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June 13, 2025
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Lunch & Learn: Facts About Fentanyl

May 09, 2023 12:00 pm - May 09, 2023 01:30 pm
Community Event
Learn about the changing drug landscape and how illicit fentanyl in fake prescription pills is the driving force behind hardships and loss among the Kansas City community. Obtain the latest facts about fentanyl, how to identify an opioid overdose, and what you can do for a loved one at risk...
May 09, 2023 12:00 pm - May 09, 2023 01:30 pm
STORY

DEA Executes Operation Profit Over Patients to Dismantle Health Care Fraud Networks

July 03, 2025
… Murphy. “We’re targeting the entire ecosystem of fraud—from pill mills in Texas to kickback clinics exploiting Native … opioids onto the black market. The case is connected to a pill mill that allegedly sold oxycodone and hydrocodone … engaged in a scheme to illegally dispense more than 335,000 pills of oxycodone 30mg, which is highly addictive and …
July 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Remove Unneeded Prescriptions, Prevent Addiction

April 20, 2023
… Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic Pills and Poster- Take Back WASHINGTON, DC – The Drug …
April 20, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Fresno man sentenced to 3 years in prison for selling fentanyl to a minor

January 28, 2022
… 2020, Garcia-Palacio distributed counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl to a juvenile student at Bullard High School. That juvenile used one of the pills, overdosed, but survived after receiving life-saving … Garcia-Palacio’s residence and found additional fentanyl pills. He was charged with distributing fentanyl to a person …
January 28, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Oswego County man sentenced for methamphetamine related charge

June 06, 2018
… October 2015 and January 2017, he purchased pseudoephedrine pills from different drug stores in and around Oswego … Arthur LaDuke manufactured methamphetamine with the pills he himself purchased, as well as utilizing additional pills provided to him by others, for which he provided …
June 06, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Trial scheduled for Champaign man charged for allegedly trafficking

October 04, 2018
… on charges that he allegedly trafficked quantities of pills containing alprazolam, marked as ‘Xanax,’ and … March 2017 to May 2018, Caamano trafficked quantities of pills containing alprazolam, marked as ‘Xanax,’ knowing it …
October 04, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Houston Serves ISO on Woodfield Pharmaceuticals & Distribution

August 11, 2021
… an estimated 700 million dosage units of controlled pills.  The suspension was, in part, due to Woodfield illegally importing more than 200 million opioid pills and failure to accurately account for over 5 million controlled substance pills. “The immediate suspension of registrations served on …
August 11, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Pennsylvania Man Going to Prison for 10 Years on Meth Charges

April 30, 2021
… the seizure of $10,210 in U.S. currency, suspected ecstasy pills, packaging materials, a digital scale, drug paraphernalia, Xanax pills, MDMA pills, Suboxone strips, and two hypodermic needles. The …
April 30, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

April 27, 2021
… and 100 times more potent that morphine.    Of counterfeit pills tested in DEA laboratories, one in four pills made with fentanyl contained a potentially lethal … potentially lethal doses).   The seizure of fentanyl-laced pills along the Southwest border increased more than 89 …
April 27, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Ten indicted for fentanyl trafficking

January 28, 2021
… of thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone (M-30) pills, as well as cocaine and methamphetamine. Law enforcement seized more than 20,000 of these pills during the investigation. Wiretapped calls show … by at least some co-conspirators that these fentanyl pills had been responsible for multiple overdoses and …
January 28, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Vidor woman sentenced to 15 years in federal prison following opioid overdose deaths

January 25, 2021
… poly-drug toxicity resulting from the use of hydromorphone pills, also referred to as Dilaudid.  As part of the factual … for the plea, Ardis admitted to selling the hydromorphone pills that resulted in the death of the three victims. … reminder that the abuse of opioids and other prescription pills is just as deadly as illicit narcotics, and those who …
January 25, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Two men indicted for conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine and fentanyl in Tulare County

January 23, 2020
… 571-387-5018 160 pounds of methamphetamine, 300 fentanyl pills seized FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned … pounds of methamphetamine and approximately 300 fentanyl pills, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement … 200 pounds of liquid methamphetamine, and approximately 300 pills containing fentanyl. Inside both residences law …
January 23, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Two men indicted for trafficking heroin and fentanyl in San Joaquin County

December 19, 2019
… the fourth meeting, Guzman sold the agent approximately 500 pills containing fentanyl. Surveillance units saw Guzman … enforcement bought over a pound of heroin and 500 fentanyl pills from Guzman. When agents searched Guzman’s and … over 9.7 pounds of heroin and approximately 10,000 fentanyl pills in Guzman’s home, and another 10.9 pounds of heroin in …
December 19, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Alameda resident sentenced for selling prescription drugs without a license and related charges

September 24, 2018
… 10, 2017, the defendant posted a photograph of alprazolam pills on his social media account as a means of adverting … admitted that on Aug. 11, 2017, he possessed both the pills and a 9 mm pistol. He admitted he possessed the pills with the intent to distribute them, and he possessed …
September 24, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Physician Practicing In Grass Valley, Yuba City Sentenced To More Than Four Years In Prison For Illegal Prescription Practice

