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Former Marlborough Resident Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Robbing 5 Connecticut Pharmacies

… a firearm that was in his waistband and demanded oxycodone pills.  The pharmacist gave Haney more than 2000 oxycodone pills of different strengths and Haney exited the store. On … 9, 2013. Haney has admitted that he used most of the pills to fuel his own addiction to pain medication and sold …
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Stamford Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Oxycodone Distribution Charge

… heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana and prescription pills, including Percocet and Xanax.  In May 2015, task … made a controlled purchase of 10 30mg oxycodone pills from Muriqi.  On October 26, 2016, investigators … A search of the vehicle revealed 558 30mg oxycodone pills, and Muriqi was arrested on state narcotics charges.  …
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Long Island Doctor Convicted of Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

… provided prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone pills to 18 of his patients without a legitimate medical … prescribed over 1.5 million oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, making him one of the top prescribers of the …
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 42 Months For Role In Fraudulent Oxycodone Prescription Scheme

… fill fake prescriptions for him.  He then sold most of the pills he acquired in bulk quantities to others. The … and fraudulently obtained more than 80,000 oxycodone pills.  Investigators identified more than 800 fraudulent …
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Dominican National Sentenced to 45 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Heroin

… for street distribution, approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet pills, one firearm, approximately $50,000 in cash, drug …
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DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… addiction and potential overdose by removing prescription pills from their homes. Our April event included 4,425 …
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Role In Fraudulent Oxycodone Prescription Scheme

… from Julian Cintron and David Thompson, and sold the pills, as well as other narcotics, to his own customers. The … and fraudulently obtained more than 80,000 oxycodone pills.  Investigators identified more than 800 fraudulent …
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Three Holyoke Residents Plead Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy

… in Springfield for their role in distributing oxycodone pills shipped from Florida. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent … were part of a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone pills which they received in large quantities from Florida via Express Mail.  The pills were then sold in western Massachusetts and the drug …
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New York Man Stopped On I-95 With Crack, Oxycodone Sentenced To Six Years In Prison

… release, for trafficking crack cocaine and oxycodone pills. According to court documents and statements made in … the bag of crack, as well as two bags containing oxycodone pills, onto the highway.  Although the narcotics were … to recover nearly 190 grams of crack, 147 30-mg oxycodone pills, and an additional amount of crushed oxycodone …
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Leader And A Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 120 Months And 110 Months Respectively For Drug Trafficking

… and Mexico, and large quantities of diverted prescription pills, such as oxycodone. Rudaj, a Career Offender whose … and Peru, and large quantities of diverted prescription pills, such as oxycodone. The drugs were distributed in … of oxycodone, and distributed thousands of oxycodone pills in New York which had been diverted from pain clinics …
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Mexican National Sentenced to More than 12 Years for Drug Trafficking in the Tri Cities

… organization would give him 50,000 to 60,000 fentanyl laced pills in addition to large quantities of methamphetamine. … Attorney Stephanie Van Marter. ### Drug Trafficking Fake Pills Guns/Weapons Synthetic drugs Fentanyl Methamphetamine …
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… collected nationwide. That’s more than a quarter pound of pills for each of the 25 million children aged 12 to 17 in America, pills that won’t result in abuse or overdose.   The public … their zip code .  Or they can call 800-882-9539.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the …
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Danbury Woman Sentenced To 57 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Oxycodone

… 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. …
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Sacramento Woman Sentenced To 38 Months In Prison For Role In Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Conspiracy

… trips from California to Juneau carrying the oxycodone pills on her person. McGrath distributed the pills to local dealers and collected the drug proceeds. … of the conspiracy, McGrath transported approximately 1500 pills of oxycodone and laundered over $14,000 in drug …
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Arizona Man Convicted of Controlled Substance Offense

… approximately 10 grams of what appeared to be oxycodone pills. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) laboratory … the presence of methamphetamine and revealed that the pills thought to be oxycodone contained fentanyl. “The …
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Wheat Ridge Doctor Pleads Guilty For The Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… contents associated with oxycodone toxicity.  The oxycodone pills prescribed by (with numerous pills missing) were found at the scene of the death, along with other oxycodone pills that were not prescribed by Clemmer.  The death, …
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Kentucky Pain Clinic Owners Plead Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

