FORT WORTH - Forty-six defendants, including two doctors, a nurse practitioner, and five pharmacists, have been convicted of operating an $18 million pill mill scheme, announced DEA Dallas Field Division Special Agent in Charge, Eduardo A. Chávez. They were arrested in 2020 by the DEA’s Fort Worth Tactical Diversion Squad...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced two Newark men made their initial appearances today on charges stemming from a Feb. 22, 2021, attempted carjacking in Newark during...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a Suffolk County, New York, man was arrested today for illegally possessing a firearm. Keith Richter, aka “Conan,”...

TRENTON, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Attorney General for the State of New Jersey Gurbir S. Grewal today announced the arrests of four individuals, including the former registered pharmacist-in-charge, who allegedly conspired to illegally obtain and distribute...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, Interim Officer in Charge of the Atlantic City Police Department Deputy Chief James A. Sarkos, and Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner announce the arrest of a NYPD fugitive wanted for...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachel A. Honig announced a Newark today man admitted his role in a large international money laundering conspiracy and to using a...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a federal grand jury today indicted an Essex County, New Jersey, man for narcotics offenses for operating a...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – DEA Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Eduardo A. Chavez of the Dallas Field Division announced that the Claremore, Oklahoma-based non-profit organization “Light of Hope” (LOH) has been named one of two 2020 DEA National Community Drug Prevention Award winners. In addition to the national recognition, LOH...

CAMDEN, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a Philadelphia man today admitted his role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy. Ronal Alberto Hernandez Pinales, 26, pleaded...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for conspiring to distribute...