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$200,000 In Civil Penalties Recovered From Upper East Side Pharmacy

April 30, 2013
NEW YORK - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has settled a civil lawsuit against Madison Avenue...
April 30, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Kentucky Pain Clinic Owners Plead Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

April 26, 2013
Date: April 26, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Jack Conway, Kentucky Attorney General jointly announced today that two eastern Kentucky pain clinic...
April 26, 2013
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Alleged International Narcotics Trafficker Charged With Conspiring To Engage In Narco-Terrorism And To Support The FARC

April 26, 2013
MANHATTAN - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Jose Evaristo Linares Castillo was extradited from Colombia on charges that he conspired...
April 26, 2013
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Michigan Man Sentenced To 20 Years For 1,000 Kilo Marijuana Conspiracy

April 23, 2013
Date: April 23, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 BAY CITY, Mich. - A Grand Blanc, Michigan resident was sentenced to twenty years in federal prison yesterday after having been found guilty on federal drug trafficking offenses, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade. Salah Dado, 34, was...
April 23, 2013
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Kentucky Physician Surrenders DEA Registration To Prescribe Controlled Substances

April 19, 2013
Date: April 19, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA) jointly announced today that a physician from Prestonsburg, Ky., paid the U.S. Government $50,000...
April 19, 2013
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Dozens Indicted On Charges Of Violating Drug And Firearms Laws In Warren, Ohio

April 17, 2013
Date: April 17, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 WARREN, Ohio - Nineteen separate federal indictments were unsealed today, charging 55 people with various violations of federal narcotics and/or firearms laws in and around Warren, Ohio, law enforcement officials announced. At the same time, an additional 42 people...
April 17, 2013
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Kentucky Man Charged In Marijuana Investigation

April 10, 2013
Date: April 10, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LONDON, Ky. - A Barbourville, Kentucky man was arrested today pursuant to a federal indictment that accuses him of growing a large number of marijuana plants and illegally possessing firearms. Leslie Monroe, 52, was charged Wednesday, March 28, 2013...
April 10, 2013
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces The Extradition Of Dominican Republic Former Drug Control Operations Chief

April 08, 2013
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James T. Hayes, Jr., the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of...
April 08, 2013
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NYPD Officer Assigned To Harlem Precinct Indicted For Armed Robbery And Narcotics Trafficking

April 04, 2013
BROOKLYN, NY - A superseding indictment was unsealed yesterday evening in federal court in Brooklyn charging New York City Police Officer Jose Tejada with armed robbery conspiracy, narcotics distribution conspiracy, and the unlawful use of a firearm. Tejada is a 17-year veteran of the New York City Police (“NYPD”) who...
April 04, 2013
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Two More Arrests In Heroin Trafficking Ring Based In Otsego County

April 04, 2013
OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration Brian R. Crowell, Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr, Oneonta Police Chief Dennis R. Nayor and Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl announce further arrests of individuals involved in a...
April 04, 2013
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