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Three Co-Conspirators Sentenced For Distributing Heroin And Crack Cocaine In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

… distribution in the Escanaba and Houghton, Michigan areas from the beginning of 2015 through November 2015. The investigation revealed that couriers and dealers from the Detroit and Flint areas brought heroin and crack … local residents as the drugs were distributed. Detectives from the UPSET drug team and special agents from the DEA …
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DEA And Partners Across Michigan Continue Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 29, from 10 A.M.  to 2 P.M.  local time, at over 5,000 sites … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
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DEA And Partners Across Kentucky Work To Prevent Drug Abuse Prescription Drug Take Back Day Is This Saturday

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 29, from 10 A.M.  to 2 P.M.  local time, at over 5,000 sites … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
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Four In Major Columbus Marijuana Trafficking Ring Plead Guilty

… ring that involved receiving UPS shipments of the drug from Las Vegas and mailing cash back to the supplier. Justin … 2016, investigators documented 264 packages sent via UPS from Las Vegas to Columbus. Those packages contained a total … in Las Vegas. Investigators documented 41 packages shipped from Columbus to Las Vegas during the same timeframe. On …
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Suburban Detroit Doctor Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Distribution Of Prescription Pills

… acknowledged that she earned approximately $200,000 from the scheme to distribute oxycodone.  She also … and distribution of prescription drugs.” "More people die from overdoses of prescription drugs in America than from overdoses of all other drugs combined,” Lemisch said. …
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DEA In Kentucky With Law Enforcement And Community Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… Throughout Kentucky DETROIT - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time DEA and its local law … is one of the best ways to prevent a member of your family from becoming a victim of the opioid epidemic,” said DEA … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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DEA Continues Its Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 29, from 10 am to 2 pm, at over 5,000 sites around the country. … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms. The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
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78 Months In Prison For Participation In Pill Mill Ring

… drug distribution conspiracy. That indictment alleged that from at least January 2013 through July 2014, the defendants … negotiated to purchase a quantity of oxycodone 30mg pills from co-conspirator Cornelius Robinson, her supplier. … purchasing additional quantities of oxycodone 30 mg pills from Robinson in both March and May of 2014 that she …
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Amarillo Man Sentenced To 189 Months In Federal Prison For Role In Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

… was conducted to purchase 20 pounds of methamphetamine from Bravo-Farias, an illegal immigrant, and Terrazas. When … on them. The residence was used as a conversion lab from liquid to crystal methamphetamine. During an interview, … operation. Amparan stated that he received all the money from the sale of methamphetamine and transported the money …
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Two Men Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Sentences For Their Roles In A Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

… was conducted to purchase 20 pounds of methamphetamine from Bravo-Farias and Terrazas. When law enforcement agents … on them. The residence was used as a conversion lab from liquid to crystal methamphetamine. During an interview, … operation. Amparan stated that he received all the money from the sale of methamphetamine and transported the money …
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Brownsville Man Sentenced On Federal Drug Charges

… a 1,000 pound marijuana load, which was forcibly hijacked from them by unknown individuals on Dec. 11, 2012. One month … to deposit drug profits. Juarez then made deposits stemming from narcotics proceeds from a successful marijuana load delivered to Taylor in …
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest Eight In Connection With Gonzales Cocaine, Heroin And Methamphetamine Distribution Operation

… with this investigation. These charges and arrests resulted from an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement … and the Gonzales Police Department with assistance from the following agencies:  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, … United States Marshals Service; Sheriff’s Departments from Comal, Guadalupe, Gonzalez and Kendall counties; Police …
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Four Laredoans Arrested In Money Laundering Conspiracy

… 22, 2014. The indictment accuses all of conspiring together from about December 2010 through about March 2013 to operate … Cerda are also charged with conspiring to launder proceeds from illegal activity from November 2010 to September 2014. The indictment alleges …
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U.S. Seizes Investment Account Of Former Mexican Governor’s Political Appointee

… transaction, that the property constitutes or was derived from proceeds traceable to offenses including bribery of a … The complaint alleges Tamez transferred bribe monies from Mexico into the account in the United States.  ITAVU is … as the director of ITAVU, Tamez would receive bribe money from the government contractors who received contracts from …
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Federal Jury Convicts San Juan Man Of Drug Trafficking

… of firearm by a felon. The jury heard testimony yesterday from the DEA case agent that on March 3, 2011, the agent … received information that marijuana was about to be moved from a stash house along the Rio Grande River near San Juan … the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge approximately a quarter mile from the Rio Grande River. According to testimony, the …
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Former Sheriff’s Deputies, Convicted Felons, Indicted For Drug Conspiracy, Firearms Possession

