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Suburban Chicago Woman Sentenced to 1 Year for Writing Fraudulent Opioid Prescriptions

January 18, 2022
CHICAGO - Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch, Jr., of the Northern District of Illinois today announced that an administrative assistant at a suburban Chicago medical practice has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for...
January 18, 2022
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10 Charged for Multi-Year Cocaine Conspiracy

January 14, 2022
MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and Timothy O'Shea, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that three indictments have been unsealed charging a total of 10 people with participating in a cocaine conspiracy. The indictments were returned by...
January 14, 2022
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 151 Months for Cocaine Distribution

January 12, 2022
HAMMOND, Ind. - Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Regional Office in Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Odell Lucas, 44, of Schererville, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge James Moody...
January 12, 2022
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 190 Months for Meth Trafficking

January 10, 2022
PEORIA, Ill. – Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that Dustin R. Test, 39, from Peoria, Illinois, was sentenced on Jan. 6, 2022, to 190 months imprisonment, to be followed...
January 10, 2022
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Indiana Man Sentenced 20 Years For Meth Trafficking

January 05, 2022
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson of the Northern District of Indiana announced that Calvin Mitchell, Jr., 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady...
January 05, 2022
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