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Missouri Doctor Admits Diluting Clinic’s Methadone

February 03, 2023
ST. LOUIS - A doctor admitted on Friday that he diluted methadone that was dispensed in a St. Francois County, Missouri, methadone clinic in 2021. Dr. Sunil G. Chand, 59, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk to one count of adulterating a drug with the...
February 03, 2023
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Rochester Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Conspiracy

February 03, 2023
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Tavares Wilson, 41, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum...
February 03, 2023
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Armed Drug Trafficker with Multiple Criminal Convictions is Sentenced to 26 Years in Prison

February 02, 2023
ASHEVILLE, NC – U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced today that Benjamin Dann Owens, 36, of Hayesville, N.C., was sentenced to 312 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, Oxycodone, and other narcotics as...
February 02, 2023
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Fentanyl Dealer Pleads Guilty in Federal Court

January 30, 2023
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Megan Emily Tate, 28, of Sylva, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf this morning and pleaded guilty to distributing a substance that contained fentanyl which resulted in serious bodily injury, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Robert...
January 30, 2023
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21 Year-Old Yakima-Area Gang Member Sentenced for Possessing Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime

January 27, 2023
Yakima, Washington – On January 24, 2023, United States District Judge Mary K. Dimke sentenced Alexis Sanchez-Gomez, 21, of Moxee, Washington, to 12 years in federal prison after his guilty plea to Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug-Trafficking crime. Sanchez-Gomez, a documented member of the Lower Valley Locos...
January 27, 2023
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 11 Years for Meth Trafficking

January 25, 2023
MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Charlie Goodwin, 34, of Madison, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 132 months in prison...
January 25, 2023
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Medical Director of Baltimore County Pain Management Clinic Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute and Dispense Oxycodone

January 24, 2023
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced Norman Rosen, age 84, of Towson, Maryland, to four months of home detention as part of 18 months of probation, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone in connection with his...
January 24, 2023
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Medical Director of Baltimore County Pain Management Clinic Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute and Dispense Oxycodone

January 24, 2023
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced Norman Rosen, age 84, of Towson, Maryland, to four months of home detention as part of 18 months of probation, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone in connection with his...
January 24, 2023
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Tulare County Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute 6 Pounds of Methamphetamine

January 20, 2023
FRESNO, Calif. — Rene Guadalupe Quintero Meza, 38, of Strathmore, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced. According to court documents, between Oct. 25, 2019, and Jan. 24, 2020, Meza conspired...
January 20, 2023
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Georgia Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Meth Trafficking in Indiana

January 19, 2023
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Christopher Hale, 42, of Ellenwood, Georgia, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty...
January 19, 2023
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