ST. LOUIS – A 31-year-old man who sold counterfeit Xanax on the dark web, both before and after he was indicted for doing so, was sentenced to 54 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig. “I hope you understand that you put people’s lives at risk,”...

ST. LOUIS –Communities in the tri-state Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) St. Louis Division safely disposed of 25,726 pounds of unneeded and expired medications, October 25, at the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Nationally, the DEA and its law enforcement partners removed 571,054 pounds of medication at 4,317 collection...

CHICAGO –The Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, in collaboration with numerous law enforcement partners and healthcare providers throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, will host the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. At nearly 4,000 collection sites throughout the...

ST. LOUIS –The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) St. Louis Division in partnership with law enforcement agencies across Missouri, Kansas and Southern Illinois, will host 186 National Prescription Drug Take Back Day locations in which unused, unnecessary and expired prescription medications will be collected between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Saturday...

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – Daniel Reif, Inc., doing business as The Medicine Shoppe, a retail pharmacy in Kansas City, Kansas, entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal government agreeing to pay $200,000 to resolve allegations the pharmacy violated the civil provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The...

WASHINGTON — In a superseding indictment unsealed today, high-ranking members of the Sinaloa Cartel are facing federal charges for their alleged involvement in trafficking hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine into southern Illinois and laundering the proceeds to Mexico. “The Sinaloa Cartel relies on drug trafficking to finance...

CHICAGO – Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terrance C. Cole has appointed Todd Smith as the new Deputy Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Chicago Field Division. As the Deputy Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division, Smith supports the newly appointed DEA Chicago Field Division Special Agent...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Daniel Schmidt, Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Tom Wheeler for the Southern District of Indiana announced that three Evansville individuals have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a methamphetamine trafficking operation. Patrick L. Adams, 60...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and Acting U.S. Attorney M. Scott Proctor for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Martel Scott, 35, of South Bend, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and Acting U.S. Attorney M. Scott Proctor for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Kevin Ellis, 41, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco after...