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Feds charge accused drug dealer after woman dies of apparent heroin overdose

Bowling Green, KY - Just two days after a 23-year-old Bowling Green woman was found unconscious near a car on Park Street, the man accused of selling the drug leading

Aug 02, 2018
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Appalachia HIDTA Honors 20-Year Employees

Appalachia HIDTA recently celebrated its 20th Anniversary and honored five employees that have served Appalachia HIDTA since its inception.

 

Jul 10, 2018
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Grand juries indict 31 in connection with drug operation in Wetzel, Tyler counties

WHEELING — A total of 31 people from West Virginia and Ohio have been indicted in connection with a drug distribution operation running in Wetzel and Tyler counties.

Jul 10, 2018
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Hedrick honored by AHIDTA

The Executive Director of the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (AHIDTA), Vic Brown, has announced that Thelma Hedrick has been awarded the Mary Marshall

May 01, 2018
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Search warrants lead to 5 arrests on drug trafficking charges

ELIZABETHTOWN, KY (WAVE) - Five people have been arrested on drug charges after search warrants were served in two counties following an investigation that lasted seve

May 01, 2018
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Maximino Contreras Sentenced to Serve 210 Months in Prison for Shipping Methamphetamine from Arizona to East Tennessee

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On April 30, 2018, Maximino Contreras, 47, of Tollison, Arizona, was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S.

May 01, 2018
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Bowling Green Physician Guilty Of Conspiring To Unlawfully Distribute And Dispense Controlled Substances And Health Care Fraud

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – United States Attorney Russell M.

Mar 26, 2018
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Drug sweep nabs locals

Local, state and federal authorities on March 1 conducted a “takedown” of a drug trafficking operation involving local residents and three Georgia residents.

Mar 12, 2018
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U.S. Attorney announces 69-count indictment charging owners, managers and physicians associated with Hope Clinic

United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced the unsealing of a 69-count indictment charging a total of 12 individuals with operating a “pill mill.”  The indictment ch

Feb 23, 2018
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Coeburn Doctor Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud, Distributing Ritalin

Abingdon, VIRGINIA – A Coeburn, Virginia doctor, who prescribed Ritalin and hydrocodone to an undercover investigator without a legitimate medical purpose, pleaded gui

Jan 19, 2018
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