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Houston Man Sentenced To 15 Years For His Part In For One Of The Largest Meth Distribution Rings In Southwest Missouri

September 01, 2017
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - - Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Kansas City District Office, today announced that Robert Canales, 34, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his part in a 28 person conspiracy involved in distributing meth in southwest Missouri. “This was one...
September 01, 2017
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Ohio Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Federal Prison For Leading Heroin Distribution Ring

August 31, 2017
COLUMBUS, Ohio - David McShan, 39, of Steubenville, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 74 months in prison and eight years of supervised release for his role in running a Steubenville-area heroin-trafficking ring. McShan and his brother, Frederick A. McShan, 37, were each convicted following a weeklong jury...
August 31, 2017
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DEA-led Investigation Results In Ten Defendants Pleading Guilty In Million Dollar Meth Conspiracy

August 18, 2017
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division Office, today announced two additional individuals indicted and charged in DEA’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) “Alice in Wonderland” were sentenced to federal prison for distributing cocaine in southern Illinois. Nahum Shibeshi, 29...
August 18, 2017
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Suburban Detroit Doctor Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Distribution Of Prescription Pills

August 18, 2017
DETROIT - Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced that a physician who practiced in Oak Park, Michigan, pled guilty on August 16th, 2017, to writing prescriptions for oxycodone without medical justification. Lemisch was joined in the announcement by Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S...
August 18, 2017
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Houston Residents Sentenced To Prison For Their Roles In A $1.2 Million Dollar Cocaine Conspiracy

August 17, 2017
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division Office, today announced two additional individuals indicted and charged in DEA’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) “Alice in Wonderland” were sentenced to federal prison for distributing cocaine in southern Illinois. Nahum Shibeshi, 29...
August 17, 2017
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DEA Announces “360 Strategy” In Dayton, Ohio To Address Opioid Epidemic

August 17, 2017
DAYTON, Ohio - The DEA announced today that Dayton will be the next “360 Strategy” city to take part in a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention effort that’s designed to assist communities dealing with the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic. Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s Detroit...
August 17, 2017
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DEA-led Investigation Results In 10 Defendants Pleading Guilty In Million Dollar Meth Conspiracy

August 16, 2017
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Kansas City District Office Troy Derby today announced that ten individuals pled guilty to a million dollar meth conspiracy responsible for distributing a minimum of 30 kilograms of methamphetamine in and around the Kansas City metropolitan area. “These individuals represent some...
August 16, 2017
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22 People Charged Federally On Heroin Trafficking And Related Charges

August 09, 2017
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Twenty-two people were indicted in federal court for their roles trafficking heroin and other drugs in the Youngstown and Ravenna areas, law enforcement officials said. Arrests were executed this morning for people named in three separate indictments. A 79-count indictment charges 12 people with drug trafficking and...
August 09, 2017
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DEA-Led Investigation Results In Sentencing Of Three Iowa Heroin And Fentanyl Dealers Causing An Overdose Death

July 26, 2017
OMAHA, Neb. - -Three Dubuque, Iowa, men have been sentenced for their part in distributing heroin and fentanyl that killed a Dubuque, Iowa, man in 2016. Darin Thimmesch, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Omaha District Office, announced the sentencing today. Derrick Jermain Brown, 26, was sentenced to 20...
July 26, 2017
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Two Indicted In Kansas City For Transporting Multi-Kilo Quantities Of Methamphetamine, Fentanyl

July 25, 2017
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - - Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Kansas City District Office, announced today that Edgar Israel Reyes-Toscano, 44, and Vanessa Sanchez, 44, both of Bakersfield, California, were formerly charged in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Missouri. This indictment...
July 25, 2017
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