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Freeport Physician Sentenced To 30 Years For Illegal Prescribing

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that Doctor Robert L. Ignasiak, Jr. (58, Freeport), was sentenced to 30 years in prison yesterday for health care fraud...
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Operation Bloodline Defendant Convicted, Another Sentenced

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found Michael Smith - , also known as “Smitty” and...
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Orange County Pharmacist Charged With Illegally Distributing Pain Medications

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the return of an indictment charging Valentine (52, Orlando) with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent...
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Operation Snake Oil Pill Mill Doctor Sentenced

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal (IRS-CI), Miami Field Office, announce that Dr. Scott Becker, 54, of...
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Convicted Felon With Gun Range Membership And Ammunition Sentenced To Almost 10 Years

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Maurice (32, Middleburg) to nine years and ten months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition. Futch pled guilty to the charge on August 28, 2013. According to court documents, on July 16, 2012, the Drug...
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California Women And Florida Man Sentenced For Conspiracy To Body-Smuggling Drugs To Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore this week sentenced Vanessa (39, El Cajon, California), Canetha (43, El...
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Key West Man Sentenced To 30 Years On Drug Charges

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. March, United (US) Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that Michael Clifford (32, Key West, Florida), was sentenced today by US District Judge Robert Hinkle to serve 360 months...
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Leader Of Vero Beach Clandestine Methamphetamine Lab Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Deryl Loar, Sheriff, Indian River County Sheriff's Office, announce the sentencing of four Vero Beach residents for their participation in a...
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Guatemalan Drug Smuggler Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

TAMPA, Fla. - Senior District Court Judge Susan C. Bucklew yesterday sentenced Alma Lucrecia Hernandez-Preciado, a/k/a "La Tia," (40, Tecun Uman, Guatemala) to 30 years in federal prison for violations of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act. On September 20, 2103, Hernandez-Preciado was convicted on two counts by a trial...
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Burlington Man To Serve Fourteen Years In Prison For Cocaine Conspiracy And Money Laundering

BURLINGTON, Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont announced that on Monday, December 16, 2013, Ramell Holder, 36, of Burlington, Vermont, was sentenced to 168 months, or fourteen years...