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Go to WestCovinaPress.com for West Covina Specific News MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 - MARCH 3, 2019
VOLUME 7, NO. 8
DEA-LED CRACKDOWN ON PRESCRIPTION OPIOID DIVERSION TARGETS MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA A series of investigations led by the Drug Enforcement Administration has resulted in the arrests of nine defendants, most of whom are medical professionals, on federal charges of diverting dangerous narcotics – primarily highly addictive opioids – to the black market. Operation “Hypocritical Oath” targeted medical professionals with criminal charges, search warrants and administrative actions that led to the revocation of DEA licenses. The targets of the investigations – doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and clinic operators – are suspected of illegally providing controlled substances to “patients” and black market customers in violation of their oaths to “do no harm.” Working with prosecutors from the United States Attorney’s Office, the DEA initiated the operation to combat the nationwide opioid epidemic by identifying, investigating and stopping entities responsible for the illicit diversion of large amounts of pharmaceutical
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Orange County Man Arrested For 1973 Newport Beach Cold Case Murder The Orange County District Attorney’s Office and Newport Beach Police Department announced the arrest and filing of charges against a suspect in connection with a 1973 Newport Beach cold case murder at a joint press conference. Newport Beach Police Chief
Jon T. Lewis and Council Member Brad Avery spoke at the press conference with the OCDA Todd Spitzer. James Alan Neal was identified as the suspect in the abduction and murder
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Driver In Crash That Killed Off Duty San Bernardino Sheriff Deputy Arraigned Alhambra resident Yijie Mao allegedly crashed a BMW X5 into a Chevy Silverado at the intersection of Edison and Euclid in the early hours of February 17, 2019, in Chino. As a result of the impact, 28-year-old Nicholas O’Loughlin of Chino Hills,
an off duty San Bernardino County Sheriff Deputy, was later pronounced dead as a result of his injuries. Mao has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxi-
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Riverside County Man Who Started The Cranston Fire Pleads Guilty A Temecula man pled guilty today, Feb. 14, 2019, to intentionally starting the Cranston Fire in the Idyllwild/Mountain Center area last July. Brandon McGlover, DOB: 1-10-86, entered guilty pleas to two counts of Penal Code section 451.5 (c), burning of
a structure or forest land. In count one, which is the Cranston Fire, he admitted to an allegation of burning multiple structures. Seven other counts were dismissed as part of the plea agree-
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