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Chesapeake Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Selling Counterfeit Pills that Caused High School Student’s Death

July 30, 2025
… Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Selling Counterfeit Pills that Caused High School Student’s Death July 30, 2025 …
July 30, 2025
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

September 30, 2021
… Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities …
September 30, 2021
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Alabama Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Selling Fentanyl Pills that Resulted in Another Man’s Death

November 14, 2024
… to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Selling Fentanyl Pills that Resulted in Another Man’s Death November 14, 2024 …
November 14, 2024
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Salem Man Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Traffic Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl

July 29, 2024
… Five Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Traffic Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl July 29, 2024 New England Contact … distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing narcotics. Kion Shepherd, 25, was sentenced …
July 29, 2024
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Phoenix Man Charged After 150,000 Suspected Fentanyl Pills & Other Drugs Seized from Apartment

April 07, 2022
… Phoenix Man Charged After 150,000 Suspected Fentanyl Pills & Other Drugs Seized from Apartment April 07, 2022 … Lake Havasu, Nogales, Sierra Vista, Tucson, and Yuma areas Pills, meth, cocaine, heroin and guns 150,000 Fentanyl …
April 07, 2022
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Washington Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Shooting in Tri-Cities and Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl-Laced Pills

March 09, 2023
… in Tri-Cities and Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl-Laced Pills March 09, 2023 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) …
March 09, 2023
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Pharmacist arrested in diversion of 5,000 oxycodone pills worth up to $150,000 from a pharmacy in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

November 01, 2018
… Pharmacist arrested in diversion of 5,000 oxycodone pills worth up to $150,000 from a pharmacy in Bensonhurst, … aka “Annie,” for allegedly diverting thousands of oxycodone pills from the Brooklyn pharmacy where she was employed to … 86th Street in Bensonhurst, to order 5,000 oxycodone 30 mg pills, an addictive opioid painkiller, for the purposes of …
November 01, 2018
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Doctor Who Owned McAllen Medical Clinic In Dallas Pleads Guilty In Pill Mill Case

January 13, 2017
… Who Owned McAllen Medical Clinic In Dallas Pleads Guilty In Pill Mill Case January 13, 2017 Dallas Contact Info Contact … caused to be distributed at least 150,000 30mg oxycodone pills in Dallas.  The prescriptions were issued in Andrews’ …
January 13, 2017
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One Physician And Three Nurse Practitioners Charged For Participating In The Operation Of A Montgomery “pill Mill”

December 05, 2017
… Charged For Participating In The Operation Of A Montgomery “pill Mill” December 05, 2017 New Orleans Contact Info … by a federal grand jury for their role in operating a “pill mill,” out of a Montgomery, Alabama medical office, … and United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr.  A “pill mill” is a medical clinic that is dispensing controlled …
December 05, 2017
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Drug Dealer Arrested with Firearm, DEA Seizes Seven Kilograms of Fentanyl Powder & 100,000 Fentanyl-Laced Pills

February 06, 2025
… Seven Kilograms of Fentanyl Powder & 100,000 Fentanyl-Laced Pills February 06, 2025 Phoenix Contact Info Contact Us … seven kilograms of fentanyl powder, 100,000 fentanyl laced pills and one firearm seized by the Phoenix Division  …
February 06, 2025
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Arlington Doctor and Nurse Practitioner Found Guilty of Operating a Pill Mill

July 07, 2021
… Doctor and Nurse Practitioner Found Guilty of Operating a Pill Mill July 07, 2021 Dallas Contact Info Contact Us (214) … DEA and other law enforcement agencies to stop unscrupulous pill pushers like Dr. Battle in their tracks.” Dr. Battle …
July 07, 2021
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Repeat drug distributor sentenced to more than six years in prison, rearrested in midst of drug deal involving fentanyl pills

January 31, 2020
… prison, rearrested in midst of drug deal involving fentanyl pills January 31, 2020 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) … last week to 78 months in prison for dealing fentanyl-laced pills and cocaine is back behind bars tonight after being … Scott continued to set up drug deals for fentanyl-laced pills.  Scott is now charged with possession of controlled …
January 31, 2020
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Driver in High-Speed Chase Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Transporting Fentanyl Pills and Loaded Firearm

November 13, 2024
… to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Transporting Fentanyl Pills and Loaded Firearm November 13, 2024 Miami Contact … a silver metal box containing a vacuum sealed bag of blue pills – sometimes known as fenta-pills – that weighed …
November 13, 2024
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Two Mexican nationals indicted for transporting counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl

May 24, 2019
… nationals indicted for transporting counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl May 24, 2019 San Francisco Contact … approximately 14,799 fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills, weighing approximately 1.6 kilograms, during a …
May 24, 2019
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Idaho Falls Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute 11,000 Fentanyl Pills

March 12, 2024
… for Possession with Intent to Distribute 11,000 Fentanyl Pills March 12, 2024 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) … Villa had been arrested after bringing 20,000 fentanyl pills into Idaho.  Villa, Mitchell, and Sermon recruited …
March 12, 2024
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Doctor Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Prescription Pills

