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Visalia Doctor Indicted For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

June 10, 2013
FRESNO, Calif. - On Thursday, a federal grand jury returned a 27-count indictment against Terrill Eugene Brown, 61, of Visalia, charging him with conspiracy to dispense oxycodone, dispensing of oxycodone and hydrocodone, and structuring currency transactions to avoid bank reporting requirements, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce...
June 10, 2013
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Sacramento Area Drug Traffickers Indicted In Significant Federal Drug Trafficking Investigation

June 07, 2013
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned a multi-count indictment charging Israel “Puck” Washington, 39, of Sacramento; Deyonte Spears, 25, of Oakland; Tyrone Weathersby, 44, of Sacramento; Anthony Sanchez...
June 07, 2013
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Stockton Men Charged With Drug-Trafficking

June 07, 2013
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today charging Edwin Malo-Vergara, 50; Aurelio Ruben-Bulgin, 25; and Jose Junez-Ramirez Sr., 46, all of Stockton, with drug trafficking, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. The...
June 07, 2013
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Denver Man Sentenced For Role In Murder-for-Hire And Drug Conspiracy

June 07, 2013
LAREDO, Texas - Shavar Davis, 30, of Denver, Colo., has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his involvement in a murder-for-hire and drug conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Davis pleaded guilty in August 2012...
June 07, 2013
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Naturalized U.S. Citizen Sentenced To 60 Months For Distributing Meth

June 06, 2013
BOISE, Idaho - Alonso Martinez, 26, of Earlimart, California, was sentenced on June 4, 2013, to 60 months in prison for possession of 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine with intent to deliver. Martinez, born in Mexico but a naturalized citizen of the United States, was also ordered to...
June 06, 2013
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Owners Of Smoke Shack And Smoke Shack 2 Sentenced To Federal Prison

June 06, 2013
BOISE, Idaho - Two brothers and former owners and operators of two Treasure Valley head shops, Smoke Shack and Smoke Shack Two were sentenced to federal prison on June 4, 2013, for offering drug paraphernalia for sale and one count of money laundering. Robert T. Guerrero, Jr., 36, of Meridian...
June 06, 2013
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Indictments Charging Twenty-Three People With Drug Trafficking

June 06, 2013
SCRANTON, Pa. - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District Pennsylvania announced the filing of indictments returned by a federal grand jury in Scranton on May 21 and June 4, 2013, charging a total of 23 persons with offenses related to trafficking in controlled substances, including heroin. According...
June 06, 2013
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Two Charged With Witness Tampering In Joint Woonsocket Police, DEA Investigation

June 06, 2013
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Field Division, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas S. Carey announced that Joshua Rojas, a/k/a Joshua Ramos, 19, of Woonsocket, and Victor Burgos, a/k/a Fat Boy, 20, of Providence, have...
June 06, 2013
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Nineteen Members Of Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Face Drug Charges

June 06, 2013
BRYSON CITY, N.C. - - Nineteen members of a methamphetamine trafficking ring have been charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Thirteen of those charged were arrested on Wednesday, May 29, 2013; during an early morning round-up conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement, announced Anne...
June 06, 2013
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Four Men Indicted In 75-Liter Methamphetamine Seizure

June 06, 2013
ATLANTA - - Gabriel Jimenez Antunez, Pablo Saucedo Aparicio, Martin Ascencio, and Javier Munoz Ruiz have been indicted on federal drug and money laundering charges for their roles in the delivery of liquid methamphetamine to a residence in Austell, Ga. “Methamphetamine continues to ravage many communities in our nation,” said...
June 06, 2013
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