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Phenix City Man Sentenced To 35 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Weapons Possession

August 12, 2013
(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) - - Shedrick D. Hollis, 40, of Phenix City, was sentenced on August 11, 2013 to 35 years in prison for drug trafficking and weapons possession charges. On March 14, 2013, Hollis was convicted of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine powder, crack cocaine, (a club drug...
August 12, 2013
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West Hollywood Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distributing Painkillers After Being Ordered To Stop Writing Prescriptions By DEA

August 12, 2013
LOS ANGELES - A West Hollywood doctor pleaded guilty this afternoon to a federal drug trafficking charge for writing hundreds of prescriptions for various controlled substances after a federal order revoked his authority to prescribe drugs. James William Eisenberg, 72, who resides in the Venice district of Los Angeles, pleaded...
August 12, 2013
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Federal Jury Convicts James “Whitey” Bulger

August 12, 2013
BOSTON - Following a two-month long trial in U.S. District Court a federal jury today convicted James J. Bulger, for the murder of 11 people, as well as numerous counts of extortion, money laundering, drug dealing, and firearms possession. After deliberating for over 32 hours, over five days, the jury...
August 12, 2013
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Nevada County Man Indicted For Possession With Intent To Distribute Meth

August 09, 2013
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment yesterday, charging Mark Bowden, 33, of Penn Valley, with another count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today. This case is...
August 09, 2013
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Wasilla Man Pleads Guilty In Synthetic Drug Case Which Resulted In Overdose Death

August 09, 2013
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Robin Gattis, the leader of a drug conspiracy involving seven South-central Alaska residents pled guilty today in federal court to drug conspiracy involving Methylone. The six other co-conspirators have previously pled guilty to federal drug charges stemming from a conspiracy to possess and distribute Methylone. Methylone, is...
August 09, 2013
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Two Former Sheriff’s Deputies Arrested And Charged With Possession Of Anabolic Steroids

August 09, 2013
TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and W. Brad Steube, Sheriff, Manatee County Sheriff’s (MCSO), announce today the arrest of two former Manatee Sheriff’s deputies, Tom Frank, 45, and Christopher Tucker, 39. Both Frank and Tucker were charged with Possession...
August 09, 2013
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DEA Statement Regarding The Release Of Rafael Caro-Quintero

August 09, 2013
WASHINGTON - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration was deeply troubled to learn of the decision by a Mexican court to release infamous drug trafficker Rafael Caro-Quintero from a Mexican prison. Caro-Quintero had been serving a 40 year prison sentence in connection with the kidnapping, torture and murder of DEA Special...
August 09, 2013
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United States Files Lawsuit Against PharMerica Corporation For Violations Of The False Claims Act And The Controlled Substances Act

August 09, 2013
WASHINGTON - The United States has filed suit against PharMerica Corp. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the Justice Department announced today. The lawsuit alleges that PharMerica violated the False Claims Act and the Controlled Substances Act by dispensing controlled drugs without valid prescriptions and...
August 09, 2013
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Ventura County Men Charged With Trafficking Meth In Kern County

August 08, 2013
FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today charging Fillmore residents Ruben Avila-Angulo, 40, and Antonio Barocio-Valencia, 60, with conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced...
August 08, 2013
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 23 Members Of Bronx Drug Trafficking Crew With Distributing Crack Cocaine, Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Oxycodone

August 08, 2013
(MANHATTAN) - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond W. Kelly, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New (NYPD), Joseph...
August 08, 2013
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