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Twelve Indicted In Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy; Two Charged With Distribution Resulting In Death

April 02, 2014
APR 02 (NEW ORLEANS) - Twelve individuals indicted in the Eastern District of Louisiana face drug and conspiracy charges as a result of an extensive three-year investigation that targeted a heroin drug trafficking organization in New Orleans, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U. S...
April 02, 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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Operation "Double Down Doc" Indictment Exposes Gulf Coast Prescription Drug Ring

March 05, 2014
GULFPORT, Miss. - Four individuals indicted in the Southern District of Mississippi face various drug charges as the result of an extensive three-year drug investigation that targeted an illegal prescription drug ring, announced Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown with the Drug Enforcement Administration - New Orleans Field Division and...
March 05, 2014
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Pharmacist Admits Multiple Sales Of Oxycodone Without A Prescription, Agrees To Forfeit $1.5 Million

January 24, 2014
NEWARK, N.J. - The former pharmacist-in-charge of West Orange Pharmacy today admitted to illegally distributing hundreds of tablets of oxycontin in exchange for thousands of dollars in cash, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Leonard "Lenny" Stefanelli, 49, of East Hanover, N.J., pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael A...
January 24, 2014
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Leader Of "Pump And Dump" Stock Fraud Scheme Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Nine Years In Prison

January 24, 2014
NEW YORK - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division, and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that David Levy was sentenced today to nine years in prison after having been found guilty by...
January 24, 2014
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Alabama Assistant U.S. Attorneys Receive Award From The Drug Enforcement Administration

January 21, 2014
JAN 21 (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) - The Drug Enforcement Administration awarded Assistant U. S. Attorneys Verne Speirs and Gray Borden the Spartan Award, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney Middle District of Alabama. The Spartan award recognizes prosecutors for their dedication and extraordinary effort to investigate and prosecute large-scale...
January 21, 2014
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Blytheville-Area Drug Traffickers Arrested Twenty Five Charged In 62-count Indictment

January 17, 2014
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - William J. Bryant, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) of the Little Rock District Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA); Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; and Scott Ellington, District Prosecuting Attorney for the Second Judicial District of Arkansas; announced the...
January 17, 2014
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Los Angeles Gang Member Convicted Of Heroin Conspiracy And Obstruction Of Justice Involving Murder Of A Federal Witness

January 15, 2014
NEW ORLEANS - Quenshey Mitchell, a/k/a "Ripper" "Baby Ripper", and "Q", age 36, from Los Angeles, California, was convicted on January 10, 2014 of all six counts of a superseding indictment which included charges of conspiracy to distribute in excess of a kilogram of heroin, multiple conspiracies to obstruct justice...
January 15, 2014
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Indictment Charges 15 With Conspiring In International Drug Ring That Used U.S. Mail To Ship Cocaine From California To New Jersey Jamaican Recording Artist Charged As Leader Of Drug Trafficking Network In "Operation Next Day Air"

January 10, 2014
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 Jamaican recording artist and his brother were charged as leaders and 13 others were charged as co-conspirators in a first-degree indictment returned...
January 10, 2014
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