Date: April 19, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA) jointly announced today that a physician from Prestonsburg, Ky., paid the U.S. Government $50,000...

Date: April 17, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 WARREN, Ohio - Nineteen separate federal indictments were unsealed today, charging 55 people with various violations of federal narcotics and/or firearms laws in and around Warren, Ohio, law enforcement officials announced. At the same time, an additional 42 people...

Date: April 10, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LONDON, Ky. - A Barbourville, Kentucky man was arrested today pursuant to a federal indictment that accuses him of growing a large number of marijuana plants and illegally possessing firearms. Leslie Monroe, 52, was charged Wednesday, March 28, 2013...

AUSTIN, Texas - Federal, state and local authorities have arrested 37 individuals in connection with two related drug trafficking conspiracies based in Austin announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena, United States Attorney Robert Pitman, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez. A...

LAREDO, Texas - Laredoans Laurencio Montes, 43, and Jose Luis Gonzales, 28, have been sent to federal prison for their roles in an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigation relating to the laundering of millions of drug proceeds by Los Zetas, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Tien Le, 47, of Sacramento, was found guilty today of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana following a six-day jury trial before United States District Judge William B. Shubb, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. The...

DETROIT - Forty-Four individuals have been charged in a health care fraud and drug distribution scheme, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Robert L. Corso of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Special Agent in Charge Robert D. Foley...

Date: March 20, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky.) - The owner of pain clinics in Georgetown and Dry Ridge, Kentucky, previously indicted for drug trafficking and money laundering offenses, was arraigned March 19th, 2013, on additional federal charges. According to the new charges, Ernest William...

DETROIT - A superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Detroit was unsealed yesterday morning, charging thirteen individuals for their participation in a large-scale health care fraud and drug distribution scheme, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in her announcement by Special Agent...

LAREDO, Texas - Romeo Serna Sr., 50, and Romeo Serna Jr., 26, both residents of Laredo, have been arrested for attempted distribution of cocaine base and for possession with intent to distribute marijuana in a school zone, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Javier F. Peña, Special...