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Suburban Detroit Doctor Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Distribution Of Prescription Pills

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...
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DEA Announces “360 Strategy” In Dayton, Ohio To Address Opioid Epidemic

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...
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Marc Henry Johnson Sentenced For Helping Drug Dealer Cover Up Role In Woman’s Cocaine Overdose

MANHATTAN, NY - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC HENRY JOHNSON was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for helping cover up a drug dealer’s narcotics offense by moving a woman’s body out of...
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22 People Charged Federally On Heroin Trafficking And Related Charges

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...
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Members Of Bronx Drug Trafficking Organization Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Narcotics And Firearms Trafficking Offenses

MANHATTAN, NY - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field (DEA), Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), announced today...
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5 Charged For Possession Of Over 2 Tons Of Cocaine In Maritime Enforcement Operation

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division; Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security...
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Fentanyl In The City: Nearly 20 Pounds Of Fentanyl, Heroin Seized On Central Park West In Manhattan

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security (HSI); and New York State Police Superintendent...
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5 Arrests, $4 Million In Heroin Sized From Bronx, Yonkers Packaging Operation In DEA-New York Drug Enforcement Task Force Investigation

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan; New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State Police, and Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced...
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Staten Island Woman Sentenced To 12 Years’ Imprisonment For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today before United States District Judge I. Leo Glasser in Brooklyn, New York, Carolyn Richardson was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for operating a sophisticated scheme to fraudulently obtain and distribute thousands of Schedule II controlled substances...
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Massive Fentanyl Seizure In Bronx

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan; New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security (HSI); New York State Police Superintendent George...

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