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Three People Arrested by Homeland Security Task Force and Four Charged with Multi-State Burglary and Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Targeting Local Pharmacies

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Four individuals from California are facing charges in a multi-defendant conspiracy accused of burglarizing pharmacies and distributing multiple controlled substances throughout southern Illinois and across the country. Three of the four Defendants are in custody. A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging the following...
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DEA Atlanta Field Division Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

Atlanta – For a fifth straight year, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will show its support for “Song for Charlie” and our many valued partners in law enforcement, public health, and non-profit agencies in recognizing National Fentanyl Awareness Day on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Six months ago, DEA intensified its...
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day, April 29

ST LOUIS– The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will recognize National Fentanyl Awareness Day, Wednesday, April 29, as a show of support for the agency’s valued partners in law enforcement, public health and non-profit agencies. Fentanyl-related deaths have decreased in the past several years, yet fentanyl remains the leading cause...
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Leader of Multi-Million Dollar International Money Laundering and Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

ATLANTA – Monica Dominguez Torres has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for leading a transnational criminal organization that operated methamphetamine conversion laboratories in the Atlanta area and laundered millions of dollars of drug proceeds to Mexico. “This case highlights the evolving nature of drug trafficking organizations which is...
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Three-Time Convicted Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Selling Deadly "Tranq Dope" That Killed One and Seriously Injured Another

ATLANTA - Masi Lenard Fears has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl, which resulted in the death of one customer and serious injury to another, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. “Selling lethal drugs disguised as something less dangerous is not just criminal...
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Three St. Louis Area Residents Admit Selling Fentanyl, Other Drugs Via Social Media

ST. LOUIS – Three St. Louis area residents have admitted selling fentanyl and other drugs via social media, including drugs that caused one fatal and one nonfatal overdose. Aeman Ali, 23, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis Tuesday to aiding and abetting the maintaining of a drug-involved...
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Columbia, Missouri Doctor Arrested, Accused of Health Care Fraud, Illegally Prescribing Drugs

ST. LOUIS – A medical doctor and owner of an urgent care clinic in Columbia, Missouri was arrested Wednesday on an indictment that accuses him of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid and providing prescription drugs to friends, people suffering from substance use disorders and those with whom he had sexual relationships...
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Saugus Man Sentenced To 10 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Thousands of Pills Containing Meth and Fentanyl

BOSTON – A Saugus man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine and fentanyl. George Krabey, 47, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley to 10 years in prison, to be followed...
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Newtonville Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Distribution

BOSTON – A Newtonville man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to a drug distribution offense involving cocaine. Trevor Headley, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and two counts of distribution of and possession with intent to...
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Associate Of Motorcycle Gang Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

BOSTON – An associate of the Unknown Bikers Motorcycle Club has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in a conspiracy to distribute crystal methamphetamine. Daniel Loughman, a/k/a “Swiss,” 40, of Wakefield, Mass. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV to 12 years...

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