Atlanta) - Donquell Weddington has been arraigned on federal charges of distributing heroin to an individual which resulted in serious injury and death, as well as three additional counts of distributing heroin and cocaine in 2017 and 2018. This case was presented as part of Operation SCOPE. Weddington was indicted...

CHARLOTTE, N.C - U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced today that Montorio Darell Allison, 38, of Concord, N.C. was sentenced to 132 months in prison on drug trafficking charges. U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. also ordered Allison to serve 10 years under court supervision after he is released...

Atlanta - Dr. Joseph L. Burton, a former county medical examiner and forensic pathologist, has been indicted along with seven other individuals on charges of illegal distribution of opioid painkillers and other drugs as part of Operation (Strategically Combatting Opioids through Prosecution and Enforcement). Multiple individuals have also been arrested...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) fourteenth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, October 28, 2017, turned in 68,053 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This was the highest...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) fourteenth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, October 28, 2017, turned in 9,032 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This was the...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, October 28, 2017, turned in 22,697 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This was the...

ATLANTA - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, October 28, 2017, turned in 7,687 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. Now in its 8th year...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Nashville District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Columbia District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Charlotte District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...