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Five Santa Fe Residents Arrested On Federal Oxycodone Trafficking Charges

September 26, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Five residents of Santa Fe, N.M., were arrested earlier today based on a 16-count federal indictment charging them with Oxycodone trafficking offenses. Two other Santa Fe residents were arrested on federal marijuana trafficking charges and another individual was arrested on state narcotics trafficking charges. The arrests were...
September 26, 2013
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Hudson County Corrections Officer And Other Alleged Members Of An Armed Robbery Crew That Impersonated Police Officers

September 26, 2013
(NEW YORK) - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Aaron Ford, the Special Agent in Charge of the Newark Office of the Federal Bureau of...
September 26, 2013
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Firearms Straw Purchasing And Smuggling Operation

September 25, 2013
EL PASO, Texas - In El Paso this morning, U.S. District Judge Frank Montalvo sentenced 25-year-old Julio Adrian Pesqueira-Galaviz, to the statutory maximum of 15 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his leadership role in a scheme to illegally purchase firearms in the U.S...
September 25, 2013
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New York Methodist Hospital Agrees To Implement Compliance Program To Settle Civil Claims Under The Controlled Substances Act

September 20, 2013
(BROOKLYN, N.Y.) - Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, announced today the filing and settlement of a civil action by the United States against New York...
September 20, 2013
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Thirty-Three Individuals Arrested On Prescription Fraud Charges

September 19, 2013
EL PASO, Texas - Thirty-three individuals have been arrested in El Paso for prescription fraud-related offenses, announced Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement Administration'(DEA) El Paso Field Division, Regional Commander Carey Matthews of the Texas Department of Public (DPS) and 34th Judicial District (DA) Jaime...
September 19, 2013
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Investigation Interrupts International Trafficking Ring

September 18, 2013
(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) Yesterday, federal authorities in Rochester announced that a significant international synthetic drug trafficking ring was successfully infiltrated. In the Rochester area, eight defendants were charged by criminal complaint for their participation in the conspiracy to import and distribute significant quantities of Methylone, also known as "Molly," a Schedule...
September 18, 2013
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Manhattan Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Selling Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

September 18, 2013
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, New York Division and Bridget G. Brennan New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced today that Dr. Robert S. Gibbs, Sr., a licensed internal medicine physician, pleaded guilty to illegally selling prescriptions for powerful narcotic painkillers...
September 18, 2013
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Correction Officer Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Receiving A Bribe Of $100,000 In Cocaine

September 17, 2013
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge, New York Division and Bridget G. Brennan New York City's Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced today the sentencing of Robert Whitfield, formerly a Correction Officer with the New York City Department of Correction, to eight years in...
September 17, 2013
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Drug Traffickers Used Bronx Day Care: Kilo Of Cocaine, Oxycodone Pills And Firearm Seized; 3 Arrests

September 12, 2013
NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, and Special Agent in Charge...
September 12, 2013
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Undercover Operation Leads To Arrest Of Larchmont Psychiatrist

September 05, 2013
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brian R. Crowell and Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced that Marvin L. Korn MD of 88 West Garden Road, Larchmont, New York was arraigned today on a Felony Complaint charging him with three counts of Criminal Sale...
September 05, 2013
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