February 08, 2018
… Doctor Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Prescription Pills February 08, 2018 Detroit Contact Info Contact Us …
February 08, 2018
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Three New Haven Men Charged with Trafficking Pills Containing Meth and Fentanyl, Fentanyl Powder Mixed with Xylazine

June 02, 2024
… Three New Haven Men Charged with Trafficking Pills Containing Meth and Fentanyl, Fentanyl Powder Mixed … with offenses stemming from the distribution of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine and fentanyl, and fentanyl …
June 02, 2024
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Fairfield Man Who Purchased Tableting Machine To Produce Oxycodone Pills Is Sentenced

November 21, 2014
… Man Who Purchased Tableting Machine To Produce Oxycodone Pills Is Sentenced November 21, 2014 New England Contact … illegally importing a tablet machine to produce oxycodone pills.  Judge Underhill also ordered Wolvovsky to pay a fine …
November 21, 2014
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Bucks County, Pennsylvania Doctor Sentenced For Running Northeast Philadelphia Pill Mill

September 19, 2011
… Doctor Sentenced For Running Northeast Philadelphia Pill Mill September 19, 2011 Philadelphia Contact Info … Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia that was, in fact, a “pill mill.” In April, Vassalluzzo pleaded guilty to …
September 19, 2011
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Selling Fake Pain Pills Containing Fentanyl

September 21, 2023
… Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Selling Fake Pain Pills Containing Fentanyl September 21, 2023 St. Louis … sentenced a man to 15 years to prison for selling fake pills containing fentanyl that killed a St. Charles County, …
September 21, 2023
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Husband and wife sentenced to prison for operating Upper West Side pill mill

September 06, 2018
… and wife sentenced to prison for operating Upper West Side pill mill September 06, 2018 New York Contact Info Contact … defendants’ criminal activity, approximately 3.2 million pills of oxycodone with a street value of nearly $80 million …
September 06, 2018
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Long Island Medical Doctor Charged with Illegally Distributing Oxycodone Pills

December 14, 2022
… Doctor Charged with Illegally Distributing Oxycodone Pills December 14, 2022 New York Contact Info Contact Us … the defendant abandoned her medical oath to operate a pill mill in Nassau County, illegally dispensing oxycodone …
December 14, 2022
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Workers Comp Manager Sentenced In High Profile Pill Mill Case

April 24, 2017
… Workers Comp Manager Sentenced In High Profile Pill Mill Case April 24, 2017 New Orleans Contact Info … $50,000 fine, for his role in the operation of the massive pill mill run by Dr. Xiulu Ruan and Dr. John Patrick Couch, …
April 24, 2017
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Charges filed against dozens in trafficking network responsible for diverting over 23 million oxycodone, hydrocodone and carisoprodol pills

August 28, 2019
… over 23 million oxycodone, hydrocodone and carisoprodol pills August 28, 2019 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) …
August 28, 2019
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Major Multi-Drug Seizure of Over 250 Pounds of Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine, Crystal Meth and Counterfeit Pills in the Bronx

June 29, 2022
… of Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine, Crystal Meth and Counterfeit Pills in the Bronx June 29, 2022 New York Contact Info … worth of drugs seized in NY by OCDETF Strike Force Fake Pills Seized, blue and stamped M-30.jpg Fake Pills Seized, …
June 29, 2022
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Dominican National Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Pills and Crystal Meth

July 25, 2024
… to More Than 4 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Pills and Crystal Meth July 25, 2024 New England Contact … 2023, investigators made controlled purchases of fentanyl pills and crystal methamphetamine from Lara-Diaz.  On …
July 25, 2024
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Montgomery Pill Mill Doctor Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution, Health Care Fraud And Money Laundering Charges

November 28, 2017
… Montgomery Pill Mill Doctor Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution, Health … he was arrested on August 1, 2017, Dr. Sanchez operated a “pill mill” through Family Practice, a medical clinic he … as a result of the illegitimate prescribing of these pills.  Dr. Sanchez, and others like him, have led us to …
November 28, 2017
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DEA Targets CJNG Operations, Seizing a Million Counterfeit Pills and 77,000 Kilograms of their Drugs in Five Days

September 29, 2025
… DEA Targets CJNG Operations, Seizing a Million Counterfeit Pills and 77,000 Kilograms of their Drugs in Five Days … 92.4 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 1,157,672 counterfeit pills, 6,062 kilograms of methamphetamine, 22,842 kilograms …
September 29, 2025
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Long Beach Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Narcotics Charges: Includes Distribution Of Pills Manufactured With Acetyl-fentanyl

August 28, 2017
… To Federal Narcotics Charges: Includes Distribution Of Pills Manufactured With Acetyl-fentanyl August 28, 2017 Los …
August 28, 2017
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Robeson County Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Distributing Thousands of Illegal Pills While Possessing Gun

July 06, 2022
… Sentenced to 10 Years for Distributing Thousands of Illegal Pills While Possessing Gun July 06, 2022 Atlanta Contact … the intent to distribute thousands of illegal prescription pills including oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and …
July 06, 2022

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