STEUBENVILLE, Ohio - A federal grand jury in Columbus, Ohio, charged seven individuals for their roles in a Steubenville, Ohio, based heroin-trafficking operation. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, William J. Ihlenfeld, II, United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, Joseph...

DAYTON, Ohio - Travis Matthews, 28, of Dayton was sentenced today to 73 months in prison for possession of a firearm after having been previously convicted of a felony offense. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge of...

LONDON, Ky. - A former Georgia physician has admitted in federal court that he conspired with the owner of a Georgia pain clinic and others, to unlawfully distribute thousands of controlled substance prescription pills to residents of Kentucky. On October 8th, 2015, Michael Johnston, 58, pleaded guilty before U.S. District...

DETROIT - Thousands of Americans in communities across the country discarded more than 350 tons of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) on Saturday, September 26. This past weekend, more than 3,800 federal, state and local counterparts took...

DETROIT - Thousands of Americans in communities across the country discarded more than 350 tons of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) on Saturday, September 26. This past weekend, more than 3,800 federal, state and local counterparts took...

DETROIT - Thousands of Americans in communities across the country discarded more than 350 tons of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) on Saturday, September 26. This past weekend, more than 3,800 federal, state and local counterparts took...

PHOENIX - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) finalized the collection and tally of prescription drugs turned in this past Saturday by citizens across Arizona in conjunction with DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. In all, over 10,601 pounds of controlled substances were removed from homes throughout the state in a...

DETROIT - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back...

PHOENIX - DEA officials today announced a nationwide series of enforcement actions targeting every level of the global underground trade of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, the vast majority of which are manufactured and trafficked from underground labs in China. DEA-led Operation Cyber Juice - comprised of over 30...

PHOENIX - The DEA Phoenix Division announces the sentencing of Edward Jack Sayegh, M.D. to four years in prison, after the Phoenix area doctor pleaded guilty to multiple charges including conspiracy, fraud, and multiple drug diversion charges following a long-term investigation into his medical practice, Arizona Family Medicine. In February...