Coast Guard searches for person in the water near Surprise Cove, Cochrane Bay

Coast Guard searches for person in the water near Surprise Cove, Cochrane Bay U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/21/2021 03:38 PM EDT News Release U.S. Coast…

Third Madera Defendant Added in Superseding Indictment for Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a six-count superseding indictment today adding Josue Morales, 23, to an April 29, 2021, indictment, that charged Madera residents Emilio Hernandez Yesca, 27, and…

Florida Man Sentenced for Selling Counterfeit Drugs on the Dark Net

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Inverness, Florida, man was sentenced today to three years in prison for selling hundreds of thousands of counterfeit prescription drug pills through the Internet. “By selling counterfeit drugs…

Georgia Man Guilty of Operating High-Volume Drug “Market” sentenced to 20 Years in Prison, Additional Co-Defendants Sentenced this Week

ALBANY, Ga. – Multiple co-defendants involved in a high-volume drug trafficking operation located in a southwest Georgia city were sentenced to federal prison for their crimes this week. On Thursday, August 19,…

Bates City Man Sentenced for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Bates City, Missouri, man who was responsible for distributing nearly 100 kilograms of methamphetamine, has been sentenced in federal court after law enforcement officers seized nearly two…

Cortland County Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Exploiting a Child

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Lawrence Berry, 27, of Marathon, New York pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy to sexually exploit a child and five counts of sexual exploitation of a…

United States Postal Worker Arrested for Stealing Postal Money Orders

A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging United States Postal Service (USPS) worker Jaleesa Wallace with stealing blank postal money orders and unemployment benefits cards. Wallace was…

Two Arkansas Physicians Sentenced to a Total of 150 Months in Federal Prison for Prescription Fraud

FORT SMITH – Fort Smith physician and Rogers physician were sentenced today on one count each of Distribution of a Controlled Substance without an Effective Prescription. The Honorable Judge P. K. Holmes…

Queens Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud and Narcotics Distribution

Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Harris Hussnain, the owner of a pharmacy in Queens, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rachel P. Kovner to 36 months in prison…

East Flatbush doc guilty of dealing prescription drugs

Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Kesler Dalmacy, a medical doctor, pleaded guilty to illegal distribution of controlled substances. Dalmacy, who operated his medical practice out of an office in East…

Maryland Man Sentenced To Seven Years’ Imprisonment For Armed Pharmacy Robbery

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Gerard Gaffney, age 19, of Mount Ranier, Maryland, was sentenced on April 26, 2021, to 84 months’…

Passenger heading to New Jersey from Mexico caught with vials of liquid opioid

PHILADELPHIA – A New Jersey man was arrested on April 11 after U.S. Customs and Border Protection after officers discovered a prescription pill cache in his baggage at Philadelphia International Airport. Pennsylvania State…

Dutchess County Man Sentenced for Mailing White Powder Filled Envelopes to Terrorize Federal Employees

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Jason Pantone, age 36, of Hyde Park, New York, was sentenced today to time served (more than two years in jail) for conveying false information and hoax letters.…

Pharmacist gets 14 years for murder for hire plot

BALTIMORE, MD – U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced David Robinson, age 51, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 171 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release,…

Albany man threatened employees at Veterans Affairs medical center

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Robert Seifert, age 62, of Utica, New York, was charged by criminal complaint last week for making telephonic threats to employees of the Albany Stratton Veterans Affairs (VA)…

Vidor Woman Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison Following Opioid Overdose Deaths

BEAUMONT, TEXAS – A 62-year-old Vidor, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.…

151 pounds of meth worth $7 million seized in one of largest drug busts in Kentucky history

OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY – An Owensboro Drug Trafficking Organization is behind bars and charged with multiple felonies after being caught with 151 pounds of methamphetamine, 3.5 pounds of counterfeit pills with suspected deadly…

13 Arrested Dealing LSD, Meth near University of Texas at Austin

TEXAS – Federal, state and local authorities have arrested 13 individuals, including current and former University of Texas (UT) students, charged in connection with trafficking LSD, fentanyl and methamphetamine pills to UT…

Repeat Bank Robber Sentenced For Committing Bank Robberies In Depew, Gates, And Penfield

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nicholas Ferrone, 29, of Utica, NY, who was convicted of three counts of bank robbery, was sentenced to serve 76…

Feds Say Bayville Pharmacist Stole $2.5 Million by Submitting Fraudulent Claims for Unnecessary Prescriptions

A federal grand jury has returned a 16-count indictment charging a physician and pharmaceutical sales representative with defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers out of more than $2.5…

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