NEW ORLEANS - The number of accidental drug-related overdose deaths in the City of New Orleans in 2016 exceeded the number of murders for the first time in the city’s history, according to the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office. Drug-related deaths in Orleans Parish totaled 211 in 2016, more than double...

MOBILE, Ala. - Elyric Nathaniel Singleton, III was sentenced today by a Senior United States District Judge to 97 months in federal prison for his role in nine pharmacy burglaries, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Jessica Scott, an employee of Covenant Aviation (CAS), a private company that contracts with the Transportation Security (TSA), was sentenced today to one year and a day in prison for her role in a conspiracy to defraud the federal government. The sentence was handed down by...

MOBILE, Ala. - Dr. Rassan M. Tarabein, 58, a neurologist residing in Fairhope, Alabama, was arrested by law enforcement officials on federal and state criminal charges relating to health care fraud, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam, Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the...

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury in Fresno indicted eight defendants today for their participation in a methamphetamine and heroin distribution conspiracy. U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and DEA San Francisco Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin made this announcement today. The indictment charges Jose Luis Zambrano, 33; Juan Carlos...

FRESNO, Calif. - Daniel Rios, 33, of Kern County, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and John J. Marin, DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the San Francisco Division announced. According to court documents, between March 1, 2016, and June 29, 2016, Rios conspired with...

FRESNO, Calif. - Carlos Gerardo Blanco, 27, and Henry Polin Morales III, 21, both of Bakersfield, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin announced. According to court documents, between November 2014 and December 2015, Blanco conspired with...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - On Thursday, June 22, 2017, Robert Francis Kelly, age 56, of Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 64 months in prison for possessing approximately 15 kilograms of cocaine with the intent to distribute, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and A. Clark Morris, Acting...

SAN FRANCISCO - Bobby Napier was sentenced to 48 months’ imprisonment for bribing a public official in order to smuggle drugs through passenger security screening at San Francisco International (SFO). The sentence was announced by Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and Acting United States Attorney...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Raul Guadalupe Monjardin-Iribe was sentenced today to 175 (14 years, 7 months) in prison for his part in a conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The sentence was...