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Retired Colombian Police General Sentenced To 13 Years For Conspiring To Provide Material Support To Terrorists

December 14, 2012
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mauricio Santoyo Velasco, 53, ofColombia, was sentenced today to 13 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to provide material support and resources to the United Self-Defense Forces of (AUC), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for...
December 14, 2012
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Hagerstown Drug Dealer Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

November 14, 2012
BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced David Barnes, 32, of Hagerstown, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine (crack cocaine) and cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine...
November 14, 2012
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Baltimore Drug Dealer Exiled To 10 Years In Prison On Drug Charges

October 31, 2012
BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Curtis Bird, 37, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. The sentence was announced by...
October 31, 2012
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Cocaine Dealer Exiled To Over 10 Years In Prison

October 17, 2012
BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Gregory Fitzgerald, 46, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 126 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. The sentence was announced...
October 17, 2012
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DEA’s Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results in Another Big Haul

October 04, 2012
OCT 04 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) –For the fifth time in two years, Americans emptied medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs and took them to collection sites located throughout the United States as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back...
October 04, 2012
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Pharmacist Convicted Of Illegally Dispensing Prescription Drugs

October 04, 2012
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Larry Egan Boatwright, 57, of Germantown, Tennessee was found guilty by a jury today on three counts of illegally dispensing oxycodone, hydrocodone, and alprazolam, announced United States Attorney Edward L. Stanton III. Boatwright was convicted of unlawfully distributing large amounts of oxycodone, in violation of 21 U.S.C...
October 04, 2012
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DEA Atlanta Holds Fifth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29, 2012

September 28, 2012
ATLANTA - With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Georgians will be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state, free of charge, no questions...
September 28, 2012
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DEA South Carolina Holds Fifth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29, 2012

September 26, 2012
COLUMBIA, S.C. - With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., South Carolinians will be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state, free of charge...
September 26, 2012
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Baltimore City Police Officer Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Trafficking Heroin While On Duty

September 25, 2012
BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Baltimore City Police officer Daniel Redd, 41, of Baltimore, today to 20 years in prison, followed by years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin, and using a...
September 25, 2012
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Prince Frederick Physician Indicted For Illegally Distributing Drugs And $3 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme Related To His Pain Management Clinics

September 25, 2012
GREENBELT, Md. - A federal grand jury has indicted physician George Mathews, M.D., 75, of Prince Frederick, Maryland, on charges of illegal distribution of drugs and health care fraud, in connection with pain management clinics he operated in Prince Frederick, Waldorf and Greenbelt, Maryland. The indictment was returned on September...
September 25, 2012
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