February 22, 2018
… agreement, Capos prescribed 2,640 APAP/Hydrocodone 325/10 pills in 28 days for one (325 mg acetaminophen and 10 mg … At that rate, the patient would have to take 94 pills per day. And for another patient, he prescribed 2,100 … oxycodone (30 mg) over 50 days, which would have been 42 pills per day. This case was the product of an investigation …
February 22, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Kentucky Woman Sentenced To 27 Years Federal Prison For Illegally Providing Rx Drugs

October 03, 2012
… 2010, a 19 year-old woman received a quantity of Oxycodone pills from 48-year-old Judy McIntosh, consumed the pills, and later died at McIntosh’s home. The medical … following the woman’s death, McIntosh continued trafficking pills and used two minors to facilitate her drug …
October 03, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Kentucky Man Convicted Of Pharmacy Robbery And Intent To Distribute Hydrocodone

May 26, 2017
… and possession with intent to distribute Hydrocodone pills. The jury returned the verdict after a 3-day trial. … armed with a handgun, stole approximately 4,000 Hydrocodone pills. Hydrocodone is a Schedule II controlled substance. … after the robbery Ayala possessed the stolen Hydrocodone pills with intent to distribute them. Carlton S. Shier, IV, …
May 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Take Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

October 24, 2017
… the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially … and unwanted prescription drugs. Individuals can take pills and other solid forms of medication to one of almost …
October 24, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Essex County, New Jersey, Woman Admits Leadership Role In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

March 14, 2016
… to various doctors’ offices and obtained prescriptions for pills containing oxycodone, had the prescriptions filled by various pharmacies, and sold the pills to members of the conspiracy and others. Horvath also … getting the prescriptions filled, and helped them sell the pills. Oxycodone is a Schedule II controlled substance - …
March 14, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Five North Shore Individuals Charged With Oxycodone Distribution

August 20, 2015
… week.  David Turner, Sr. and Ashley Turner were oxycodone pill customers of Romano who also redistributed oxycodone pills supplied by Romano or one of Ramon’s suppliers, such …
August 20, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Two Hamden Men Charged With Distributing Oxycodone Involved In Weston Overdose

March 02, 2016
… 3, 2015, the victim purchased 30 40-milligram oxycodone pills from Farid in exchange for $900.  He then consumed some of those pills, as well as other substances, which led to his … the victim’s overdose, Looney supplied Farid with oxycodone pills.  The charge of possession with intent to distribute, …
March 02, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Rocky Hill Man Sentenced To 3 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Oxycodone

March 31, 2016
… New York to pick up oxycodone from Fields and transport the pills to Dyber in Connecticut.  Dyber distributed the pills he received from Fields and Garcia to customers and … to possess with intent to distribute 10,000 oxycodone pills.  Fields, Garcia and Vanderpool also pleaded guilty.  …
March 31, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Haverhill Resident Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charge

November 01, 2016
… participated in the distribution of cocaine and oxycodone pills in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.  During a … customers and recovered approximately 100 oxycodone pills.  The customer later admitted that he had obtained hundreds of pills from Medina. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled …
November 01, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Physician And His Patient Indicted In Scheme To Fraudulently Prescribe And Dispense Oxycodone And Adderall

December 10, 2015
… prescribe and dispense thousands of Oxycodone and Adderall pills, authorities announced today. From approximately … attention to such a high number of prescriptions and pills, the indictment alleges. In all, Stelmachowski used these prescriptions to obtain approximately 37,000 pills or tablets of Oxycodone and Adderall, according to the …
December 10, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Members Of Upstate Oxycontin Ring Plead Guilty

December 20, 2011
… prescription was valid. The recruits would receive a few pills for their efforts and the remainder would be sold by … to the pharmacy and bring the leaders of the conspiracy the pills obtained. Huckeba and Sarquist recruited individuals … the conspiracy earned at least $240,000 from the sale of pills. Mr. Nettles said that the maxim sentence Clark, …
December 20, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

South Shore Drug Traffickers Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

January 28, 2013
… from Fitzgibbons, Roberts was arrested and 274 Oxycodone pills were seized. Dunn purchased wholesale quantities of … from Roberts, Kilday and others, and then distributed the pills to “street level” customers through Henriques. Silva … arrested while returning from New York and 1,744 Oxycodone pills were seized. “These arrests demonstrate the commitment …
January 28, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

South Florida Man Sentenced For Oxycodone Distribution And Identity Theft

January 15, 2015
… distribution conspiracy involving thousands of oxycodone pills and stolen identities of Puerto Rican residents. … January 2013, Perez sold large quantities of oxycodone pills to co-conspirators in Massachusetts and Rhode Island who distributed the oxycodone pills in Massachusetts. Beginning in November 2011, Perez …
January 15, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

New Hampshire Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

June 05, 2015
… regularly ordered significant quantities of oxycodone pills from two members of the conspiracy, Samuel Garcia and … the other individual ordered in excess of 2,000 oxycodone pills from the Samuel Garcia and Jennifer Nunez. Mailhot … 4 month period, she purchased quantities of 30 mg oxycodone pills from the two co-conspirators which she and another …
June 05, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Danbury Woman Sentenced To 57 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Oxycodone

October 31, 2013
… occasions to pick up hundreds of 30-milligram oxycodone pills from her supplier. Also, in February 2012, Papadakos … arranging the purchase of 2,000 15-milligram oxycodone pills. Over a three-month period, Papadakos facilitated the distribution of 8,000 pills with a total street value that exceeded $100,000. …
October 31, 2013