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South Carolina Native Sentenced To 180 Months For Leadership Role In A-PVP Trafficking And International Money Laundering Conspiracies

February 23, 2016
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 19, 2016, Joshua Lee Lindsey, 30, of Lyman, S.C., was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 180 months in federal prison for his leadership role in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy and an international money laundering conspiracy involving...
February 23, 2016
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DEA St. Louis Launches Dance Team In Ferguson, Missouri

February 23, 2016
ST. LOUIS - -The Karlovsky and Company Dance performed at the Ferguson Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis as a kick-off to the DEA Youth Dance Program that will be providing free 20-week dance classes at three locations in the Greater St. Louis area. The Karlovsky and Company...
February 23, 2016
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St. Louis Hosts A Private Screening For The Video "Chasing The Dragon"

February 18, 2016
ST. LOUIS - -The St. Louis DEA division and FBI offices hosted a private movie screening of the DEA/FBI produced “Chasing the Dragon” video. The invited audience consisted of over 70 school superintendents, principals and educators from both public and private schools in the greater St. Louis area, as well...
February 18, 2016
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Leader Of Drug Ring Sentenced To More Than 8 Years In Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

February 11, 2016
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. ordered Mateo Meraz, 42, of Rockford, Illinois and leader of a drug ring responsible for trafficking cocaine to the Charlotte area to serve 97 months in prison and three years of supervised release, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney...
February 11, 2016
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Two Florida Brothers Sentenced To 84 Months In Prison For Bath Salts And Money Laundering Conspiracies In Eastern Tennessee

January 28, 2016
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Michael Loren Sheaffer, 35, of Pinellas Park, Fla., and Matthew Shawn Sheaffer, 35, of Holiday, Fla., were both sentenced on Jan. 27, 2016, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to each serve 84 months in federal prison. Both Sheaffers were previously convicted of...
January 28, 2016
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DEA Announces “360 Strategy” In St. Louis To Address Heroin, Prescription Drugs And Violent Crime

January 28, 2016
ST. LOUIS - -The United States Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that St. Louis will be the second pilot city to be part of a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention “360 Strategy” to help cities dealing with the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic, and its associated violent crime. DEA...
January 28, 2016
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Mexican Cartel Member Sentenced To Prison For Conspiracy Involving Over 400 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine

January 22, 2016
ATLANTA - Israel Garcia-Villanueva has been sentenced to over 17 years in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to traffic over 400 kilograms of methamphetamine. He received shipments of methamphetamine and coordinated its delivery in Atlanta, Georgia, and throughout the Southeast. Daniel R. Salter, the Special Agent in Charge...
January 22, 2016
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Psychiatrist Charged With Prescribing Pain Medication Outside Of Medical Authority

January 15, 2016
JONESBORO, Ga. - Clayton Judicial Circuit District Attorney Tracy Graham-Lawson, announced today that Dr. Narendra Kumar Nagareddy, was charged with Violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, 16-13-41 by prescribing controlled substances while not acting in the usual course of his practice of Psychiatry and not prescribing same for a...
January 15, 2016
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Mexican Cartel Leader Edgar Valdez-Villareal, A/k/a "La Barbie," Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

January 06, 2016
ATLANTA - Edgar Valdez-Villareal, 42, also known as “La Barbie,” who was born in the United States and rose to be a high-level leader of Mexico's Beltran-Leyva Cartel, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of cocaine importation and distribution, and money laundering. “Since 2004, Edgar Valdez-Villarreal was responsible for the distribution...
January 06, 2016
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Nine Methamphetamine Traffickers Sentenced To Federal Prison

December 02, 2015
STATESVILLE, N.C. - Nine methamphetamine traffickers have been sentenced over a two-day period to prison terms ranging from one to 17.5 years, as a result of two related Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigations, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Attorney...
December 02, 2015
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