SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Omnicare Inc., a subsidiary of CVS Health and a leading provider of pharmacy services to long-term care facilities, has agreed to pay the United States a $15.3 million civil penalty to resolve allegations that it violated federal law by allowing opioids and other controlled substances to be...

NEW YORK – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, New York City Police Commissioner Dermot F. Shea, New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett and Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced the...

NEW YORK – With families encouraged to stay at home due to the nationwide health crisis, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is reminding Americans to keep prescription medications safe and secure until they can properly dispose of them. DEA holds its national Prescription Drug Take Back Day twice a year...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that 17 defendants were arrested and charged in two criminal complaints for their roles in a large and long standing illegal narcotics ring operating in Western New York...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Elijah Richter, 28, of Camino, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 10 years in prison for distribution of a controlled substance known as n25i-nBOME that caused a death, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Shakespeare Cruz, 45, of the Bronx, New York, was arraigned in federal court today on an indictment charging him with a federal cocaine and heroin distribution conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that that Darryl M. Greene, 48, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, and Chautauqua County Sheriff James B. Quattrone announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Harry J. Radke, 44, of Mayville, New York, with possessing with intent to...

BUFFALO, N.Y. –U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Larquon Watkins, 27, of Buffalo, New York who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and distribution of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison by U.S. District...

BUFFALO, N.Y. –U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 22-count Superseding Indictment charging David Burgin, David Washington a/k/a Dirty Dave a/k/a Dirt a/k/a Wavy Davey a/k/a Brick Boy Dave, Eleazar...