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Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Selling Fentanyl That Killed One Woman, Hospitalized Another

… to another person who reported that she thought she was buying the painkiller oxycodone. That woman later went to …
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Ohio Man Sentenced to 65 Months in Prison for Swapping Fentanyl, Cash for Counterfeit Pills

… Fleissig on Thursday sentenced an Ohio man who arranged to buy 200,000 counterfeit pills to five years and five months …
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Guilty Plea from Dealer Who Sold Fatal Dose of Fentanyl

… another person. That woman would testify that she wanted to buy oxycodone from Hovis and that Hovis said he was …
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Man Admits Laundering Money for Drug Dealers in St. Louis

… assets worth about $2.6 million by using drug profits to buy real estate, vehicles and other assets and using his …
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Man Involved in Drug Conspiracy that Killed Three in St. Louis Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

… used Facebook to pick their targets and then arranged to buy marijuana from their victims. On Feb. 25, 2021, Little …
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New Jersey Man Admits to Conspiring with India-Based Company to Mail Illicit Pharmaceutical Meds to U.S.

… a prescription and mailed from India is not someone to buy anything from. Laundering his illegal proceeds back to …
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Second Man Admits Drug Conspiracy that Killed Three in St. Louis

… with each other, pick their targets and then arrange to buy marijuana from their victims. On Feb. 25, 2021, Little …
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Man Admits Methamphetamine Sales, Gun Charge

… room, and a woman who told authorities she was there to buy methamphetamine was arrested inside the room. A …
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Man Convicted of All Charges Related to One Fatal, Two Nonfatal Fentanyl Overdoses

… them cocaine and R.P. believed that cocaine was what he was buying. About 40 minutes later, R.P. and N.B. were spotted …
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Missouri Man Charged in Suspected Overdose Death of Mother of Three

… messages in which the victim told Carpenter she wanted to buy fentanyl, charging documents say. Carpenter was arrested …
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Drug Dealer Who Mailed Meth Sentenced to More Than 7 Years in Prison

… 12, 2019, DEA agents utilized a confidential source to buy $1,200 worth of crystal methamphetamine from Neal and …
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Springfield Woman Sentenced to 16 Years for Heroin Conspiracy

… officers utilized confidential sources to make controlled buys of heroin from Steed and others, and conducted …
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Missouri man sentenced for distributing heroin resulting in death

… Natoli stated that he provided the money up front to buy the heroin and then drove Miller around to sell it. …
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Franklin County man pleads guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute meth

… County, Missouri. Investigators conducted controlled buys of methamphetamine from Campbell and Spencer in and …
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Leader of the Rodriguez Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 10 years for Drug Conspiracy and Money Laundering

… cash obtained from drug trafficking to a straw purchaser to buy cars, including a BMW. Ivan Rodriguez, Jr. will be …
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Illegal Immigrant Sentenced to More Than 2 Years for Trafficking Drugs at a Public Housing Development in Portsmouth

… deserve better than to be endangered by those dealing and buying dangerous narcotics nearby. We will continue to …
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Pill Distributor Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Trafficking Tens of Thousands of Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… Diaz posing as a potential drug customer seeking to buy counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl. On …
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Felon Pleads Guilty in Connection to Distributing Crack Cocaine, the Illegal Possession of Four Firearms, Ammunition, and a Glock Switch

… they found money that had been used in the controlled buys, four firearms, ammunition, magazines and other firearm …
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North Carolina Man sentenced to Federal Prison for Distributing Opioids through the Dark Web

… poison are caught and prosecuted.” “Use of the Dark Web for buying and selling illegal drugs is a growing menace that …
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Indiana Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 35 Years for Distribution Resulting in the Overdose of a Kentucky Woman

… near-death overdose, Matlock continued to invite Lindsey to buy heroin laced with fentanyl. On Feb. 28, 2021, EMS and …
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Three Sentenced in Austin for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in 18 Year Old’s Death

… Drug Enforcement Administration agents conducted controlled-buys with Lee and Zepeda, indicating that the two were …
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Henderson County Methamphetamine Distributor is Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… a confidential source to arrange multiple controlled buys of methamphetamine from Nalley. On December 22, 2021, …
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth

… June 2021 and April 2022, the DEA conducted 13 controlled buys from the distributors working for Bernal, for a total …
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Federal Jury Convicts St. Louis County Man of Dealing Fatal Dose of Heroin and Fentanyl

… on Aug. 15 and 16 of 2018 in which the victim arranged to buy opiates from Kinney. Kinney sold heroin and fentanyl to …
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Tri-Cities Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

… meetings with Gonzales as well as two separate controlled buys, where Gonzales sold the confidential source at total …
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Mariah Ferry sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for kidnapping and brutal beating of two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

… contacted M.T. under a ruse that Smothermon wanted to buy marijuana from M.T.  When M.T. arrived at Smothermon’s …
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Chase Smothermon sentenced to 45 years for abducting, torturing and killing one victim, brutally beating a second

… in records as M.T., under a ruse that Smothermon wanted to buy marijuana from him.  When M.T. arrived at Smothermon’s …
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Three Convicted in $500,000 Mexican Cartel Weapon Scheme

… the sale of a ranch in Mexico and they were planning to buy land in Laredo to build a home. Perez-Ortiz later …
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East Bay Resident Found Guilty of Attempting to Help Smuggle Cocaine Through Bay Area Airports

… drug trafficker who would fly to the Bay Area to buy cocaine and needed a quick way to transport it back to …
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Illinois Ice Meth Dealer Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison

… that Wright worked with associates to pool money to buy larger quantities of methamphetamine and would …