OWENSBORO, KY - An early morning drug sweep in Henderson, Kentucky, conducted by multiple law enforcement agencies, has resulted in thirteen arrests on charges for possession and distribution of cocaine and additional drug related offenses. The arrests are the culmination of a nearly two year long cooperative investigation by the...

SPRINGFIELD, MO. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two former St. Robert, Missouri, residents have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute prescription drugs through Internet pharmacy Web sites. Anthony D. Holman, 35, and his...

COLUMBUS, OH - On January 11, 2011, Harold Eugene Fletcher, 42, owner of the East Main Street Pharmacy in Columbus, plead guilty in U.S. District Court to illegal distribution of the painkiller, oxycodone. He also plead guilty to one count of structuring financial transactions and one count of filing a...

United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today that a former Michigan physician was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for unlawfully prescribing OxyContin. Additionally, a former Michigan pharmacist was sentenced on December 10, 2010, to 36 months in prison for his part in filling those unlawful prescriptions. Joining...

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on January 3, 2011, Fontez Combs , age 37, of Madison, Illinois, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison, a term of 3 years of supervised release, a fine of...