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Meth “mules” plead guilty in 23-kilo bust on I-75

December 18, 2020
MACON, Ga. – Two women arrested in possession of more than 23 kilos of methamphetamine during a traffic stop on I-75 have pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and are both facing a maximum twenty years in prison for their crimes, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting...
December 18, 2020
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DEA Investigation in Chapel Hill area uncovers large-scale drug ring

December 17, 2020
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Twenty-one people face federal charges as a result of a lengthy investigation into the sale of narcotics on or near college campuses in North Carolina. The drug trafficking investigation, conducted by a United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, revealed...
December 17, 2020
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Career offender sentenced to more than 11 years in prison on drug charges

November 19, 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Ryan Eugene Farley, 31, of Catawba, N.C. was sentenced to 135 months in prison and four years of supervised release on federal drug charges. As a result of Farley’s multiple prior drug trafficking convictions, the Court today sentenced him as...
November 19, 2020
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Nine defendants named in 42-count federal indictment for operation of south Georgia drug trafficking organization

November 19, 2020
BRUNSWICK, GA: Nine defendants have been accused in a federal indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court of operating a drug trafficking operation in multiple south Georgia counties. The indictment includes charges of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and an...
November 19, 2020
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Pharmacy Pays $250,000 to Resolve Controlled Substances Act Violations

November 17, 2020
ATLANTA – Caduceus USA Medical Pharmacy, LLC (“Caduceus”) has agreed to surrender its DEA registration and pay $250,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to keep proper records of the controlled substances that it purchased, maintained and dispensed in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). These requirements are designed...
November 17, 2020
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Burke County men indicted for operation of illegal pill factory

November 09, 2020
AUGUSTA, GA - Two Burke County men have been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges for operating an illegal pill factory. Cedrick Gabriel Brown , a/k/a “Pop,” 47, and Telly Savalas Carswell, 46, both of Midville, Ga., are charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and To Distribute...
November 09, 2020
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Federal jury convicts Bryson City woman of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death

November 06, 2020
Asheville, N.C. – A federal jury in Asheville has convicted Shannon White, 43, of Bryson City, N.C. for the distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, announced Robert J. Murphy, the Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Murphy of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Atlanta Field Division, which...
November 06, 2020
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Goldsboro man sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine

November 06, 2020
Raleigh, N.C.- The Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Atlanta Field Division Robert J. Murphy and the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Robert J. Hidgon, Jr. announced, a Goldsboro man was sentenced today to 204 months in prison for Possession...
November 06, 2020
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Three Sentenced to Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking

November 06, 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced three individuals for trafficking methamphetamine in Catawba County, announced the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Atlanta File Division and the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Andrew Murray. Chha Chham...
November 06, 2020
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Former corrections officer sentenced for smuggling contraband into prison

November 06, 2020
VALDOSTA, Ga. – A former Valdosta State Prison corrections officer was sentenced to federal prison today after being caught smuggling contraband cell phones and methamphetamine into the prison, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Melissa Crawford, 53, of Macon, Georgia, was sentenced to serve...
November 06, 2020
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