NEW YORK - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II; Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of...

SHERMAN, Texas – A 57-year-old Sherman, Texas doctor has pleaded guilty to federal drug distribution and fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Dallas Division and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas Joseph...

BOSTON – A Lawrence, Massachusetts, man was sentenced in federal court in Boston yesterday for his role in an opioid trafficking conspiracy involving the distribution of fentanyl, heroin, and oxycodone across Massachusetts and Florida. Johnny Urena, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to five years...

BEAUMONT, Texas – A 41-year-old Jackson, Georgia man has been indicted and charged with federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Drug Enforcement Administration, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Oaka Donrez Adams was indicted by a federal grand...

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, the United States Postal Inspection Service and members of the District Attorney’s Office’s East End Drug Task Force today announced the arrest of 16 individuals in connection with an alleged narcotics ring operating in the...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A federal jury in Brooklyn today, following two weeks of trial, convicted Dr. Martin Tesher of 10 counts of unlawful distribution of oxycodone without legitimate medical purpose to five patients, one of whom died as a result two days after his last visit with the defendant. When...