… in Police Car— McALLEN, TX - Two former deputy sheriffs from Duval County, Texas, have been indicted on charges of … Carrillo, for Silva to transport 10 kilograms of cocaine from Mission and smuggle the cocaine north through the … Both Tovar brothers are convicted felons and are prohibited from possessing firearms. Additionally, the indictment …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… Day which will take place on Saturday, September 29, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This is a great opportunity for … have removed over 1.5 million (774 tons) of medication from circulation. "While a uniform system for prescription … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Couple Handed Lengthy Sentences In International Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… Gallegos and husband, to transport the cocaine she received from Mexico to various points in the United States including … On June 6, 2011, approximately 25 kilograms of cocaine from the Gallegos Drug Trafficking Organization was intercepted en route from Harlingen to St. Louis by agents with the Drug …
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Wheat Ridge Doctor Pleads Guilty For The Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… in a monetary transaction in property criminally derived from proceeds of a specified unlawful activity, U.S. … not to contest the seizure of a building, currency, funds from bank accounts, two vehicles, and gold and silver coins, totaling more than $300,000 in ill-gotten proceeds from his criminal scheme. “The diversion of pharmaceutical …
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Federal Jury Finds Orlando Men Guilty Of Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine And Possession Of Firearms

… Robinson and Woodard had a long standing relationship from at least 2008 through mid-September 2014, during which … Task Force seized $69,880 in cash and three loaded firearms from Woodard as he traveled to a cocaine deal. During the … by the DEA Orlando District Office, with assistance from the North Florida HIDTA, which is comprised of …
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Collier County Man Sentenced To Six Years In Connection With Sunshine Pharmacy Health Care Fraud

… on February 18, 2015.   According to his plea agreement, from February 2009 through July 2012, Adam Parrish conspired … and caused claims to be submitted for reimbursement from the Medicaid, Medicare, and TRICARE programs for … three occasions, to acquire or obtain controlled substances from pharmacies in Collier County.    Delmer Parrish and …
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Pharmacist Admits Multiple Sales Of Oxycodone Without A Prescription, Agrees To Forfeit $1.5 Million

… $1.5 million, consisting of illegal profits obtained from his illegal sales of oxycodone and his submission of … substance when presented with a written prescription from a doctor. From February 1, 2012, to August 6, 2012, on …
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New Jersey Leaders Encourage Residents To Spring Clean Their Medicine Cabinet In The First New Jersey Prescription Drug Spring Cleaning Initiative

… main causes has been ease of access to these medications from the medicine cabinet at home.  We can all do our part … drug abuse an epidemic, reporting that the death toll from overdoses of prescription painkillers has more than … in the past decade and more than 40 people die every day from overdoses involving narcotic pain relievers. According …
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Mulberry Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking

… up the cocaine.  The investigation revealed that Head drove from Clearwater and picked up Hampton in Mulberry.  Hampton … County.  Head then left with most of the cocaine. Officers from the Clearwater Police Department later conducted a … the cocaine they had purchased in Miami earlier in the day) from underneath the passenger seat of the vehicle. On August …
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Bahamian National Arrested After Boat Capsizes And Marijuana Bales Wash Ashore

… (ICE-HSI), announce the arrest of Quinton Mitchell, 31, from Sweeting’s Cay Settlement, Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas. … Mitchell. Upon arriving to shore, Mitchell ran away from the scene. A second male, later identified as LeRoy Edwards, a Jamaican national, was rescued from the surf and resuscitated by a good samaritan. Quinton …
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Seventh Person Pleads Guilty In Marijuana Smuggling Conspiracy

… yet been scheduled.           According to court documents, from 2011 to January 2013, Chad Sunyich arranged for … to be driven and flown to the Middle District of Florida, from California and Utah, for further distribution. In 2011, … organization. She worked with others to transport marijuana from California to Hillsborough County, Florida, by car, …
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Court Orders Forfeiture Of Henderson County Residence

… the civil complaint alleged illegal sales of oxycodone from the property, and also the recovery of large amounts of … digital scales, marijuana, alprazolam, and methamphetamine from the residence.  Finally, the civil complaint alleged … the stay.  The United States ultimately obtained agreement from Harvey and Vivian Hunt, the owners of the Jody Street …
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Federal, State Prosecutors Team Up To Prosecute One Of Rhode Island’s Largest Ever Cocaine Drug Bust

… F. Kilmartin today announced that senior drug prosecutors from both offices will jointly prosecute in federal court … developed information about the trafficking of cocaine from outside Rhode Island into the state, which led … and seized 65.07 kilos of cocaine and $1,245,100 in cash from two vehicles and a storage facility in North Kingstown. …
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Convicted Felon Charged With Trafficking Heroin, Firearm Charges In DEA Drug Task Force Investigation

… controlled purchases of varying amounts of heroin from Perez for between $2,500 and $4,000. In late July and … allegedly made to purchase a significant quantity of heroin from Perez for $9,200. On the day of the scheduled purchase, … vehicle and his two residences, the one he had just exited from and another in Johnston. In searching the vehicle, …
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Haverhill Resident Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy And Gun Conspiracy Charges

… 2015, and approximately 110 grams of cocaine were recovered from a vehicle he was operating. During the wiretap … dealer.  Intercepted calls showed that Rosario traveled from New Hampshire to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he obtained a firearm from Rojas.  A law enforcement officer later stopped Rosario …