BROOKLYN, N.Y. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Robert L. Capers, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced today the arrests of nine defendants for their role in an international steroid distribution ring. The charges against the...

MONGOMERY, Ala. - Dr. Robert M. Ritchea, 54, of LaGrange, Georgia, pled guilty to conspiring to unlawfully distribute a controlled substance through operating a “pill mill” and money laundering scheme, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Bret Hamilton and United States Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. A “pill mill”...

TRENTON, N.J. - - A Bronx man, Edwin Alamo Jr., 22, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 22 kilograms of heroin in New Jersey. Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s...

NEWARK, N.J. - - McKesson (McKesson), one of the nation’s largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, agreed to pay a record $150 million civil penalty for alleged violations of the Controlled Substances (CSA), Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Three defendants were sentenced to federal prison last week for drug trafficking, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Santiago (aka Chuco), age 47, of Commerce, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 151...

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 a Bergenfield, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for her role in a...

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 two men appeared in federal court to face distribution conspiracy and possession charges after law enforcement found over...

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 two pharmacists were arrested today and charged in a long-running conspiracy to illegally distribute and dispense large quantities...

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 a Queens, New York, man today admitted his role in a scheme to distribute controlled substance analogues, which...

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 a South Gate, California, man appeared in federal court today to face a drug distribution charge after he was...