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PRESS RELEASE

Prescription Drug Conspiracy Dismantled In Northern Kentucky

February 22, 2013
CINCINNATI - Today, Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge, Detroit Field Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), along with Kerry B. Harvey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, jointly announced the culmination of an Organized...
February 22, 2013
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Undercover Operation Nabs Two Defendants Charged In Federal Court With Distribution Of Synthetic Drug Known As “Bath Salts”

February 15, 2013
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Chief Egidio Tinti of the (N.Y.) Police Department, announced the arrest today of...
February 15, 2013
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Two Members Of Manhattan Trinitarios Gang Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court For Racketeering And Firearms Offenses

February 14, 2013
MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that Jonathan Feliz, the former leader of the Manhattan branch of the “Trinitarios,”...
February 14, 2013
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Jury Convicts Ohio Heroin Trafficker

February 06, 2013
Four additional co-conspirators previously pled guilty COLUMBUS, Ohio - A U.S. District Court jury here today convicted Sontay T. Smotherman, 36, of Columbus of operating a drug house at his residence. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge...
February 06, 2013
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Kentucky Career Criminal Sentenced To 20 + Years For Head Role In Cocaine Conspiracy

February 06, 2013
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Richmond, Kentucky man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced today to more than 250 months for dealing cocaine and using his retail store to conceal his drug trafficking activity. U.S. District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood sentenced 30-year-old Jakolbe Chenault, aka, “Kolbe Cheese,” for conspiracies...
February 06, 2013
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Detroit Area Pharmacist/Pharmacy Owner Sentenced To 17 Years For Drug Conspiracy And Health Care Fraud

February 04, 2013
DETROIT - A 50 year old Canton pharmacist who owned and operated 26 pharmacies in the metro-Detroit area was sentenced today to 17 years in prison, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge, of the U.S...
February 04, 2013
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Two Distributors Of Oxycodone Powder Arrested

February 02, 2013
- ALBANY, N.Y. - Two former Oneonta residents, Dylan J. Clark and Michelle L. Slonaker, were arrested last Friday as part of “Operation Gold Rush” that was conducted by the Otsego County Sheriff’s (OCSO), the Oneonta Police (OPD), and the Albany District Office of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, into...
February 02, 2013
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Manhattan Doctor Illegally Sold Painkiller Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

January 31, 2013
MANHATTAN - - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; Raymond W. Kelly New York City Police Commissioner; James C. Cox Medicaid Inspector General; Nirav R. Shah, M.D., New York State Commissioner of Health M.P.H...
January 31, 2013
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Cleveland Area Residents Indicted In Poly-Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

January 24, 2013
CLEVELAND - Sixteen people were indicted on drug trafficking, illegal firearms and money laundering charges for their roles in an organization that is accused of bringing cocaine, heroin and marijuana from Chicago and selling it in Cleveland, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio...
January 24, 2013
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Seven Arrested, Charged With Drug Conspiracy And Money Laundering

January 22, 2013
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Brian Crowell, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and William J. Hochul, Jr. United States. Attorney, Western District of New York announced Friday, January 18, 2013 that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Steven Bennett, 42, of Buffalo, N.Y.; Chandra Woods...
January 22, 2013
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