Indictment Alleges New York Pharma Ex-CEO Ignored Red Flags as Opioid Crisis Raged April 25, 2019 By Michael R. Sisak The pharmaceutical industry executive hit Tuesday with criminal charges stemming from the opioid crisis doesn’t have his name on a...
New York Man Sentenced to 60 Years for Killing Fiancee for Insurance December 19, 2016 A 48-year-old man convicted of killing his fiancee to collect on her life insurance has been sentenced to 60 years...
Feds Say Virginia Prison Guards Tried to Smuggle Drugs in for Gang November 8, 2016 By Alan Suderman Federal authorities say they’ve arrested former prison guards connected to a gang that sells drugs inside Virginia state prisons to...
Alabama Doctor Accused of Trafficking ‘Massive Amounts’ of Pain Meds June 30, 2016 Authorities say a doctor in Tuscaloosa, Ala., has been indicted on drug trafficking charges and faces hundreds more after a...
Florida Man Gets 10 Years for West Virginia Pill Trafficking November 20, 2015 A Florida man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for prescription pill trafficking and money laundering. Forty-six-year-old Lester...
DEA ‘Operation Pilluted’ Nets 280 Drug Trafficking Arrests in 4 States May 22, 2015 The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and federal prosecutors have made 280 arrests in what they call an “unprecedented enforcement...
Bill Subjecting Prescription Drugs to Trafficking Law Passes Oklahoma House March 4, 2014 Individuals carrying large quantities of prescription drugs would face drug trafficking charges under legislation approved unanimously by the Oklahoma House...