ALBANY, N.Y. - Retail drugstore chain Rite Aid, which operates more than 2,000 pharmacies in 18 states, will pay the United States a $4.75 million penalty to resolve allegations that its employees, in violation of the Controlled Substances Act, recorded false or incomplete information about customers who purchased tens of...

MILWAUKEE - DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Paul E. Maxwell and United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced today that Dr. Mehran Heydarpour of Brookfield, Wisconsin, agreed to pay $175,000 to resolve allegations that he prescribed opioid pain medications in violation of the Controlled Substances Act and that he...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Keith M. Corlett, Superintendent of the New York State Police, and Thomas Pape, Chief of...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jonathan DiPirro, a/k/a JD, 29, of Depew, New York, and Sarah Szymanski, 28, of Cheektowaga, New York, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind– Indianapolis District Office Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Michael Gannon and United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today, federal criminal charges against 35 individuals for their role in two separate drug trafficking rings. “These methamphetamine trafficking organizations were fueling some of the violence that the citizens...

NEW YORK – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney for Bronx County, Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, Peter C...

MADISON, WIS. – Assistant Special Agent in Charge Paul E. Maxwell and Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western Distri ct of Wisconsin, announced that Christopher Kania, 40, Portage, Wisconsin, pled guilty on Thursday, March 12, in U.S. District Court in Madison to obtaining oxycodone by use of...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Kayla Hampton, age 28, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced in South Bend before United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio to 120 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. According to documents in this case, a...

CHICAGO – The Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of Project Python, a DEA-led multilateral interagency operation encompassing all global investigations and related disruption activities targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) . This announcement marks the successful conclusion of six months of investigative...

NEW YORK – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, Troy A. Miller, Director of U.S. Customs and Border Protection New York Field Office, Peter C. Fitzhugh...