PHILADELPHIA - Staff from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Philadelphia Field (PFD) distributed approximately 60 winter coats to the students of the Potter-Thomas Elementary School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Investigative (IA) Paula Martinez has organized this coat drive, as well as Red Ribbon Week activities, at the Potter-Thomas school for the past...

PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today that the DEA will host a Prescription Drug Awareness (PDAC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as part of the DEA’s ongoing 360 Strategy to address prescription opioid and heroin abuse in Western Pennsylvania. The...

(FORT WORTH, - Texas - Two defendants who pleaded guilty in August to felony offenses stemming from their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy were sentenced this morning, by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, to lengthy federal prison sentences, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District...

PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today the publication of a statewide Drug Overdose Assessment for Pennsylvania. The report, entitled “Analysis of Drug-Related Overdose Deaths in Pennsylvania, 2014,” is the first comprehensive assessment of deaths caused by drugs for...

(FORT WORTH, - Texas - Four defendants who pleaded guilty this summer to their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in the Dallas - Fort Worth area, and elsewhere, have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of...

PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today that Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania will be the first city in the nation where the DEA will implement a new comprehensive strategy to address prescription opioid abuse, heroin use, and violent crime. A news...

(FORT WORTH, - Texas - A defendant who pleaded guilty this summer to an indictment charging one count of distribution of methamphetamine, was sentenced on Friday by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 360 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Jose...

PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in (SAC) Gary Tuggle of the DEA Philadelphia Field Division was invited to speak with undergraduate students enrolled in a Comparative Politics course at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. These students have elected to spend their semester learning about the war on drugs and alternative approaches...

FORT WORTH, Texas - A convicted felon from Tarrant County who pleaded guilty this summer to his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Jerry Curry, 47, of Haltom City...

FORT WORTH, Texas - Jeremy Warner, a Fort Worth man who pleaded guilty in July to one count of possession of cocaine (crack cocaine) with the intent to distribute, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 300 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker...