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PHILADELPHIA, PA — United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Northeast Discount Pharmacy will pay $200,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to comply with various record-keeping requirements for …
Philadelphia Discount Pharmacy Will Pay $200,000 for Failing to Keep Accurate Records of Controlled Substances Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Tyleel Scott-Harper, 25, of Chester, PA, was sentenced this week to nine years in prison and three years of …
Member of Chester “3rd Bone” Drug Gang Sentenced to Nearly a Decade in Prison Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — Attorney General Josh Shapiro this week released a special report warning policymakers and the public of the shift from heroin to fentanyl, a synthetic drug that is …
New Report Highlights the Displacement of Heroin by Synthetic Opioids in Pennsylvania’s Drug Market Read More
TRENTON, NJ — A former pharmacist was arrested Thursday, May 12, for her role in distributing and dispensing outside the course of professional practice large quantities of oxycodone and other …
Pharmacist Charged with Illegally Distributing Oxycodone and Other Opiates from New Jersey Pharmacy Read More
ERIE, PA — Two former residents of Erie, Pennsylvania have been indicted this week by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal drug laws, announced United …
Indictment Charges Two With Violating Federal Drug Laws Read More
GREENBELT, MD — U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Zaid Rushdan, age 41, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, on May 5, 2022, to 126 months in federal prison, followed by …
Maryland Man Distributed Over a Gallon of PCP, 31 Grams of Crack Cocaine, Powder Cocaine, and Other Narcotics Read More
SCRANTON, PA — The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on April 29, 2022, United States District Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Kearon Brinson, …
Two Pennsylvania Men Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, President Biden sent his Administration’s inaugural National Drug Control Strategy to Congress at a time when drug overdoses have taken a heartbreaking toll, claiming 106,854 lives in …
White House Releases 2022 National Drug Control Strategy Read More PITTSBURGH, PA — A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 77 months imprisonment and four years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics …
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Read More
PITTSBURGH, PA — A resident of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty this week in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking …
Texas Man Chartered Private Plane to Transport Cocaine from Houston to Pittsburgh Read More