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SoCal Doctor Charged With Illegally Writing Prescriptions For Addictive Narcotics And Laundering Proceeds Of His Drug Dealing

April 10, 2014
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles-area doctor surrendered this morning to federal authorities after being indicted on federal drug trafficking charges for allegedly illegally distributing drugs, including powerful and addictive painkillers. Dr. Andrew Sun, 78, of La Mirada, surrendered this morning at the United States Courthouse, where he is expected...
April 10, 2014
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Two Leaders Of ‘Red Breed Guerillas’ Street Gang Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Terms For Drug And Gun Possession

April 09, 2014
NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced two leaders of a Bloods street gang set known as the “Red Breed Guerillas” were sentenced today to prison...
April 09, 2014
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Miami-Dade, Fla. Police Officer Charged In Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

April 08, 2014
NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced an internal affairs officer of the Miami-Dade Police Department was arrested this morning in Miami Gardens, Fla., and charged...
April 08, 2014
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Six Camden Residents Indicted On Charges That They Conspired To Distribute Large Quantities Of Heroin And Operate A Heroin Mill

March 21, 2014
TRENTON - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that six alleged members of a drug ring were indicted today on first-degree charges for allegedly operating a heroin mill and distributing large quantities of...
March 21, 2014
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Twin Brother Pharmacists Each Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison For Defrauding Patients And Insurance Companies Of $1.5 Million

March 14, 2014
NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced two pharmacists - twin brothers who previously owned the West Orange Pharmacy - were each sentenced to...
March 14, 2014
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Drug Felon Sentenced To Twenty-Seven Years Imprisonment

February 25, 2014
HONOLULU - Jacob Drummondo-Farias, age 31, of Waialua, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 324 months imprisonment for being a manager and supervisor of a conspiracy to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine between 2011 and...
February 25, 2014
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Joint DEA/Murrieta PD Investigation Results In Federal Steroid Distribution Charges

February 21, 2014
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A Temecula man, who owned and operated sports nutrition businesses in Murrieta and Temecula, was sentenced February 18, 2014, to probation after he pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges for possessing and distributing anabolic steroids. David Antonio Calderon, 40, who owned and operated Nutri-Sport in Murrieta...
February 21, 2014
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Task Force Investigation Into PCP Trafficking Leads To Federal Charges Against Producers And Distributors Of The Dangerous Drug

February 12, 2014
LOS ANGELES - Federal, state and local authorities this morning arrested 20 individuals who are named in two federal indictments that target manufacturers and distributors of Phencyclidine - commonly known as PCP or “angel dust” - a dangerous narcotic with deep ties to the violent Grape Street Crips and other...
February 12, 2014
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Northern Nevada Man Convicted Of Distributing Synthetic Drugs

February 07, 2014
RENO, Nev. - - In the first federal jury trial of its kind in Nevada involving synthetic drugs commonly referred to as "spice," a Reno, Nevada man has been convicted of multiple counts related to the distribution and possession of the dangerous substances, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney...
February 07, 2014
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Two Mexican Mafia Members Guilty Of Federal Racketeering Charges In Crackdown Targeting Ontario Street Gang

January 27, 2014
LOS ANGELES - Two members of the Mexican Mafia prison gang were found guilty on January 27, 2014, on federal racketeering charges for overseeing the conduct of the main street gang in Ontario, California, a criminal enterprise that was responsible for numerous violent crimes and widespread drug trafficking. The convictions...
January 27, 2014
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