CHICAGO - ― A high-level member of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico was sentenced today to 22 years in federal prison and, separately, guilty pleas were unsealed in the same case for twin brothers who ran the cartel’s Chicago distribution cell and supplied vast quantities of cocaine and heroin in...

CHICAGO - ― Dennis Wichern, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, which includes Wisconsin, and United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that a federal grand jury recently returned an 11count indictment charging eight defendants with...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - ―Nine individuals from the Chicago and Michigan City areas have been indicted for their alleged roles in a heroin distribution conspiracy that operated from approximately 2009 through the present. A principal object of the conspiracy was to procure quantities of heroin for ultimate distribution in northwest...

MILWAUKEE - ―The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the arrest of 26 individuals on both state and federal charges related to the illegal distribution of pharmaceutical controlled substances in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The following 47 individuals were charged by the Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, or Washington County District Attorneys’...

ST.LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Field Division invites the community to take a visible stand against drugs by celebrating Red Ribbon Week from October 23-31. Red Ribbon Week raises awareness of drug use and the problems related to drugs facing our community, and encourages parents, educators, business...

ST.LOUIS - DEA St. Louis today announced that local residents returned over 27 tons of unwanted, expired medications as part of the ninth and final National Prescription Drug Takeback Day. The St. Louis Field Division of DEA represents the southern portion of Illinois and five other states. Thanks to new...

CHICAGO - ―Twenty-two defendants are facing federal narcotics charges here for their alleged roles in importing, supplying, and distributing kilogram quantities of heroin and cocaine through interconnected drug trafficking organizations that operated in the Chicago area, as well as in Mexico, California, Oregon, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The investigation resulted...

(WASHINGTON)-A Colombian man extradited to the Eastern District of Virginia pleaded guilty today for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent James Terry Watson in Bogotà, Colombia, on June 20, 2013. “Today’s guilty plea is an important step forward in holding those responsible for...

CHICAGO - ― A former physician who was affiliated with three Chicago hospitals was sentenced today to nearly six years in federal prison for illegally distributing prescription drugs in exchange for sex and cash. The defendant, Joshua D. Baron, a pediatric neurologist, pleaded guilty in March, admitting that he provided...

ST.LOUIS - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special (SA) James Terry Watson was honored by the Fraternal Order of the (FOP), Lodge 2, in Rapid City, South Dakota on August 5, 2014, during a Fallen Law Enforcement Officer memorial ride as part of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. ​ A memorial walk...