SEATTLE - The American people have again responded in droves to the most recent DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Last Saturday, residents across the country turned in 647,211 (324 tons) of expired and unwanted medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,683 take-back sites that were available in...

BOISE, Idaho - Rahil Akhtar, 37, of Eagle, Idaho, pleaded guilty on November 4, 2013, in federal court to one count of acquiring and obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud and deception. Akhtar was a dentist licensed to practice in the state of Idaho. According to court documents, from...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Nathan Jackson, 27, and his sister, Hailey Jelinek, 20, from Fairbanks, Alaska, were sentenced on November 1, 2013, in U.S. District Court. Jackson was sentenced to 123 months in prison and three years of supervised release. He had previously pleaded guilty to both counts of an indictment...

SEATTLE - A Puyallup, Washington man who shot and killed two men who had entered the garage where he was growing marijuana pleaded guilty on October 25, 2013, in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to manufacturing marijuana and possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. Jeremy...

SEATTLE - The largest volume used car dealership in Washington, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle for failure to file a monetary transaction report. Zein Automobiles, Inc., d/b/a Independence Auto Sales and Best Bet Auto Sales with locations in Lynnwood and Everett, forfeited $1.5...

ATLANTA - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) Atlanta Division Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold a seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. This one day event will make it convenient for the public to rid their homes...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) Charlotte District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold a seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. This one day event will make it convenient for the public to rid their...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) Columbia District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold a seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. This one day event will make it convenient for the public to rid their...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) Tennessee District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold a seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. This one day event will make it convenient for the public to rid their...

ATLANTA - Otis Henry has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for trafficking over 700,000 pills of BZP, a drug similar to ecstasy. “Based on the staggering amount of drugs in the case, the defendant earned every day of his prison sentence,” said United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates...