GREENVILLE, S.C. - Charles Anderson, an attorney in Anderson, S.C. and a former Anderson city council member, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs to serve five months in prison on obstruction charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition...

ATLANTA - Jason Cole Votrobek and Roland Rafael Castellanos, owners of the “Atlanta Medical Group,” have been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, respectively. Both Votrobek and Castellanos were convicted on March 26, 2014, after a month-long jury trial on federal drug and money laundering charges for owning and...

(COLUMBIA, S.C - .) - Joenathan Shelly Chaplin, an attorney in Columbia, S.C. appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Margaret B. Seymour and pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a federal agent, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina...

(COLUMBIA, S.C - .) -United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Sean Doctor, age 30, of North Charleston, South Carolina was sentenced in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, possession of a weapon with a convicted felon and possession...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 26, 2014, turned in 14,669 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the previous...

ATLANTA - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 26, 2014, turned in 10,020.02 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the previous statewide total...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 26, 2014, turned in 5,698 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the previous...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 26, 2014, turned in 10,747 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the previous statewide...

CHARLESTON, S.C. - William N. Nettles, the United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina; Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA); Brock Nicholson, the Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security (HSI) in Atlanta; Mark Keel, the Chief...

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Mark C. Simpson, 51, of Lake Park, Georgia, and Stuart C. Cole, age 59, of St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, were sentenced on May 1, 2014 for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire...