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Civil Penalty Settlement Reached With CVS Pharmacy In Car

July 27, 2015
BOSTON - The United States has reached a civil settlement with CVS Health in connection with allegations that the CVS pharmacy in Carver violated federal regulations related to the sale of prescription drugs. Twice in the spring of 2014 armed robbers stole large quantities of Schedule II prescription drugs from...
July 27, 2015
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Heroin Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 7 Years In Federal Prison

July 27, 2015
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Efrain Arroyo Melendez, aka Frank Feliz Baez, 49, of the Allston section of Boston, Mass., has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for trafficking heroin into Providence, R.I., announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and...
July 27, 2015
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Mexican National Sentenced To 64 Months In Prison For Possessing Heroin With Intent To Distribute

July 24, 2015
SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Mexican national was sentenced to 64 months in prison for possessing heroin with intent to distribute. Uriel Coria-Coria, 22, of Mexico, was sentenced on one count...
July 24, 2015
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Jury Convicts Synthetic Cannabinoid Distributor

July 23, 2015
MIAMI - Ronen Nahmani, 41, of Aventura, Florida was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and controlled substance analogues, namely, synthetic cannabinoids, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846. Nahmani is scheduled to be sentenced before Chief Judge Michael...
July 23, 2015
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Nassau County Man Sentenced To Five Years On Drug And Firearm Charges

July 23, 2015
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Shavon Tavin (22, Nassau County) to five years in federal prison for distributing cocaine and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He pleaded guilty on April 15, 2015. According to court documents, on February 6, 2015, Anderson met...
July 23, 2015
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Physician And Office Manager Indicted On Alien Smuggling And Drug Conspiracy Charges

July 23, 2015
TAMPA, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce the unsealing of an indictment charging Dr. Fred Joseph (57, Sarasota) and Rosetta Valerie (58, Osprey) with conspiracy to unlawfully...
July 23, 2015
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DEA Target Sentenced To Over 19 Years For Heroin Trafficking

July 22, 2015
TUCSON, Ariz. - On July 22, 2015, the DEA Phoenix Field Division announced that Victor Corral, Jr., 36, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced to over 19 years imprisonment for his role in a large-scale heroin trafficking organization operating in Southern Arizona. Over 120 pounds of white heroin with an estimated...
July 22, 2015
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Rhode Island Man Indicted For Trafficking Over A Kilogram Of Heroin

July 22, 2015
SCRANTON, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Providence, Rhode Island man was indicted late yesterday by a federal grand jury sitting in Scranton, on the charge of possession with intent to distribute in excess of one kilogram of heroin. According...
July 22, 2015
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Nevada City Woman Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Cultivation And Structuring Currency Transactions On First Day Of Trial

July 21, 2015
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Patricia Jane Albright, 64, of Nevada City, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to manufacture marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, and structuring currency transactions to evade federal reporting requirements. On September 18, 2014, Albright’s son and co-conspirator, Jordan Wirtz, pleaded guilty to federal firearms charges. On February 26, 2015...
July 21, 2015
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Two Men Who Allowed Bellevue Apartment For Hash Oil Manufacturing Sentenced To Three Years In Prison

July 21, 2015
SEATTLE - Two men who invited a third man to use their Bellevue, Washington apartment for the illegal manufacturing of hash oil were sentenced to prison on July 20, 2015, in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Jesse D. Kaplan, 32, of Redmond, Washington and Daniel James Strycharske, 29, of Kirkland...
July 21, 2015
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