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Cincinnati Man Receives 12 Year Prison Sentence For Oxycodone Distribution Scheme

… - (571) 362-0443 Nicholas Sandlin directed others to travel from Ohio to Florida, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Kansas pain … prison term.    Sandlin admitted to conspiring with others from December of 2011, through February of 2013, to … to pain clinics in Florida, in which numerous individuals from the Greater Cincinnati area would obtain similar …
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Leader Of Large Prescription Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison

… that smuggled large quantities of Alprolazam (Xanax) from Mexico to Kentucky and Tennessee dating back to 1996 … trafficking organization, which brought prescription drugs from Mexico to eastern Kentucky and northern Tennessee for … firearms, vehicles, and other property. King admitted that, from around 1996 until September of 2013, he developed a …
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DEA To Hold 10TH National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… and Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th DETROIT - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Seventh Member Of Ohio Oxycodone Money Laundering Conspiracy Pleads

… to participating in a conspiracy to launder the proceeds from the illegal sale of dangerous painkillers, including … According to court documents, Castro deposited the proceeds from the illegal sale of oxycodone to a bank account in … by someone Castro knew was illegally trafficking pills from Las Vegas to Columbus. Castro pleaded guilty to one …
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Two Defendants Sentenced In Opioid Pill Mill Case

… by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater stemming from their involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced … drug distribution conspiracy.  That indictment alleged that from at least May 2013 through July 2014, the defendants … in Brady, Texas, he and Barron transferred the oxycodone from the prescription bottle labelled for the other …
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

… on Drug Use and Health.  And more Americans died in 2010 from overdoses of prescription (22,134, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers) than from motor vehicle accidents, says the Centers for Disease …
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“Shrek” Receives Significant Sentence In Operation El Patron

… drug and international money laundering charges resulting from a long-term Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task … organization. He assisted with a drug conspiracy, existing from 2006 to 2010, that shipped cocaine, marijuana and U.S. currency from Mexico through Laredo to Atlanta, Ga., and throughout …
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Laredo Resident Sentenced For Distributing Controlled Substances Near School

… the criminal activity. The government presented testimony from the case agent and the undercover agent who testified … information in March 2012 that drugs were being sold from the Serna residence on Bartlett Avenue, which was located just a block away from a public middle school and a public high school. …
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More Los Zetas Money Launderers Convicted, Others Head To Prison

… who transported bulk cash drug proceeds in tractor trailers from the Chicago, Ill., area to Laredo. Casarez then … as a commercial truck driver who transported drug proceeds from the Chicago area to Laredo. Santos was implicated in … for the organization and coordinated the cash deliveries from the Chicago area to Laredo totaling approximately $6 …
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19 Arrested In Connection With Austin-Based Cocaine Distribution And Bulk Cash Smuggling Operation

… count of bulk cash smuggling. The indictment alleges that from January 2009 to the present the defendants conspired to … multiple sources of cocaine smuggled into the United States from Mexico. Authorities allege that in addition to … Florida and Alabama for further distribution. Proceeds from the sale of the cocaine were transported back to Austin …
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Denver Woman Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Prescription And Illicit Drugs

… of confidants who would obtain controlled substances, all from the same medical doctor.  The confidants would then … officers observed Hee and a co-defendant sell the narcotics from an SUV in various parking lots.  As part of the … (commonly known as ecstasy), cocaine, and marijuana from Hee and her co-defendant.  Some of the sales took place …
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Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

… to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers. … (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,829 locations … with DEA on the event.  When added to the collections from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 2.8 …
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Longmont Police Department And DEA Arrest Doctor For Oxycodone Distribution

… 778-1500 Indictment alleges doctor illegally distributed from his practice LONGMONT, Colo. - The Longmont Police … of Oxycodone, a schedule II controlled substance, from his medical practice.  The arrest was based on a Grand Jury Indictment from the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office.  The …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Sets New Record

… or approximately 17.7 tons of medicines that were prevented from being diverted for abuse, misuse, or accidental … drug abusers report in surveys that they get their drugs from friends and family.  Americans understand that cleaning out old prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, kitchen drawers, and bedside tables …
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Naples Man Pleads Guilty In Connection With Sunshine Pharmacy Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

… been scheduled.           According to the 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 … and caused claims to be submitted for reimbursement from these programs for prescriptions for beneficiaries and …
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Three Sentenced In Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… approximately two to four kilograms of methamphetamine from Atlanta to Panama City Beach on approximately 10 … up at Love’s apartment carrying cash in amounts ranging from approximately $4,000 to $13,900, for the purchase of methamphetamine from Love.  Kreis and Bettinger admitted that they had …
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Alleged Newark Drug Dealer And Associates Indicted In Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

… the calls, agents overheard Pender agreeing to buy heroin from Bassett. They also observed Pender meet with Bassett on … Special agents were also able to track Pender’s movements from New Jersey to the Monroeville area on December 9, 2009, … of approximately four kilograms of heroin, which was seized from the recipient. Several hours later, Pender was observed …
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Head Pharmacist Of West Orange Pharmacy Sentenced To 37 Months In Prison For Selling Oxycodone Without Prescriptions

… $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.   On at least six separate occasions from Feb. 1, 2012, to August 6, 2012, Stefanelli sold …
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Former NY Law Firm Partner Admits To Conspiring To Defraud Two Law Firms Out Of More Than $7 Million

… litigation support companies to obtain millions of dollars from two law firms where she was a partner. Keila Ravelo, … for a company identified in the indictment as “Law Firm 1” from July 1, 2005, through October 2010. She then became …
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DEA New Jersey Welcomes New Special Agent In Charge

… first female SAC for DEA in New Jersey.  “I am originally from the Boston area and I am glad to be back in the … In 2016, approximately 1,900 residents of New Jersey died from an opioid overdose.  SAC Nickerson said, “We will … in as a Special Agent in the Boston Division, and graduated from the DEA Academy in Quantico, Virginia.  Upon graduating …
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Guatemalan Drug Smuggler Convicted

… According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, from a date unknown to September 2011, Hernandez-Preciado … organized a series of maritime cocaine smuggling shipments from Ecuador to Guatemala. Specifically on May 19, 2011, a …            Evidence presented at trial included testimony from members of the USCG, wiretap intercepts conducted by …
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Bahamian And Jamaican Nationals Charged With Marijuana Importation

… announce the indictment of Quinton Jamal Mitchell, 31, from Sweeting's Cay Settlement, Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas, and LeRoy Anthony Edwards, 56, from Kingston, Jamaica. Mitchell and Edwards were arraigned … Mitchell. Upon arriving to shore, Mitchell ran away from the scene. A second male later identified as LeRoy …
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

… on Drug Use and Health. And more Americans died in 2010 from overdoses of prescription (22,134, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers) than from motor vehicle accidents, says the Centers for Disease …
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Chattanooga Drug Dealer Whose Heroin Led To Death Pleads Guilty

… Rachels.  Rachels gave a portion of the heroin she received from Corbett to Logan Whiteaker, who drove her to the drug … was found on the bathroom counter. Whiteaker graduated from Hamilton County Drug Court less than 24 hours prior to … Enforcement Administration, and its task force partners from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, the Tennessee …
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Central Falls Man Charged With Conspiring To Traffic Five To Seven Kilos Of Cocaine

… R.I., man in a conspiracy to arrange for a drug runner from Rhode Island to travel to England and then Aruba to … traffic between five and seven kilograms of cocaine from Aruba to England. As part of the alleged conspiracy, … in England last summer to arrange for a person to travel from Boston to England and then on to Aruba to pick up a …
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Doctor, Physician Assistant Charged With Fraudulently Obtaining And Distributing Prescription Medicines

… Rhode Island Hospital. According to the affidavit, an agent from the DEA learned in June that Dr. Villarreal was … that the prescriptions were written on prescription pads from Rhode Island Hospital and were allegedly forged with … show at least 89 prescriptions filled at various pharmacies from July 2009 through June 2011. This matter is being …
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Drug Trafficker Receives Seventeen-Year Sentence For Distributing Drugs In Vincennes Area

… Methamphetamine, Cocaine, and Marijuana Transported from Mississippi to Indiana INDIANAPOLIS, MN. - A 17-year … that operated in the Washington and Vincennes area from April, 2009 through July, 2010. Eason obtained methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana from the Coldwater, Mississippi area and had the substances …
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Hartford Heroin Distributor Sentenced To 8+ Years

… and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction. According to court … documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from a DEA Hartford Task Force investigation into a drug … On May 13, 2015, one of Jerrick’s associates traveled from Hartford to New York City where law enforcement …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… Vermont Burlington - (802) 951-2900 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th BOSTON - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Firearms Traffickers Sentenced To Federal Prison

… Providence today for trafficking more than a dozen firearms from North Carolina into Providence between November 2014 … February 2015, and the interruption of the flow of firearms from North Carolina to an apartment in the Hartford Park … of the flow of illegal firearms into Providence from Greenville, North Carolina, and the arrest of Kinmonte …