DETROIT - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging Detroit Police Officer Christopher Staton, 51, of Detroit, with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and one count of making a false statement to a special agent of the FBI, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced. Schneider...

DALLAS - Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Dallas Division announced that the DEA Dallas Field Division is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, during its 16th National Prescription Drug Take-Back...

DETROIT – After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds (nearly 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight years, the Drug Enforcement Administration expects to reach a total of 10 million pounds collected following the upcoming fall 2018...

PLANO, Texas – A 64 year old former physician and 60 year old registered nurse have been convicted of drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney Joe Brown today. Tad W...

SHERMAN, Texas – A 57-year-old Sherman, Texas doctor has pleaded guilty to federal drug distribution and fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Dallas Division and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas Joseph...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - United States Attorney Andrew Byerly Birge announced today that Michael Donnell Neeley, age 39, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff to 235 months in prison for participating in a methamphetamine distribution ring that operated in Kalamazoo and Van Buren Counties...

DETROIT - On Sept. 25, 2018, the Drug Enforcement Administration established the Southeast Michigan Regional Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Strike Force. This is an unprecedented step to co-locate so many federal as well as state and local resources to address the unique challenges in the southeast Michigan region...

DETROIT - The Drug Enforcement Administration and United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan today announced that the University of Michigan Health System has agreed to pay the United States $4.3 million as part of a settlement resolving allegations that UMHS violated certain provisions of the Controlled...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Special Agent in Charge Timothy Plancon of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Detroit Field Division, Special Agent in Charge Timothy Slater of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Detroit Field Division and U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that eighteen individuals were charged with conspiring to distribute controlled...

DAYTON, Ohio – David Kirkwood, 62, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 70 months in prison and five years of supervised release for running a pill mill in Dayton. In August 2017, Kirkwood and his wife, Beverly Kirkwood, pleaded guilty to health care fraud. David Kirkwood...