BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced David Barnes, 32, of Hagerstown, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine (crack cocaine) and cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine...

BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Curtis Bird, 37, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. The sentence was announced by...

TRENTON, N.J. - Robert G. Koval, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a doctor who allegedly wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone, today admitted to participating in...

BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Gregory Fitzgerald, 46, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 126 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. The sentence was announced...

NEWARK, N.J. - Robert G. Koval, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced a longshoreman was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court to180 months in prison for his role in an international drug smuggling conspiracy which led to the seizure of...

OCT 04 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) –For the fifth time in two years, Americans emptied medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs and took them to collection sites located throughout the United States as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back...

NEWARK, N.J. - Robert G. Koval, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Newark man who took part in a conspiracy to distribute more than...

GREENBELT, Md. - A federal grand jury has indicted physician George Mathews, M.D., 75, of Prince Frederick, Maryland, on charges of illegal distribution of drugs and health care fraud, in connection with pain management clinics he operated in Prince Frederick, Waldorf and Greenbelt, Maryland. The indictment was returned on September...

BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Baltimore City Police officer Daniel Redd, 41, of Baltimore, today to 20 years in prison, followed by years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin, and using a...

NEWARK, N.J.- - The United States Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey, today launched the Right Prescription for New Jersey prescription drug abuse prevention initiative, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. The initiative is a collaboration of federal, state, and non-profit organizations and agencies, including the Drug Enforcement (DEA) New...