… dispense more than 50,000 controlled substance prescription pills. Tammy Cantrell, 40, of Oil Springs, Ky., and Shelby … prescriptions that were usually for 90 Percocet 10 mg pills.  Patients paid $200 for the initial visit and $185 …
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Six Defendants Charged In Controlled Substance Dispensation Conspiracy

… said, “During the last two years, we’ve seen a number of pill-mills relocate their unlawful businesses to the State … coat, and they prey upon their so-called ‘patients.’ Any pill mills that seek to do business in the Southern District … pled guilty for their role in the East Health Center pill-mill.  Adelard LeFrancois, III, 43, of Boca Raton, …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… the search window, or they can call 800-882-9539.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, will be accepted-the … combined.  “Most prescription drug abusers get their pills from friends and family, including from the household … firearms.  The removal from homes of unwanted prescription pills that can be abused, stolen or resold is an easy way to …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… the search window, or they can call 800-882-9539.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, will be accepted-the … combined.  “Most prescription drug abusers get their pills from friends and family, including from the household … firearms.  The removal from homes of unwanted prescription pills that can be abused, stolen or resold is an easy way to …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… the search window, or they can call 800-882-9539.  Only pills and other solids, like patches, will be accepted-the … combined.  “Most prescription drug abusers get their pills from friends and family, including from the household … firearms.  The removal from homes of unwanted prescription pills that can be abused, stolen or resold is an easy way to …
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Forestville Dentist Sentenced For Distributing Drugs

… 662-5879 Wrote Prescriptions to Unlawfully Obtain 26,290 Pills Containing Oxycodone and Distributed Cocaine FEB 21 -- … and returned to Curtis’ office with some of the Schedule II pills. Curtis would frequently write the prescriptions in …
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Former Alexandria Doctor Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Distribute Oxycodone

… said U.S. Attorney MacBride. “The abuse of prescription pills has had a devastating impact on our community, and we … for pain medications, sometimes exceeding 2,000 pills per patient each month. Wade frequently issued these … patient. Oxycodone is the active ingredient in brand name pills such as OxyContin, Roxicodone and Percocet.  It is a …
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South Shore Drug Traffickers Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

… 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 …
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Dominican National Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Heroin

… for street distribution, approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet pills, one firearm, approximately $50,000 in cash, drug …
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Yonkers Pharmacy Store Manager Arrested And Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… pain medication and functioned as a ‘go-to’ prescription pill dispenser for those who were willing to pay his … prices. The number of people who die from prescription pill abuse every year is staggering and bears repeating - … Lee typically charged $1,075 for 180 30-milligram oxycodone pills. When presented with a prescription from CI-1, Lee …
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Doctor, Pharmacist And Call-Center Manager Found Guilty In Massive Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… drug users who had no medical reason for receiving the pills, federal law enforcement officials announced today. … to solicit customers to buy hydrocodone and other pills without valid prescriptions, according to court … “prescribed.” Customers paid for their “consultation” and pills up front, via credit card, and medical insurance was …
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Camouflaged Canadian Charged With Smuggling 182 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs Across Northern Border

… approximately 300 vacuum-sealed plastic bags containing pills. The pills bear markings consistent with those used to identify … prescribed as an anti-anxiety medication. The 300 bags of pills weighed approximately 182 pounds, and have a value of …
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Two Waterbury Residents Involved In Fentanyl And Heroin Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Prison

… for street distribution, approximately 1,000 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet pills, one firearm, and approximately $50,000 in cash.  …
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DEA Releases 2016 Drug Threat Assessment: Fentanyl-related Overdose Deaths Rising At An Alarming Rate

… heroin products or pressed into counterfeit prescription pills, sometimes without the users’ awareness, which often … as heroin and fentanyl - and diverted prescription pain pills - are killing people in this country at a horrifying …