Tag: counterfeit pills

  • Shawn Stephens, Counterfeit Pill Manufacturing and Distribution, Connecticut 2023

    Shawn Stephens, Counterfeit Pill Manufacturing and Distribution, Connecticut 2023

    ⏱ 4 min read A 35-year-old West Haven man, Shawn Stephens, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for his role in a large-scale counterfeit pill manufacturing and distribution operation in Connecticut. The operation involved the production of counterfeit oxycodone, Xanax, and Adderall tablets containing synthetic opioids like protonitazene, which is three times more…

  • Joshua Morales, Possession with Intent to Distribute, California 2023

    Joshua Morales, Possession with Intent to Distribute, California 2023

    ⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Dulce Predator Gets Life Sentence SEE ALSO: Hammond Heroin Dealer Caged for 12+ Years LAWRENCE, MA – Joshua Morales, 31, is looking at serious time after copping to a federal charge stemming from a massive fentanyl pill operation. Morales pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute, meaning he…

  • Joshua Morales Trafficked 10,000 Deadly Fakes, Lawrence MA, 2023

    Joshua Morales Trafficked 10,000 Deadly Fakes, Lawrence MA, 2023

    Lawrence, MA – Joshua Morales, 31, admitted today to trafficking enough fentanyl to kill a small city. The man pleaded guilty to federal charges connected to a massive haul of 10,000 counterfeit Percocet pills laced with the deadly opioid, a bust that exposed a full-scale drug manufacturing operation operating right under the noses of Merrimack…

  • Joshua Morales, Fentanyl Pill Trafficking, Massachusetts 2025

    Joshua Morales, Fentanyl Pill Trafficking, Massachusetts 2025

    ⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Incline Trust Betrayed: Attorney Steals $1.3M SEE ALSO: Ex-Teacher Gets 10 Years for Online Exploitation LAWRENCE, MA – Joshua Morales, 31, admitted in federal court today he was hauling a massive load of fake Percocet pills – 10,000 of ’em – when cops caught up to him. The pills, investigators…