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DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
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- Published: 21 October 2019 21 October 2019
Washington, DC - With robust public participation over the course of 17 prior events, the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors, including children and teens.
Las Vegas Man Sentenced To Nearly 18 Years In Prison For Child Sexual Exploitation And Possession Of Child Pornography
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- Published: 20 October 2019 20 October 2019
Las Vegas, Nevada - A Las Vegas man was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Chief Judge Miranda Du to a total of 17 ½ years in federal prison for sexually exploiting children and possessing more than 200 images and videos of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
Former Chief Operating Officer of Davis Bio-Pesticide Company Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
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- Published: 20 October 2019 20 October 2019
Sacramento, California - Hector Absi, 51, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and securities fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
Former Osteo Relief Institutes and Their Owners to Pay Over $7.1 Million to Resolve Allegations of Unnecessary Knee Injections and Braces
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- Published: 20 October 2019 20 October 2019
Minneapolis, Minesota - Seven former Osteo Relief Institutes (ORIs) and their owners have agreed to pay the United States collectively more than $7.1 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly billed Medicare for medically unnecessary viscosupplementation injections and medically unnecessary knee braces, the Justice Department announced today.
Justice Department Awards over $273.4 Million to Improve Public Safety, Serve Crime Victims in American Indian and Native Communities
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- Published: 20 October 2019 20 October 2019
Washington, DC - The Department of Justice announced Friday that it has awarded over $273.4 million in grants to improve public safety, serve victims of crime, combat violence against women and support youth programs in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Physician Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Distributing Opioids
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- Published: 20 October 2019 20 October 2019
Lexington, Kentucky - A Floyd County, Kentucky-based physician pleaded guilty Thursday for his role in unlawfully distributing opioids by pre-signing blank prescriptions that were ultimately completed by others and delivered to patients not seen by him.
Former Hopi Indian Reservation Ranger Convicted in Arizona on Sexual Assault Charges and Destruction of Evidence
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- Published: 19 October 2019 19 October 2019
Phoenix, Arizona - A federal jury in the District of Arizona convicted Mackenzie Davis, 25, a former Ranger with the Hopi Resource Enforcement Services, of sexually assaulting a female arrestee in his custody and destroying evidence to cover up his crimes.