North Texas & Oklahoma - The final total is in from the 11th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, April 30, 2016. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 134 locations throughout North Texas and Oklahoma. A total of 35,788 pounds of unused, expired or unwanted drugs...

NEW ORLEANS - On National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day held on April 30, 2016, the New Orleans Field (NOFD) and its community law enforcement partners collected 35,993 - pounds of unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs at 378 collection sites throughout the division. The amounts collected for each state within...

NEW ORLEANS - After collecting and destroying 5.5 million pounds-2,762 tons-of unused prescription drugs in the past five years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) is continuing its efforts to take back unused, unwanted and expired prescription medications. The DEA invites the public to bring their potentially dangerous, unwanted medicines to...

OXFORD, Miss. - A federal jury in the Northern District of Mississippi convicted two members of the Aryan Brotherhood of (ABM) gang for their participation in various criminal acts, including racketeering conspiracy, methamphetamine production and trafficking, kidnapping, murder and other federal offenses. The verdicts marked the culmination of a 2...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that Wayne Scott Harrington, age 67, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to an Information filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, charging him with money laundering, in violation of...

FORT SMITH, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Miguel Angel Carbajal, 27, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Lionel Thomas, age 30, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to an Indictment charging him with violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act. A U.S...

MONROE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge Eric Watson and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that an El Paso man pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to transport and distribute methamphetamine. Eduardo Guerrero, 24, of El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty Friday before a...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Vestavia Hills physician and owner of a Jasper neurology and pain clinic to nearly three years in prison for dispensing narcotic painkillers without a legitimate medical reason, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris, U.S. Attorney Joyce...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Lori Broadway, age 34, Galveston, Texas, was indicted today on one count of possession with the intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. According to court documents...