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Douglas, Georgia Pharmacist Pleads Guilty In Sex For Drugs Scam

(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) - - Stanley Smith, 61, of Douglas, Georgia, pled guilty yesterday before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood for distributing drugs to his customers without a legitimate medical purpose. According to evidence presented during his guilty plea hearing, Smith owned and operated Malcolm’s Drug Store located...
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Barnwell Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Dealing In Hundreds Of Kilograms Of Cocaine

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - - United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today Terrance Lamar Wiggins, a/k/a “T-Wig,” a/k/a “Barnwell” (32) was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Senior United States District Judge Margaret B. Seymour imposed the life sentence after a jury had found Wiggins guilty of...
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Georgia

(ATLANTA) - - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 12,605 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was far more than...
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In North Carolina

(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) - - North Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 13,120 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was far...
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In South Carolina

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 4,701 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This exceeded the last...
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Tennessee

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) - - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 10,055 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was more than...
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Anchorage Man Sentenced To 40 Months Prison In Alaska Drug Conspiracy

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) - - DeMar Moultrie, a/k/a, “Duckmane,” a/k/a, “All Day,” 25, from Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced on May 1, 2013, in U.S. District Court for his role in an Anchorage and Fairbanks drug conspiracy. Moultrie was sentenced to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Moultrie...
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Canadian Trucker Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Drug Conspiracy

(SEATTLE) - - A Canadian truck driver who was identified as a drug smuggler for a criminal group related to the Hells Angels was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 12 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. James Postlethwaite, 60, of North Vancouver, BC, Canada was convicted...
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Kent, Washington Gun Store Owner And Step-Son Arrested On Drug And Gun Charges

SEATTLE - A Kent, Washington man and his step-son were arrested this morning following their indictment on seven criminal counts related to gun sales and controlled substance distribution. The indictment alleges that Mark E. Bryant, 49, and his step-son Andrew Gagley, 30, illegally distributed Demerol. Bryant is also charged in...
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Residents In The Pacific Northwest Turned In Over 16 Tons In DEA’s National Drug Take-Back Day

SEATTLE - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables...

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