer player from Guadalajara, Mexico, and Ernesto Rocha, 21, of … led by the DEA Bakersfield Resident Office with assistance from U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) Office of Homeland …
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Two Sentenced For Heroin Offenses

… and the DEA’s Special Operations Division, with assistance from the Stanislaus County Drug Enforcement Agency, the … to court documents, the conspiracy formed a chain of supply from Michoacan, Mexico to the Modesto and the Bay Area. … addicts. The conspiracy came full-circle when the bulk cash from Bay Area heroin sales was smuggled back to Michoacan, …
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Madera Vineyard Marijuana Cultivator Sentenced For Firearm Possession

… sentenced Julio Ramirez Pérez, 33, an undocumented alien from Oaxaca, Mexico, to five years in prison to be followed … his co-defendant, Antonio Pérez, 40, an undocumented alien from Guanajuato, Mexico, who was also found on the property, … 2010 that focused primarily on the eradication of marijuana from public land. Other agencies that participated in …
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Two Defendants Involved in Pharmacy Burglary Ring Across Multiple States Are Sentenced to Serve a Combined Time of More Than 25 Years in Federal Prison

… organization that included documented gang members from the 5th Ward area in Houston, Texas. Investigators … hydrocodone, Adderall, and others—were stolen were stolen from pharmacies throughout the United States, including … The quantity of Schedule II controlled substances stolen from pharmacies and distributed has a street value of more …
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Steilacoom, Washington, Couple Sentenced to Prison for Leading Drug Trafficking Ring Tied to Aryan Prison Gangs

… today send a clear message: the only thing to be gained from these crimes is time behind bars. I am grateful to our … three kilos of heroin, and more than $330,000 in cash from eighteen locations in Washington and Arizona. The … body armor, ammunition, scopes, and tripods seized from their residence and a storage unit they used to store …
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Washington Jury Finds Mexican National with Ties to the Jalisco Cartel Guilty of Trafficking in Hundreds of Pounds of Fentanyl, Heroin, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine in Eastern Washington and Montana

… of imprisonment of life in prison. He may also face removal from the United States. The evidence presented at trial … of stealing more than thirty pounds of methamphetamine from the organization and to threaten to kill that the … “I was able to work on this case and the investigation from the outset,” stated Acting U.S. Attorney Richard …
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DEA’s Family Summits

February 11, 2025
… groups. These families are working to prevent others from experiencing the tragic loss of a loved one that they … the network. Second, please subscribe to receive updates from the Together for Families network. Third, encourage … Last year alone, it is predicted that 110,757 people died from a drug poisoning, with fentanyl and methamphetamine …
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