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Federal investigation of Portland drug trafficking organization reveals black market peso exchange scheme

… federal agencies in coordination with state and local law enforcement. On …
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San Jose man charged with impersonating a federal agent

… Jetta with red/blue lights that did not appear to be law enforcement type of lights. The deputy observed the … with pretending to be an officer of the United States, unlawful possession of official badges, identification cards, …
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DEA’s Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results in Another Big Haul

… Last Saturday, September 29, DEA’s state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners, working at more than 5,263 …
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Fourth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Collects Record 276 Tons

… date are combined, the DEA and its state, local, and tribal law-enforcement and community partners have removed over 1.5 …
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"18 Park" Gang Leader Gets 35-year Sentence

… pose a threat to others in the Bronx. I want to thank our law enforcement partners for their tremendous work on this …
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Leader Of “BMB” Street Gang Sentenced To 150 Months In Prison On Racketeering Charges

… sentence serves as a reminder that, together with our law enforcement partners, we will continue to aggressively …
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Mexican Money Launderer Sentenced In International Cocaine Conspiracy

… supplier based in Acapulco, Mexico.  On October 27, 2015, law enforcement searched Nunez Serna’s residence and found …
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Maryland Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty In Connection With Plattsburgh Heroin Distribution Ring

… led by the DEA Task Force in Plattsburgh, which consists of law enforcement officers from the DEA, Homeland Security …
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OCDETF Case Nets 30 Year Prison Sentence For Meth Dealer

… a shipment of 15 pounds of pure methamphetamine seized by law enforcement in 2015, as well as approximately 12 pounds …
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… of an individual due to a drug caused death and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   …
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Midland Man Arrested In Oklahoma City Charged With Drug Distribution Resulting In Death

… are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The DEA El Paso Division encourages parents, and their …
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Alamogordo Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Fraudulently Obtain Prescription Drugs

… and Sept. 30, 2013.  Count 2 charged Carter alone with unlawfully distributing Hydrocodone between Dec. 2011 and Dec. … DEA resources with those of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in an innovative effort to …
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Federal Officials Participate In New Mexico Pharmacists Association’s Mid-Winter Meeting

… (1) prevention and education; (2) treatment; (3) law enforcement; (4) reentry; (5) strategic planning.  The …
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest Surenos Gang Member And Associate

… are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The DEA El Paso Division encourages parents, and their …
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Man In Connection With Murder-For-Hire Plot

… Francisco Maria Sagredo Villareal, Gurrola’s father-in-law, was murdered in his house in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, …
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Former Santa Fe Pharmacist Pleads Guilty And Is Sentenced For Conviction On Misdemeanor Charge Of Dispensing Testosterone Without A Prescription

… was charged in Nov. 2015, in a criminal complaint with unlawfully dispensing testosterone without a prescription, … guilty to a misdemeanor information charging him with the unlawful dispensing of a controlled substance without a … DEA resources with those of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in an innovative effort to …
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McKesson Agrees To Pay Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs

… “This settlement requires McKesson to comply with the law and holds the company accountable for its past conduct.  …
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Major Michigan Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Life In Murder For Hire Conviction

… narcotic distribution activity of Enrique Amaya. The two law enforcement agencies worked together to identify …
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Cleveland Area Residents Indicted In Poly-Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… to the strong cooperation and support between DEA and our law enforcement partners.” The indictment describes a …
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Kentucky Career Criminal Sentenced To 20 + Years For Head Role In Cocaine Conspiracy

… trafficking in a controlled substance, second degree unlawful transaction with a minor and wanton endangerment first degree. Under federal law, Chenault must serve at least 85 percent of his prison …
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Prescription Drug Conspiracy Dismantled In Northern Kentucky

… Revenue Service, along with Task Force Officers from 13 law enforcement agencies from Southern Ohio and Northern …
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Kentucky Pain Clinic Owners Plead Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

… Kentucky Pain Clinic Owners Plead Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances April 26, 2013 … Judge Edward B. Atkins to conspiracy to distribute and unlawfully dispense Oxycodone and maintaining a drug involved … Attorney General’s Office received complaints from local law enforcement that Care More was seeing a high volume of …
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Final Defendant In 2,200 Pound Marijuana Distribution Ring In Kentucky Sentenced To 10 Years

… trafficking case follows from an effective and coordinated law enforcement effort,” stated U.S. Attorney Hale. “We …
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Last Defendant Sentenced In Largest Drug Trafficking Organization Ever Dismantled In Louisville, Kentucky

… Hale.  “This exemplifies what can be accomplished when law enforcement collaborates across jurisdictional lines,” …
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West Michigan Pharmacy Owner And Eight Additional Employees Indicted For Conspiracy To Misbrand Controlled Substance Pharmaceutical Drugs

… vice-president of sales Richard Clarke; chief Pharmacist Lawrence Harden; pharmacy floor manager Jessica Veldkamp; … conspiracy charge alleges that Mulder, chief pharmacist Lawrence Harden, and billing manager Elizabeth Morgan also … The investigation of this matter was conducted by a host of law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Drug …
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Former Kentucky Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegal Distribution Of 25,000 Controlled Substance Prescription Pills

… Rano Bofill, 72, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to unlawfully dispense oxycodone, a Schedule II Controlled … Attorney General’s Office received complaints from local law enforcement that Care More was seeing a remarkably high …
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Northern Ohio Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Hundreds Of Thousands Of Opiate Painkillers And Other Pills

… some customers had died from overdose-related deaths, law enforcement officials said. Adolph Harper, Jr., 64, …
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16 People Charged For Large Heroin Distribution Conspiracy In Youngstown, Ohio

… DEA, the Federal Bureau of (FBI), and the Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force.  The matter is being prosecuted …
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Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Doctors And Owner Of Pain Management Clinic Charged With Illegally Distributing Controlled Substance Prescription Drugs

… 2011, and March 2015, the defendants conspired to unlawfully prescribe controlled substances, including … which the indictment alleges was to distribute unlawfully prescribed controlled substances. United States … of Health and Human Services, who were aided by local law enforcement agencies in this investigation. A conviction …
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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

… 100 kilograms or more of marijuana.  Under federal law both defendants must serve at least 85 percent of their …