CLEVELAND - While in Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the unsealing of a 43-count indictment in federal court in Cleveland, which charges two Chinese citizens with operating a conspiracy that manufactured and shipped deadly fentanyl analogues and 250 other drugs to at least 25 countries and 37...

TULSA, Okla.— Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that a federal grand jury indicted 22 people for their roles in drug trafficking and money laundering operations that included the use of Casa Herrera, a local money...

SHERMAN, Texas – A jury has found two Chinese nationals guilty of maritime drug smuggling, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. FeiShang Liang, 52, and KanHua Wu, 51, both of the...

DETROIT – Law enforcement officials arrested 14 individuals today in “Operation Purple Drank.” A West Bloomfield doctor and Monroe Patient Recruiter were sentenced to 72 months and 144 months in prison, respectively, for conspiring to unlawfully distribute prescription narcotics, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider. Schneider was joined in the...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Jesus Fransisco Cervantes, 31, of Oklahoma City pled guilty today to conspiring to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the DEA and Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. A federal grand jury...

DAYTON, Ohio – Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Benjamin Glassman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, today announced Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.), a new program that seeks to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas and to identify wholesale distribution networks and international...

DAYTON, Ohio – A federal indictment unsealed today charges seven people with engaging in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy in the Miami Valley and across southern and central Ohio. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio and Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement...

(CINCINNATI) – Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Lamont Pugh III, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG); Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine...

(OKLAHOMA CITY) - A federal grand jury has returned two indictments involving the illegal distribution of and fraudulent billing for prescription opioids by health care professionals, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the...

(DALLAS) - Manuel Medina-Valdes, 25, of Mesquite, Texas, was sentenced Friday, June 15, 2018, by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn to 240 months in federal prison for his role in the distribution of methamphetamine, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration...