November 05, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 COLUMBUS, Ohio - A U.S. District Court jury convicted Jaime Ruiz-Montes, 43, of Las Vegas, Nevada for his role in a heroin trafficking organization operating in central Ohio. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio...

PHOENIX - Today, Douglas W. Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced that this past Saturday, DEA collected over 10,000 pounds of prescription medications, demonstrating the public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside...

WHAT: “7th STATEWIDE PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK EVENT” - WHEN: SATURDAY, October 26th. Collection Sites will be open 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. - WHERE: STATEWIDE-over 90 drop-off locations. Visit - www.dea.gov and click on the “Got Drugs?” icon for a local site near you. - WHO: DEA, state, local, and...

PHOENIX - With public participation at an all-time high after six prior events in three years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local, tribal, and community partners will hold a seventh Prescription Drug Take-Back Day at numerous sites across Arizona on Saturday, October 26th - . Collection sites are...

September 27, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 BAY CITY, Mich. - Four residents of northern Michigan have been charged with participating in a drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. A ten-count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Bay City on...

September 27, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 COVINGTON, Ky. - A Newport, Ky., man, who previously admitted to selling heroin in northern Kentucky on multiple occasions, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. On Thursday, September 26, 2013, U.S. District Judge Amul Thapar sentenced 34-year-old Phillip...

TUCSON - The Drug Enforcement Administration announced today felony charges against the owners and employees of Embrace Health and Pain Management Clinic in Tucson, Arizona. The charges arise from a 21-month investigation against two nurse practitioners who issued multiple prescriptions of powerful and addictive controlled substances, primarily Oxycodone outside the...

PHOENIX - Roman Borquez, 46, of Peoria, Ariz., and Ralph Moreno, 52, of Phoenix, Ariz., were found guilty by a federal jury of drug trafficking offenses including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Borquez was also convicted of conspiring to distribute heroin. Moreno was also convicted of possessing...

September 19, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 DETROIT - A Franklin, Michigan resident, one of sixteen individuals indicted on federal drug charges, was sentenced to 190 months in prison on September 13th, 2013, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced. McQuade was joined in the announcement by...

September 17, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 COVINGTON, Ky. - A Covington, Ky., man has been arraigned on federal charges alleging that he sold a quantity of heroin to another individual who died as a result of using the drug. On September 12, 2013, a federal grand...