July 22, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Mercury Ambulance Service, Inc. (MAS), d/b/a Rural/Metro, has voluntarily reached an agreement today, with the United States of America, to pay $40,000 to settle allegations that it violated the federal Controlled Substances Act, announced David J. Hale...

(NEW ORLEANS) - - Jeffrey Michele, 43; Leslie McMorris, 55; and Sam Michele, III,40, all residents of Tangipahoa Parish, were indicted today by a federal Grand Jury on two counts involving cocaine conspiracy and distribution charges occurring in Tangipahoa Parish. The investigation, conducted by the New Orleans Field Division DEA...

(NEW ORLEANS) - - Norman Ratcliff, aka “Turk,” 21, a resident of New Orleans, pled guilty today in federal court to various federal violations stemming from a 34 count second superseding indictment. Ratcliffand several of his associates were charged with participating in a violent drug gang that operated in the...

(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) - - Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and William J. Bryant, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock District Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), along with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today that seven individuals...

July 10, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 DETROIT - A podiatrist, psychologist and a pharmacist were convicted today in federal court in Detroit, Michigan on multiple counts of an Indictment charging them with conspiracy, health care fraud, and controlled substance distribution, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade...

July 3, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 COLUMBUS, Ohio - James E. Johnston, a/k/a “Monk,” 50, of Columbus was sentenced to 72 months in prison, five years of supervised release, a $1,000 fine, and ordered to forfeit three real estate properties located in Columbus for his role...

(FORT SMITH, Ark.) - - Drug Enforcement (New Orleans Field Division) Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd announced today that Mark Anthony Teas, 34, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was sentenced to five years in prison for the burglary of the Prince Drug Store in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The...

NEW ORLEANS - James Self, 29, a resident of St. Helena Parish, was sentenced on June 27, 2013 to 70 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release by U. S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo after pleading guilty to cocaine and marijuana charges. Self pled guilty on November 13...

NEW ORLEANS - Kevin Tyler, age 36, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on June 26, 2013 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride before the Honorable Stanwood Duval, Jr. Tyler’s charges stem from a 2009 Drug...

JUNE 28 - ( FORT SMITH, Ark.) - - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, and William J. Bryant, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced that 17 defendants were sentenced to a combined 113 years and 11 months in federal...