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Pharmacist Sentenced To 78 Months In Prison For Attempting To Weaponize Deadly Toxins And Possessing Narcotics Manufacturing Equipment

TRENTON, 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 a licensed pharmacist was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for attempting to weaponize the lethal toxins...
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Chicago Twins’ Cooperation Against Sinaloa Cartel Yields 14- Year Prison Terms; New Charges Target Cartel’s Top Echelon

WASHINGTON - ―Twin brothers Pedro and Margarito Flores, regarded as Chicago’s most significant drug traffickers who rose from street level dealers to the highest echelons of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel and a rival cartel before they began providing unparalleled cooperation to the Drug Enforcement (DEA), were each sentenced today to...
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Doctor Arrested On Charges He Conspired To Illegally Distribute Thousands Of Highly Addictive Oxycodone Pills By Writing Fraudulent Prescriptions For People He Never Treated Or Examined

TRENTON, N.J. - - 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 a medical doctor from Union County, NJ has been arrested on charges he conspired with a drug dealer and others to illegally...
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Madison Man Charged With Drug Crimes

MADISON, Wis. - ―A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictment today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. Paul Stewart, 32, Madison, Wis., is charged...
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Dr. William Hedrick And Nurse Practitioner Charged With Multiple Felony Counts

INDIANAPOLIS - ―The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office announced today felony charges against Dr. William Hedrick, the owner of the Indiana Pain Center in Muncie who also operated several affiliated offices in northeast Indiana, and Gay Gundersen-Watson, a nurse practitioner employed by Dr. Hedrick. The charges...
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Convicted Felon From Camden County, New Jersey, Admits Role In Conspiracy To Traffic Guns From South Carolina To New Jersey

CAMDEN, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Division’s New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Lawnside, New Jersey, man today admitted illegally possessing firearms and selling 22 guns without a license. Anthony...
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two Ashland Residents For Distributing Controlled Substance Analogues, Filing False Tax Returns And Money Laundering

MADISON, Wis. - ―John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced the arrests of John C. Morrison, 70, and Anna F. Novak, 57, both of Ashland, Wis. Morrison and Novak were arrested this morning in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., following their indictment on December 10, 2014...
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Eleven People Charged In Takedown Of Drug Trafficking Organization

CAMDEN, 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 federal, state and local law enforcement authorities arrested eight people this morning in connection with a ring...
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Eight Defendants Charged With Distributing Heroin In Chicago Area On Behalf Of Guerrero Unidos Mexican Drug Cartel

CHICAGO - ―An Aurora man who allegedly led the Chicago area cell of the Guerrero Unidos Mexican drug trafficking cartel is among eight defendants who are facing federal narcotics charges here for their alleged roles in distributing kilogram quantities of heroin, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The investigation, led...
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Gloucester County, New Jersey, Man Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Oxycodone

CAMDEN, 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 a Gloucester County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for conspiring to distribute...

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