NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a narcotics supplier for the New Jersey Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 180 months in prison...

LOS ANGELES - Two doctors who each operated medical offices in Lynwood have been arrested on federal drug charges that allege they issued prescriptions for narcotics and sedatives without a medical purpose. The doctors - Sonny Oparah, 75, of Long Beach, and Edward Ridgill, 64, of Ventura - surrendered to...

CAMDEN, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for his role in...

LOS ANGELES - As a result of a drug distribution conspiracy and racketeering indictment issued last week by a federal grand jury, 31 members and associates of a Santa Fe Springs-based street gang were arrested today on charges related to a wide-ranging criminal enterprise controlled by a member of the...

HONOLULU - Chief United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright on Tuesday sentenced Aaron Hu, 52, of Kailua, to 46 months imprisonment for possessing with intent to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine and heroin within 1,000 feet of a public elementary school on March 30, 2015. Hu was convicted on...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A federal grand jury has indicted a doctor who operated a medical clinic in Fountain Valley, as well as two physician assistants who worked at the clinic, on federal drug trafficking charges that allege they issued prescriptions for dangerous and addictive narcotics without a medical purpose...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Federal and local agencies have united under the U.S. Marshals Service banner to help reduce violence in the City of Newark as an extension of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Violence Reduction Initiative. The U.S. Marshals Service in the District of New Jersey and the U.S...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced today a California man admitted his role in a conspiracy to traffic approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine from...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced today an Essex County, New Jersey, man admitted his role in a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Sharing stories of recovery from prescription opioid and heroin addiction, writers from the New Jersey area help to inspire others who are battling addiction. The project called “HOPE: Chronicles of Drug Addiction and Recovery” is sponsored jointly by the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement...