Recent Posts in Broward Drug Trafficking Category
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Posted on Apr 12, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Two West Palm Beach men whose entire residence "smelled like marijuana," according to police, have been arrested on a number of serious charges, including trafficking in marijuana (cannabis) ...
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Posted on Feb 25, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A doctor who worked at St. Mary's Medical Center in Palm Beach was sentenced Friday to 6-1/2 years in prison for his alleged role in a massive illicit prescription drug network organized by two ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2012 By Eric Matheny
According to the Palm Beach Post , Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) will brief reporters Thursday on the agency's strategy for fighting the state's prescription-drug epidemic for ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2012 By Eric Matheny
According to the Miami Herald , thousands of narcotic pills, including oxycodone and hydrocodone were stolen and unaccounted for at the Broward County Office of the Medical Examiner and Trauma ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A combination of tough new laws and a high-profile crackdown is chipping away at Florida's dubious distinction as the nation's leading illicit source of powerful prescription painkillers for ...
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Posted on Jan 15, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Tomorrow we will celebrate Martin Luther King Day. It's a national holiday designated to honoring a great man who dedicated his life to the pursuit of peace, justice, and above all - equality. But ...
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Posted on Nov 27, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Drug trafficking is one of the most misunderstood crimes in the State of Florida. It is also one of the most serious. People assume that if they are not selling, intending to sell, or transporting ...
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Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Eric Matheny
One of the 24 people involved in major ring of alleged prescription drug peddlers owns a pharmacy at Government Center in downtown Miami that was trafficking in oxycodone . The pharmacy's owner ...
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Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Detectives at Miami International Airport have arrested a 17-year old from London whom they say was carrying nearly 30 pounds of cocaine. The cocaine was reportedly being smuggled in boxes of cake ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2011 By Eric Matheny
According to the Miami Herald , Miami police, in conjunction with the DEA and Florida Department of Health, arrested the owner of a small pharmacy and his two employees, accusing them of selling ...
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Posted on Oct 8, 2011 By Eric Matheny
As Florida continues it's assault on medical pain clinics (crudely known as " pill mills "), it is important to note that Florida's medical practitioners, such as doctors, nurses, ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2011 By Eric Matheny
The Boynton Beach Police Department is leading a prescription drug trafficking operation, stemming from a six month investigation. The operation, which includes many law enforcement agencies was ...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2011 By Eric Matheny
In South Florida, law enforcement officials have arrested twin brothers they called kingpins of South Florida's biggest pill mill network. As well, 31 others allegedly involved were arrested. It ...
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Posted on Aug 18, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Now don't get too excited just yet, but Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Milton Hirsch has sided with Judge Mary Scriven of the Middle District of Florida in ruling that Florida Statute Section ...
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Posted on Jul 30, 2011 By Eric Matheny
According to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) , a federal judge in Orlando has ruled that Florida’s strict-liability controlled substances act is unconstitutional on ...
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Posted on Jul 19, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Here are two scenarios: (1) A three-time convicted felon wants to make some quick money. With a fake prescription, he obtains 300 oxycodone pills from a pharmacy and plans to sell them. He learns that ...
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Posted on Jun 11, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Local 10 reports that Broward Sheriff's deputies investigating a van parked across several spots in a Home Depot parking lot Friday morning discovered millions of dollars worth of marijuana in the ...
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Posted on Jun 3, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Florida's Governor Rick Scott was in Fort Lauderdale Friday morning where he signed a new law aimed at controlling the state’s “ pill mills ”. “Florida will shed its title as the Oxy Express,” said ...
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Posted on May 12, 2011 By Eric Matheny
NBC Miami reports that a veteran Miami-Dade police officer was arrested this past week for allegedly obtaining illegal prescriptions for medications. He has been charged with trafficking in oxycodone ...
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Posted on May 6, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Possession of cocaine is a 3rd degree felony in the State of Florida punishable by a maximum of 5 years in state prison. Possession - as opposed to trafficking in cocaine - is defined by weight. ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Sale or possession with the intent to sell cocaine within 1000 feet of a school, church, or day care center, is a first-degree felony punishable by a maximum of 30 years in prison. This charge also ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday that the state would set aside $800,000 for a statewide drug strike team to help law-enforcement shut down so-called " pill mills ." Prescription pain clinics provide ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2011 By Eric Matheny
So another Broward County pain clinic has been raided by police. What else is new? News website www.local10.com reports that police have raided another clinic in an ongoing investigation of "pill ...
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Posted on Feb 24, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Ever since Pam Bondi has become our Attorney General, she has declared war on prescription drug trafficking . I've said it before, folks. Florida's government has taken a hardline approach to ...
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Posted on Feb 20, 2011 By Eric Matheny
While possession of marijuana (20 grams or less) is a misdemeanor, if police allege that you have purchased the marijuana, you can be charged with a felony. Purchase of cannabis (marijuana) is a third ...
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