GREENBELT, MD - . - U.S. District Judge Benson Everett Legg sentenced Luis Reyes-Torres, age 26, of Hagerstown, Maryland, today to 115 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute, and distributing, morphine and methadone, the use of which resulted in the death of...

NORFOLK, VA - . -Two brothers, Manuel Zuniga, age 24, and Aaron Zuniga, age 23, both from Woodbridge, Virginia, have been sentenced in Norfolk federal court to prison terms for their roles in a conspiracy involving the distribution of $3 million worth of cocaine in Virginia Beach, Va. Ava A...

GREENBELT, MD - . - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Howard Ray Barnes, age 60, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, today to 140 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for distributing heroin, possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and possessing a gun in furtherance of...

Acting Special Agent In Charge Thomas Hinojosa will be participating in a National Prescription Take Back Press Conference, April 27, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., at the DEA Houston Field Office, located at 1433 West Loop South, in the 1 st floor training room. He, along with invited guest Harris County...

ATLANTA, GA. - A few weeks prior to the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back (Saturday, April 30, 2011) 5,146 (25% more sites than were established for the event last fall) nationwide have joined the effort that seeks to prevent pill abuse and theft. The free event will...

SULLIVAN CITY, TX - Former Sullivan City Police Chief Hernan Guerra has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for drug-trafficking, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. United States District Judge Randy Crane sentenced...

ATLANTA, GA. - A few weeks prior to the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back (Saturday, April 30, 2011) more than 4,700 (hundreds more sites than were established for the event last fall) nationwide have joined the effort that seeks to prevent pill abuse and theft. The free...

NASHVILLE, TN. - Federal, state and local law enforcement officers have arrested 27 of 33 defendants charged in a three count indictment, returned by a federal grand jury last week in Nashville, Tennessee, announced Jerry E. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Joining U.S. Attorney Martin...

ATLANTA, GA. - The United States Attorney’s Office, along with the David G. Wilhelm Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) Strike Force and the Henry County Police Department announce today that 10 individuals have been indicted for alleged drug trafficking and firearms-related crimes stemming from their operation of marijuana grow...

ATLANTA, GA. - On April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and numerous state and local law enforcement agencies will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring...