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Transnational drug trafficker sentenced to 25 years for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine and for money laundering

December 19, 2018
… by a 5-year term of court supervision after he is released from federal prison. Upon completion of his sentence, … disclosed during court proceedings, this case arose from a joint investigation into the Ivan Calvillo …
December 19, 2018
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Washington state based research laboratory and owner indicted for falsifying opioid addiction drug research trials

November 09, 2018
… alternative treatment for daily opioid users who suffered from chronic pain. The indictment charges that the … the study and obtain over a quarter of a million dollars from the drug company that was sponsoring the study. The … false and fraudulent documentation to hide the fraud from the sponsor, monitors, and federal regulators. The …
November 09, 2018
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DEA Collects Eight Tons Of Medicine In Los Angeles Area During Third Drug Take-Back Event

November 04, 2011
… partners have removed 40,971 (20.5 tons) of medication from circulation in the Los Angeles area in the past 13 … area, local law enforcement agencies and community groups from Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, … majority of teens who abuse prescription drugs obtain them from family and friends for free, including from the home …
November 04, 2011
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Southern District Of Georgia Announces Largest Hospital Drug Diversion Civil Penalty In U.S. History

May 16, 2018
… Office can take to discourage other healthcare providers from engaging in such reckless behavior.” “At a time when … that controlled substances are tracked and safeguarded from theft or loss and are not diverted for illegal uses,” … Matthew G. Reddish led the investigation with assistance from Diversion Investigators George Zuban and Tierra …
May 16, 2018
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pill During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 04, 2018
… go to www.deatakeback.com. “More people die each year from prescription pain killer overdoses than from illegal drugs because they believe that taking a … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
May 04, 2018
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Four Defendants Plead Guilty For Their Roles In A Major Drug Trafficking Operation In Lockport, NY

May 05, 2018
… network. Westbrook obtained cocaine and crack cocaine from several sources of supply in Atlanta, Georgia, North Carolina and New York City and from a local source of supply in Niagara Falls. Westbrook … the defendant jumped off a second story balcony and fled from law enforcement but was captured immediately. A search …
May 05, 2018
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Sinaloa Cartel Trafficker Sentenced

April 06, 2018
… for shipping methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin from Mexico for importation into San Diego. According to … members making arrangements for tractor-trailers to travel from Sinaloa, Mexico to Baja California, Mexico, carrying … flew into Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport from Guadalajara, Mexico. On August 14, 2017, the day …
April 06, 2018
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 07, 2018
… - simply by disposing of unwanted prescription medications from their medicine cabinets,” said DEA Acting Administrator … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
May 07, 2018
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th Annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 04, 2018
… - simply by disposing of unwanted prescription medications from their medicine cabinets,” said DEA Acting Administrator … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
May 04, 2018
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Federal Jury Finds Artesia Woman Guilty On Methamphetamine Trafficking Charges

July 09, 2014
… dealer arranged to purchase a half ounce of methamphetamine from Chavez in Artesia.  After negotiating an $800 price for … driven by Hernandez.  After Chavez obtained the $800 from the undercover agent, he went to the vehicle and got the methamphetamine from Hernandez.  Chavez then delivered the methamphetamine …
July 09, 2014
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El Paso Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Participating In Las Cruces-Based Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring

August 12, 2014
… participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy from Jan. 2012 through May 2012.  According to a superseding … 2012, members of the conspiracy transported methamphetamine from El Paso, Texas, and Phoenix, Ariz. to Doña Ana County, … with others to bring large quantities of methamphetamine from Texas and Arizona to New Mexico so that the drugs could …
August 12, 2014
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Davon Lymon On Narcotics Trafficking And Firearms Charges

December 03, 2015
… Bernalillo County, N.M.  At the time, Lymon was prohibited from possessing firearms because he previously has been … by the Albuquerque office of ATF and APD, with assistance from the Albuquerque office of the FBI, the U.S. Marshals … prosecution with the goal of removing repeat offenders from communities in New Mexico for as long as possible.  …
December 03, 2015
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McKesson Agrees To Pay Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs

January 17, 2017
… requires McKesson to suspend sales of controlled substances from distribution centers in Colorado, Ohio, Michigan and … are unusual in their frequency, size, or other patterns. From 2008 until 2013, McKesson supplied various U.S. …
January 17, 2017
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Cleveland Area Residents Indicted In Poly-Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

January 24, 2013
… led group that trafficked heroin, cocaine and marijuana from Chicago to Cleveland; also faces money laundering and … that is accused of bringing cocaine, heroin and marijuana from Chicago and selling it in Cleveland, said Steven M. … 2012, according to the indictment. The defendants are from Cleveland unless otherwise noted.  The indictment …
January 24, 2013
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West Michigan Pharmacy Owner And Eight Additional Employees Indicted For Conspiracy To Misbrand Controlled Substance Pharmaceutical Drugs

November 21, 2013
… named employees arranged for unused drugs to be picked up from adult foster care and nursing homes and that these … of the defendants took actions to conceal this conduct from employees and the homes by undertaking the sorting of … sentenced three semi-retired pharmacists to fines ranging from $15,000 to $30,000 on charges of felony misbranding of …
November 21, 2013
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Northern Ohio Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Hundreds Of Thousands Of Opiate Painkillers And Other Pills

October 20, 2014
… purpose, even after he learned some customers had died from overdose-related deaths, law enforcement officials … Oxycontin, Percocet, Roxicet, Opana, and others-from Adolph Harper’s medical offices in Akron between 2009 … a drug dealer who happened to wear a white coat and worked from a medical office instead of a street corner,” said …
October 20, 2014
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Leader Of Large Poly-Drug Trafficking Organization With Direct Ties To Mexican Cartel Receives Sentence Of 29 Years In Federal Prison

August 06, 2015
… jury trial.  The evidence at trial established that, from October 2012, through May 16, 2014, Lara-Chavez led a … at trial also established that the group shipped marijuana, from Texas and California, to locations in Ohio and … marijuana field in Sardinia, Ohio; and brought heroin, from Columbus, Ohio, to northern Kentucky for distribution. …
August 06, 2015
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Six Indicted In Large Ohio Drug Conspiracy

March 01, 2017
… of 17 kilograms of cocaine and over half a million dollars from this group indicates that they were part of a large, … they were serious drug traffickers, but law enforcement from across Northeast Ohio was able to work together to stop … the combined efforts, hard work and dedication of agents from the Medina County Drug Task Force, Ohio Bureau of …
March 01, 2017
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Mallinckrodt Agrees To Pay $35 Million Record Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs And For Recordkeeping Violations

July 11, 2017
… are unusual in their frequency, size, or other patterns. From 2008 until 2011, the U.S. alleged, Mallinckrodt … at the next level in the supply chain, typically sales from distributors to independent and small chain pharmacy …
July 11, 2017
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Federal Grand Jury Charges Owner Of Several North Texas Pill Mills With Drug Distribution Conspiracy And Firearm Charges

September 22, 2016
… Awareness Week, in which it seeks to prevent new victims from succumbing to addiction and highlight its ongoing … drug distribution conspiracy and firearm charges stemming from his operation of several “pill mills” in north Texas, …
September 22, 2016
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Heroin Dealer Connected To The Overdose Death Of A Texas Woman Is Arrested On Federal Drug Charge

October 30, 2016
… Administration on a federal criminal complaint stemming from her selling the heroin that caused a young woman’s … Parker.  “You have my word that every time someone dies from a drug overdose in this district, my office will do … negotiated, in text messages, to buy a “dub” and a “point” from an individual, later identified as “A.J.”  A “dub” is …
October 30, 2016
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Three Sentenced In Opioid "Pill Mill" Case, Including Dallas Doctor

May 26, 2017
… pain pills first. Those who divert legitimate drugs from their lawful, therapeutic purposes to illicit, deadly … accordingly.”    According to documents filed in the case, from approximately January 2013 through July 2014, Andrews, … by a superseding indictment.  The indictment alleged that from at least May 2013 through July 2014, the defendants …
May 26, 2017
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DEA-Led Investigation Results In Convictions For 2 In “Pill Mill”

July 21, 2017
… drug distribution conspiracy. That indictment alleged that from at least January 2013 through July 2014, the defendants … been sentenced.  The defendants received sentences ranging from time served to 140 months imprisonment.   According to … or as otherwise authorized by law but instead received them from co-conspirators. This Organized Crime Drug Enforcement …
July 21, 2017
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La Familia Michoacan Drug Cartel Leader Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Charges

September 18, 2017
… Michoacán.”  “The cartel leadership in Mexico is not immune from our reach,” said U.S. Attorney Parker.  “It may take … The act also prohibits U.S. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with Rueda-Medina, … States on January 27, 2017. According to plea documents, from September 2007 through October 21, 2009, Rueda-Medina …
September 18, 2017
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16 Charged In Alleged Large Scale Marijuana Trafficking Organization

June 19, 2014
… for distribution of marijuana and other illicit drugs from McAllen to Houston and the transportation of bulk cash from Houston to south Texas.” The joint DEA/HSI - led … bet the ranch on being able to traffic tons of marijuana from the border up through our cities are now feeling the …
June 19, 2014
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El Paso Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 293 Months In Federal Prison

June 02, 2017
… forfeit to the Government proceeds and property derived from his drug transportation business including $2.4 million … revealed that David Lopez had been transporting marijuana from El Paso, Texas to cities in the United States from August 2001 until August 2015.  Lopez utilized …
June 02, 2017
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Detention Ordered For El Paso Defendant Charged In Cocaine/heroin Trafficking Indictment

September 28, 2017
… in cocaine and heroin throughout the El Paso area from April 2014 through July 2015 announced United States … smuggled large quantities of heroin and cocaine from Juarez into El Paso, Texas, and distributed the drugs … to be scheduled. These federal and state charges resulted from an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) …
September 28, 2017
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Last Of Los Zetas Money Launderers Ordered To Prison

March 27, 2013
… revealed the organization shipped multiple loads of cocaine from Mexico to major distribution centers in the United … a total of approximately $21 million was seized from various tractor trailer drivers, other couriers and … for the Organization and coordinated the cash deliveries from the Chicago area to Laredo totaling approximately $6 …
March 27, 2013
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Wheat Ridge Doctor, Previous Staff Member, And Two Others Indicted For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

May 24, 2011
… recovered in total $287,675 in cash and $7,226.38 from miscellaneous bank accounts. The indictment alleges … Lincoln Continental, with such property having been derived from proceeds of a specified unlawful activity, that is the … to the investigation of those who profit substantially from this criminal enterprise.” “This is a great example of …
May 24, 2011
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A Martin County Resident Was Arrested For Running A Butane Hash Oil Laboratory And Weapons Charges

March 06, 2015
… received a call, regarding an explosion originating from an apartment in Stuart, Florida.  In the apartment, … resins containing (THC), the active psychoactive compound, from marijuana buds and plant matter by passing liquid … amounts are required in the process of extracting the resin from the raw marijuana, explosions and fires from accidents …
March 06, 2015