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Gary man sentenced to 96 months imprisonment for distribution of heroin

October 30, 2020
HAMMOND, Ind. -Terrence Ballard, 60, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Theresa L. Springmann to 96 months in prison following his guilty plea to distribution of heroin, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. According...
October 30, 2020
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 30, 2020
WASHINGTON – DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day brought in nearly a million pounds of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country, the largest amount ever collected in the program’s ten years. Americans once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction...
October 30, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 30, 2020
WASHINGTON – DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day brought in nearly a million pounds of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country, the largest amount ever collected in the program’s ten years. Americans once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction...
October 30, 2020
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 30, 2020
Louisville, Ky. – DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day brought in nearly a million pounds of unused, expired, and unwanted medications across the country, the largest amount ever collected in the program’s ten years. Americans once again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent...
October 30, 2020
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DEA New England Field Division sets record collecting over 57 tons of prescription drugs, electronic vaping devices and cartridges during the 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 30, 2020
BOSTON – The final tally is in from the 19 th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 26, 2020. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 115,944.24 pounds or over 57 tons of expired, unused, unwanted prescription...
October 30, 2020
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35 defendants to include the ring leader charged in major take down of international drug trafficking organization based in Lane County

October 29, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore. - Members of a major international drug trafficking organization, including one of its ringleaders and sources of supply from Mexico, have been charged with distributing methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl into Oregon between 2018 and 2020. A federal grand jury in Eugene has returned a one-count indictment charging Victor...
October 29, 2020
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Monett man trafficked 'half the town'

October 29, 2020
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Monett, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy that distributed more than 20 pounds of methamphetamine in southern Missouri. Eric Eugene Akins, 54, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 12 years in federal prison without...
October 29, 2020
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Lakeside Gang Member Sentenced to 14½ Years in Prison in Fentanyl Overdose Death

October 28, 2020
SAN DIEGO – Documented Lakeside gang member Uriah Odish was sentenced in federal court today to 174 months in prison and five years of supervised release for supplying the fentanyl that led to the fatal overdose of 26-year-old Tiffany Hansen of La Mesa on January 23, 2018. According to his...
October 28, 2020
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Federal law enforcement arrest three citizens of Mexico for methamphetamine/heroin distribution operation in San Antonio and South Texas

October 28, 2020
SAN ANTONIO - Federal and state authorities arrested three citizens of Mexico today for their roles in a methamphetamine and heroin distribution operation, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer. Those arrested today include: 27-year-old Daisy Menera...
October 28, 2020
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DEA & DA Sini: 15 gang members & associates indicted for alleged drug distribution ring

October 28, 2020
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. – Today, Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s ("DEA") New York Division announced with Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, the indictment of 15 individuals in connection with an alleged drug distribution ring operating in Suffolk County. "This year, DEA initiated...
October 28, 2020
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