NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Roosevelt Fox, aka Unc, 54, of Newport News, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution heroin. In a statement of facts filed with the plea agreement, Fox admitted to participating in a conspiracy involving between one kilogram and three kilograms...

RICHMOND - Fernando Josue Chang-Monroy, 36, of Guatemala City, Guatemala, pleaded guilty today for his in role in an international drug trafficking conspiracy involving the use of United States registered aircraft purchased in the Eastern District of Virginia to transport 2,000 kilograms of cocaine in Central and South America. “The...

BALTIMORE - CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (CVS) has agreed to pay $8 million to the United States to resolve allegations that its Maryland pharmacies violated the Controlled Substances (CSA) by dispensing controlled substances pursuant to prescriptions that were not issued for a legitimate medical purpose. The settlement agreement was announced today...

GREENBELT, Md. - Philadelphia attorney James Michael Farrell, age 63, of Wenonah, New Jersey, had his initial appearance and arraignment today in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, on charges related to his activities on behalf of members of an extensive drug trafficking operation. Mr. Farrell pleaded not guilty to...

GREENBELT, Md. - A federal jury today convicted Andracos Marshall, a/k/a “Draco,” 41, of Bowie, Maryland, for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and for money laundering conspiracy. The conviction was announced by Special Agent in Charge Karl C. Colder of the Drug Enforcement Administration -...

GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Charles Brian Curtin, 46, of Mechanicsville, Maryland today to 200 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and for being a felon in possession of a...

LEESBURG, Va. - The national touring exhibit developed by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the DEA Educational Foundation, Drugs: Costs and Consequences, formerly known as Target America, opens on January 12, 2016 at 750 Miller Drive, SE, Suite F-1 in Leesburg, Virginia, and will be open Tuesday through Saturday, 10...

DENVER - Raul Mendoza, 51, of Denver, Colorado was sentenced on November 20, 2015 by U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to serve 48 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, the United States Attorney John Walsh announced, along with Special Agents in Charge of...

Investigations continue into criminal organizations from out-of-state conducting illegal grows and cultivation in Colorado DENVER - A federal grand jury has indicted two individuals who, after investigation, were found tending to a large marijuana grow in western Colorado, DEA Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Barbra Roach and U.S. Attorney...

Craig, CO doctor found guilty of prescribing without legitimate medical purpose, resulting in the death of one patient DENVER - Dr. Joel Miller, who owned and operated High Country Medical in Craig, CO, was convicted by a jury today in the District of Colorado on six counts of unlawful distribution...