OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 16, 2017, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) Troy Derby of the Kansas City District Office announced that two Kansas City, Mo., men pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a $1.2 million conspiracy to distribute oxycodone that was obtained by using forged...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 16, 2017, Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) of the Kansas City District Office, announced that a Nevada, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court for her role in a conspiracy to exchange “food stamps” for methamphetamine or cash. ASAC Derby announced that...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - - James P. Shroba, Special Agent-in-Charge of the St. Louis Division announced that a California man pled guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine that was shipped from California to Springfield, Missouri. Romulo Frank Delatorre, 36, of...

(CHARLESTON, W.Va. - DEA announced today that the cities of Charleston and Huntington and the surrounding Tri-County areas will be the next region to be part of a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention initiative called the 360 Strategy. This program is designed to help cities and surrounding regions deal with...

MONGOMERY, Ala. - Dr. Robert M. Ritchea, 54, of LaGrange, Georgia, pled guilty to conspiring to unlawfully distribute a controlled substance through operating a “pill mill” and money laundering scheme, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Bret Hamilton and United States Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. A “pill mill”...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Three defendants were sentenced to federal prison last week for drug trafficking, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Santiago (aka Chuco), age 47, of Commerce, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 151...

(GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Jeffrey Sean Nazari, 44, of Silver Spring, Maryland, today to 15 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing a controlled substance analogue, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Nazari admitted that...

(GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Andracos Marshall, a/k/a “Draco,” 42, of Bowie, Maryland, to 23 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and money laundering conspiracy. Judge Chasanow also entered an...

(ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Roxanne Granberry, 35, of Hughesville, Maryland, was convicted today by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and obtaining oxycodone by fraud. Granberry was indicted on February 3, 2016. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Granberry and her husband, William Granberry...

(WASHINGTON - Ivan Lamont Robinson, a licensed nurse practitioner who was based in Southeast Washington, has been indicted on federal charges that he distributed oxycodone outside the legitimate scope of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. The indictment was announced by Karl C. Colder, Special Agent in Charge...