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Missouri Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Heroin Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

October 10, 2023
… 4,600 potentially lethal, 0.1-gram “doses” of the drug. Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at …
October 10, 2023
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Drug Ring Leader Sentenced to 21+ years in Prison

September 07, 2023
… kilograms of methamphetamine to Thompson in November 2020. Law enforcement recovered the suitcase while executing a …
September 07, 2023
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St. Louis Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Assaulting Deputy U.S. Marshals, Selling Methamphetamine

July 28, 2023
… any given moment.” Judge Schelp agreed, saying attacks on law enforcement “will not be something that will ever be …
July 28, 2023
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Final Defendant of Nine Pleads Guilty to Heroin Conspiracy

July 05, 2023
… occasions, he sold a total of 6.86 grams of heroin to a law enforcement undercover informant in Springfield. Elbert …
July 05, 2023
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Jury Convicts St. Louis Man of Meth Trafficking

June 07, 2023
… custody without bail since his arrest on March 9, 2019. Law enforcement officers were conducting drug interdiction …
June 07, 2023
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St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin Trafficking in Springfield

December 27, 2022
… to co-defendant Roosevelt Simpson, 65, of Springfield. Law enforcement officers were conducting surveillance at …
December 27, 2022
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DEA Invites Creative Teens to Enter Reel Prevention Competition

September 30, 2022
… Engage, a comprehensive approach to bring together law enforcement, education and youth engagement to best …
September 30, 2022
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Fugitive Leader of Drug Trafficking Operation Sentenced to Thirty Years for Trafficking Cocaine

June 23, 2022
… The OCDETF initiative brings federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and resources together to identify, …
June 23, 2022
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Two Plead Guilty to Heroin Sales in St. Joseph

May 31, 2022
… seat of his car and a Ruger 9mm handgun in the glovebox. Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at …
May 31, 2022
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Trafficking Meth Leads to 8 Years in Prison

April 14, 2022
… to distribute methamphetamine. On April 26, 2019, law enforcement officers intercepted a package from …
April 14, 2022
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Columbia Man Sentenced for Meth Trafficking

February 11, 2022
… to distribute methamphetamine. On April 26, 2019, law enforcement officers intercepted a package from …
February 11, 2022
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 19, 2021
… order to maintain the safety of all participants and local law enforcement. DEA and its partners will collect tablets, …
April 19, 2021
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Two Residents Plead Guilty to Meth Trafficking

September 02, 2021
… with the intent to distribute. On April 26, 2019, law enforcement officers intercepted a package from …
September 02, 2021
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Meth and a Gun Results in 15 Years of Prison

September 01, 2021
… coffee table, and drug paraphernalia. On July 24, 2019, law enforcement officers contacted Fleming after receiving …
September 01, 2021
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St. Louis Man Sentenced to 23 Years for Murder, Witness Tampering and Drug Charges

June 03, 2021
… by Woodson to commit the murder-for-hire was an undercover law enforcement official. The Drug Enforcement …
June 03, 2021
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Springfield Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

June 02, 2021
… distributed methamphetamine to others. On Nov. 6, 2018, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at …
June 02, 2021
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St. Louis man pleads guilty to murder-for-hire, witness tampering and drug charges

February 25, 2021
… by Woodson to commit the murder-for-hire was an undercover law enforcement official. The judge will sentence Woodson in …
February 25, 2021
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Kansas City man pleads guilty to meth conspiracy

December 17, 2020
… must also forfeit to the government $8,225 seized by law enforcement. Under federal statutes, Pollina is subject …
December 17, 2020
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Monett man trafficked 'half the town'

October 29, 2020
… conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Greene, Barry, Lawrence, and Howell Counties from May 10 to Dec. 19, 2018. … was of high purity, some as much as 99 percent pure. Law enforcement officers searched a storage shed Akins …
October 29, 2020
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Cocaine kingpin with Mexican cartel connections sentenced to 20 years

July 31, 2020
… state and local partners. It is an example of federal law enforcement at its finest.” Lemons is one of 34 …
July 31, 2020
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Franklin County man pleads guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute meth

March 04, 2020
… Missouri, and fled on foot. Two handguns were recovered by law enforcement near the scene of the crash and …
March 04, 2020
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St. Joseph man sentenced to 15 years for leading $2.1 million meth conspiracy

February 25, 2020
… the amount of money received in exchange for the unlawful distribution of methamphetamine. On Sept. 4, 2019, … and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Law enforcement investigators identified Pardee as the head …
February 25, 2020
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Kansas man pleads guilty to drug trafficking while on parole for murder convictions

January 08, 2020
… state lines in aid of a racketeering enterprise (the unlawful business of distributing illegal drugs).   On Dec. 14, 2018, Toney met an undercover law enforcement officer at a restaurant in Columbia, …
January 08, 2020
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DEA Hosts 25th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 27, 2023
… Take Back.  All across the country, DEA Divisions and our law enforcement partners are providing free and anonymous …
October 27, 2023
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Nedrow Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug and Gun Charges

May 05, 2023
… in Nedrow, New York. DEA Special Agents, assisted by other law enforcement agencies, executed a federal search warrant …
May 05, 2023
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Rochester Man Going to Prison for Cocaine Conspiracy

February 10, 2023
… who handled the case, stated that in October 2020, law enforcement began investigating the illegal drug …
February 10, 2023
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Jamestown Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Charge

January 27, 2023
… in a vehicle on Price Street and taken into in custody. Law enforcement also recovered another $37,670 in cash …
January 27, 2023
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Federal Trial Jury Convicts Syracuse Man of Drug and Firearm Offenses

October 21, 2022
… (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce …
October 21, 2022
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Oswego County Dentist Agrees to Pay $60,000 and Surrenders DEA Registration for Five Years Due to Office Staff’s Illegal Use of Electronic Prescription System

October 03, 2022
… prescriptions to a pharmacy.  Federal and New York State law prohibit practitioners from sharing their prescribing …
October 03, 2022
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Cocaine Trafficker Convicted

August 04, 2022
… purported Colombian suppliers, who were in fact undercover law enforcement agents.  The DTO negotiated for the delivery …
August 04, 2022