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Long Island Doctor Indicted For Causing Oxycodone Overdose Deaths Of Two Patients

… Conway issued 5,554 oxycodone prescriptions - 782,032 pills - to numerous individuals between January 2009 and … Conway provided him with two prescriptions totaling 450 pills of the drug; (2) On October 27, 2011, Christopher … days after Conway provided him with a prescription for 180 pills of oxycodone. Patient records seized in this case …
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Nationwide Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Dismantled

… Oregon, arranged for tens of thousands of oxycodone pills, acquired in Miami and Las Vegas, to be distributed to … carrier or through the mail. Over 10,000 oxycodone pills and 1,900 counterfeit oxycodone pills were seized by …
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Sands Point Cardiologist Sentenced For Vicious Assault-for-Hire Plot Against Rival Doctor

… injured or killed an innocent man, we shut down an illegal pill distribution scheme and halted the trafficking of … police investigation involving the purchase of Oxycodone pills led to the additional undercover purchases of two …
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Eleven Charged in Bristol Area Drug Trafficking Ring; Several Overdose Deaths Connected

… distributed fentanyl, cocaine, crack-cocaine, counterfeit pills pressed with fentanyl, and pharmaceuticals including … of fentanyl, 200 grams of methamphetamine, 2,500 oxycodone pills, 500 Xanax and Adderall pills, tabs of LSD, one ounce …
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First Defendant Sentenced in Family-Based Drug Trafficking Ring Connected to Lummi Nation Overdose Deaths

… of a group that distributed more than 800,000 fentanyl pills throughout the United States, including in Arizona, …
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Federal health care fraud takedown in Northeastern U.S. results in 54 defendants charged and convicted

… million in losses and the distribution of over 3.25 million pills of opioids in “pill mill” clinics and doctors’ … the criminal prescription of highly-addictive opioid pills to patients with no medical need, the paying of …
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Dark Web Drug Vendor and Clandestine Lab Manufacturer Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking in Meth and Fentanyl

… in the first six months of 2023 alone. Just one fentanyl pill can kill. Two milligrams of fentanyl is considered a … fatal dose and laboratory testing indicates seven out of 10 pills seized by the DEA contain a lethal dose of fentanyl. …
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DEA Washington Division Holds Second Annual Family Summit on Fentanyl

… tricking our youth into consuming fentanyl and fake pills, harnessing the accessibility and anonymity of social …
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November 30, 2021
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Jury Convicts Vallejo Man of Drug and Gun Offenses

… Mitchell negotiated a transaction for 1,000 methamphetamine pills with a buyer who testified at trial. Federal law … residence, agents recovered methamphetamine-laced pills and an industrial pill pressing machine. Hidden inside …
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Trafficker smuggling large quantities of deadly fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine sentenced to 168 months

… prison for conspiring to smuggle more than 450,000 fentanyl pills from Mexico into the United States during a nine-month … in her plea agreement, Kelly smuggled the fentanyl pills through ports of entry in San Diego and Nogales, … into the U.S. could have produced millions of fentanyl pills and significantly impacted the increasing …
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Report fraudulent and suspicious pharmaceutical activities anonymously through the DEA San Diego RxAbuse Tip Line

… well as information about people who are doctor shopping or pill seeking for illegal purposes. The vast majority of … lead to further identification of doctors, pharmacists, and pill seekers who are fueling the opioid crisis that we are … know of someone who is illegally obtaining or dispensing pills, please call and report them to help make this …
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East Windsor Man Sentenced to Prison for Oxycodone Prescription Fraud Scheme

… using their Medicaid or Medicare benefits, and provided the pills to Kemp and his co-conspirators in exchange for … prescription. Kemp and his co-coconspirators then sold the pills to individuals suffering from opioid addictions. Kemp … oxycodone, almost all of which were for 150 30-mg oxycodone pills. Judge Bolden ordered Kemp to pay $48,836.14 in …
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Dominican National Sentenced to 38 Months in Prison for Selling Oxycodone from New Britain Grocery Store

… began investigating individuals who were selling oxycodone pills from Elzier Grocery, located at 1485 Corbin Avenue in … made multiple controlled purchases of oxycodone pills from Lugo, Eliezer Perez and Elzier Grocery’s owner, … and a nearby residence revealed more than 1000 oxycodone pills, drug packaging materials, drug ledgers, and …
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East Windsor Man Admits Role In Oxycodone Prescription Fraud Scheme

