BALTIMORE - CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (CVS) has agreed to pay $8 million to the United States to resolve allegations that its Maryland pharmacies violated the Controlled Substances (CSA) by dispensing controlled substances pursuant to prescriptions that were not issued for a legitimate medical purpose. The settlement agreement was announced today...

SEATTLE - Investigators with the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Seattle Police (SPD) arrested the owner and operator of a number of ‘clean and sober’ residential facilities on February 9, 2016, following an investigation that revealed the man was dealing illegal drugs. Timothy Rehberg, 50, of Everett was arrested Tuesday...

GREENBELT, Md. - A federal jury today convicted Andracos Marshall, a/k/a “Draco,” 41, of Bowie, Maryland, for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and for money laundering conspiracy. The conviction was announced by Special Agent in Charge Karl C. Colder of the Drug Enforcement Administration -...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Bryan M. Bledsoe, of Las Vegas, was sentenced to 36 months in prison on February 2, 2016, for using his employment at McCarran International Airport to aid drug traffickers in sneaking large quantities of cocaine past security and onto Alaska-bound flights. Bledsoe previously pleaded guilty to conspiring...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Ray Don Groskreutz, 39, of North Pole, Alaska was sentenced to 13 years in prison on January 29, 2016, for one count of trafficking methamphetamine and heroin, and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. His prison sentence will be followed...

GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Charles Brian Curtin, 46, of Mechanicsville, Maryland today to 200 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and for being a felon in possession of a...

SPOKANE, Wash. - - Aarayana Leigh Malcolm, age 46, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced on January 26, 2016, to a 15 year term of imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of pure methamphetamine. Following her release from custody, the court ordered a 10 year term...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - - Omar Alejandro Alfaro, 37, of Texas, was sentenced yesterday to 84 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to sell large quantities of heroin and methamphetamine to Alaska based drug dealers. The conspiracy began in January 2013 and continued until October 2014. During that...

SEATTLE - -A south Puget Sound area resident who tried to hide his illegal drug dealing behind what he falsely claimed was a ‘medical marijuana’ dispensary consistent with state law, was convicted on January 15, 2016, in U.S. District Court in Tacoma of two federal charges related to drug distribution...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - -Tomas Gutierrez Ayala of California was sentenced today to 75 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to sell large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine to Alaska-based drug dealers. Upon being released from prison, Ayala will be on supervised release for five years. Ayala previously...