DETROIT - McKesson (McKesson), one of the nation’s largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, agreed to pay a record $150 million civil penalty for alleged violations of the Controlled Substances (CSA). Special Agent-in-Charge Timothy J. Plancon of the DEA Detroit Field Division was joined in the announcement today by United State...

WASHINGTON - McKesson (McKesson), one of the nation’s largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, agreed to pay a record $150 million civil penalty for alleged violations of the Controlled Substances (CSA), DEA Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Barbra Roach and Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer announced today. “This agreement demonstrates...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Three defendants were sentenced to federal prison last week for drug trafficking, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Santiago (aka Chuco), age 47, of Commerce, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 151...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man faces life in prison after a jury convicted him of distributing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of a 37 year-old Fayette County, Kentucky, resident. On Thursday, January 12th, 2017, Joshua Donald Ewing, 28, was convicted of distribution of a controlled substance resulting...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The leader of a drug trafficking organization that brought significant amounts of heroin and fentanyl, from Detroit, Michigan for distribution in Richmond, Kentucky, has been sentenced to life in prison for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of a Madison (KY) resident. On January 9th...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Sukita M Williams, 44, of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Hilliard, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 72 months in prison for her role in a criminal organization that illegally trafficked the prescription painkiller oxycodone, between Las Vegas, Nevada, and Columbus, Ohio. Benjamin C. Glassman, United...

DETROIT, MI - U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today that a Livonia, Michigan doctor, Fanny Dela Cruz, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription pills, and to defraud Medicare. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Timothy J. Plancon...

Dismantles Organization Distributing Drugs in Locations such as Bars, Food Trucks, Street Level Dealers AURORA, Colo. - After more than a year-long investigation 10 alleged members of a drug-dealing ring are in custody. They now face felony charges in Arapahoe District Court ranging from organized crime conspiracy and racketeering to...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Travis B. Preston, 28, and Tiffany L. Griffith, 25, both residents of Stanford, Kentucky, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute large quantities of fentanyl. Preston admitted to conspiring to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl. Griffith...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr., in conjunction with Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Detroit Field Division, and Toni Ganzel, M.D., M.B.A., Dean of the University of Louisville School of Medicine, announced the successful completion of their first...