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Leader Of Dover Oxycodone Distribution Ring Sentenced To 54 Months Of Imprisonment

September 26, 2011
WILMINGTON, DE - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, and Vito S. Guarino, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Philadelphia Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced that Michael Kyle Griffith was sentenced today to serve 54 months in prison for his leadership...
September 26, 2011
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Bucks County, Pennsylvania Doctor Sentenced For Running Northeast Philadelphia Pill Mill

September 19, 2011
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Christopher Vassalluzzo, D.O., 47, of New Hope, PA, was sentenced today to 34 months in prison for a conspiracy that illegally distributed millions of prescription controlled substance diet drugs. Vassalluzzo and others operated an office at 3000 Holme Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia that was, in fact, a...
September 19, 2011
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New Jersey Man Sentenced To 87 Months In Prison For Possessing Oxycodone For Sale Illegally

September 12, 2011
CAMDEN, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Rio Grande, N.J., man who traveled to Florida 29 times to illegally...
September 12, 2011
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Union City Man Found Guilty Of Heroin Mill Conspiracy

September 09, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Union City, N.J., man involved in a 2009 conspiracy to process, package...
September 09, 2011
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New Jersey Pharmacist Pleads Guilty In Illegal Pharmaceutical Drug Distribution Scheme

September 07, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced Vincent Hsia, a pharmacist and the former proprietor of Lincoln Pharmacy Network in...
September 07, 2011
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Twin Sisters In Newark, New Jersey Charged With Operating Oxycodone Distribution Ring

August 31, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that twin sisters were arrested today at their residence in Newark, N.J. for...
August 31, 2011
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“Bloods” Leader Arrested, Charged With Possessing Arsenal Of Weapons Tied To Murders And Other Violent Acts In Newark

August 26, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced an alleged leader of the Sex Money Murder set of the “Bloods” street...
August 26, 2011
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Former Philadelphia Police Officer Sentenced To 16 Years For Drug Conspiracy

August 19, 2011
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Mark Williams, 28, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 16 years and three months in prison for his role in a drug conspiracy in which a phony arrest was orchestrated in order to steal drugs from a drug dealer. At the time of the crime, Williams was...
August 19, 2011
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Mass. Couple Sentenced To 87 Months For Conspiracy To Distribute 17 Kilos Of Cocaine

August 17, 2011
TRENTON, N.J. - A Worcester, Mass., couple was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison for traveling to Newark, N.J., to obtain approximately 17 kilos of cocaine that they planned to distribute in their home state, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Enrique Nunez, 37, and his wife, Rosa...
August 17, 2011
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Physician And Pharmacist Among Those Arrested In Drug Conspiracy And Health Care Fraud Case

August 10, 2011
PHILADELPHIA, PA - A 498-count indictment was unsealed today charging 53 defendants, including a Montgomery County physician and a Northeast Philadelphia pharmacist, in a multi-million dollar drug conspiracy involving phony prescriptions, phony patients, and an alleged drug trafficking organization. The indictment was announced by United States Attorney in the Eastern...
August 10, 2011
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