… using their Medicaid or Medicare benefits, and provided the pills to Kemp, Welborn and their co-conspirator in exchange … Kemp, Welborn and their co-conspirator then sold the pills to individuals suffering from opioid addictions. Kemp, … oxycodone, almost all of which were for 150 30-mg oxycodone pills. Kemp was arrested on August 2, 2019.  He is released …
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Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Causing Fentanyl Death

… today to 25 years in prison for giving a man a fentanyl pill which caused his death. According to court documents, … death. On July 31, 2019, Ralls gave Michael Marsalla, 35, a pill that Ralls knew was laced with fentanyl. Ralls admitted … Kansas, Police Department investigated the case. Fake Pills Overdose Fentanyl On On Press Release Image Layout …
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Fentanyl Drug Dealing Results in 10 Years in Prison

… guilty plea hearing last year, Pulido admitted that he sold pills containing fentanyl to an individual in Cape Girardeau … to Pulido at the time, the individual purchasing the pills was working as an informant for the federal Drug …
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Miami Woman Going to Prison on Fentanyl Charge

… and found a plastic bag containing a large quantity of blue pills. The defendant was detained, and the car was towed for … plastic bag containing approximately 9 lbs. 13 oz. of blue pills bearing the markings “m” and “30.” The pills contained 4,389 grams of fentanyl. The sentencing is …
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Miami Woman Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Charge Following Traffic Stop in Jamestown

… and found a plastic bag containing a large quantity of blue pills. The defendant was detained, and the car was towed for … plastic bag containing approximately 9 lbs. 13 oz. of blue pills bearing the markings “m” and “30.” The pills contained 4,389 grams of fentanyl. The plea is the …
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Sacramento Man Sentenced to over 13 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Heroin Trafficking and Illegal Weapons Possession Charges

… documents, in 2019 and 2020, Salgado trafficked fentanyl pills, heroin, marijuana, and firearms. On multiple … sold heroin and fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills and illegal short-barreled rifles to a confidential …
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Montana Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiracy with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

… in a Car Stopped in Idaho with a Large Quantity of Fentanyl Pills COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Ayana R. Bacon, 25, of Box … in the car had picked up a large quantity of fentanyl pills in Washington and were taking them to Montana to …
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Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Selling Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids

… previously pled guilty to selling thousands of pressed pills containing metonitazene, N-desethyl isotonitazene, and … possessing over six kilograms of powders and pressed pills containing fentanyl, protonitazene and N-pyrrolidino …
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Orlando Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl

… agent and a confidential informant a total of over 1,100 pills containing fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl, an … fentanyl. In February 2024 Plaza possessed more than 7,000 pills containing fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl, which he …
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Dominican National Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… that Acosta-Colon was trafficking fentanyl powder and pills.  On June 21, 2023, investigators conducted a … approximately 100 grams of fentanyl powder and 100 fentanyl pills from Acosta-Colon in Stamford.  Acosta-Colon was … the purchase of more than 700 grams of fentanyl powder and pills from him. On January 5, 2024, Acosta-Colon pleaded …
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Montana Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Through Idaho

… traveling through Idaho with over 216 grams of fentanyl pills that he had recently acquired in the Seattle area.  … investigation, and Brockman’s own statements, the pills had been acquired for the purpose of reselling in …
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Last Defendants Sentenced for Central Valley Drug Conspiracy

… of Porterville, and delivered 1,150 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and one-half pound of … to an undercover officer 1,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl. Alcantar and Mendiola are the …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Federal Prison for Transporting 55 Pounds of Methamphetamine in Southern Oregon

… pounds of methamphetamine and more than a thousand fentanyl pills in Southern Oregon was sentenced to federal prison on … and approximately two pounds each of fentanyl pills and cocaine. Ponce-Gonzalez and his passenger were …
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El Paso Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Causing Fentanyl Overdose Death

… Christian Torres, 24, was the supplier of counterfeit M-30 pills containing fentanyl at his residence on March 4, 2022. Torres and another user consumed the pills, which led to the overdose and death of the other …