PHOENIX - With public participation at an all-time high after seven prior events in three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners will hold another Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 26th. Arizonans can take their pills to one of over 85...

PHOENIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman today announcedthe culmination of "Operation Bad Mussels", a 15-month investigation targeting an illegal anabolic steroid distribution ring that led to the indictment of eight individuals and 11 federal search warrants: five in Surprise, AZ, three in Omaha, NE, two...

ATLANTA - Synthetic drugs are a growing problem that threaten the health and safety of the younger population across Georgia. As these drugs - commonly marketed under nonthreatening labels such as "bath salts," spice," or "molly"- have increased in popularity, communities have struggled to understand what these substances are and...

(CHARLOTTE, N.C - .) - Seven Charlotte men were sentenced on Thursday, April 10, 2014, on federal drug conspiracy charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The sentencings stem from a joint six-month investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Charlotte...

PHOENIX - DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo, District of Arizona today announcedthat Nicholas Pascal Zizzo, 27, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced on April 2, 2014 by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 54 months imprisonment and ordered to forfeit approximately $1.3...

SUMTER, S.C. - Fourteen people have been arrested and five others are being sought after a year-long heroin investigation. The joint investigation between the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, was initiated by city investigators between April and May 2013 after receiving a growing number of...

ATLANTA - Adrian Banks has been arraigned on federal charges relating to the manufacture of PCP which led to a dangerous house fire when the clandestine laboratory exploded. Coleman Warnock, a second defendant named in the indictment, is being sought by law enforcement. Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in...

MAR (ATLANTA) - Jason Cole Votrobek and Roland Rafael Castellanos have been convicted after a month-long jury trial on federal drug and money laundering charges for owning and operating a “pill mill” pain clinic which served as a front for the mass distribution of addictive pain killers. Votrobek had previously...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Jose Chavez and Ely Ramirez-Sanchez were arrested on Friday, March 7, 2014 in Buncombe County and face drug trafficking charges in connection with the seizure of approximately 1,400 pounds of marijuana, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A criminal complaint...

COLUMBUS, Ga. - U. S. Attorney Michael J. Moore announced today that Celeste Smith, 38, of Statham, Georgia, as well as Jessica Wise, 28, Antwan Byrd, 30, and Jerry Cooper, 64, of Athens, Georgia, were charged, on March 12, 2014, in United States District Court in Macon, in multiple-count indictments...