CHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Moore Capito announced this week that MWI Veterinary Supply Inc. (MWI) has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations it failed to identify large oxycodone HCL orders from a Putnam County, West Virginia, veterinarian as suspicious or flag them to authorities, resulting in abuse...

Pensacola, Florida – Jovon “Playa Pat” Booker, 33, of Pensacola, Florida, was convicted by a jury in federal court on one count of discharging a handgun in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and a separate count of possessing firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Prior to the...

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that 12 individuals and an agency have been charged by federal indictment and additional defendants charged by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General with health care fraud and other offenses, for allegedly conspiring to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program. U.S. Attorney Metcalf...

AUSTIN, Texas – An Austin man was sentenced in a federal court in Austin to 220 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl while in possession of a firearm, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Miguel Madrigal of the San Antonio Division and U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District...

MIAMI – A California duo accused of operating a darknet drug trafficking business that sold fentanyl and methamphetamine nationwide, including in South Florida, and laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency has been indicted by a Southern District of Florida grand jury. According to court documents, Nicholas Aguilar, 44...

CENTENNIAL, CO – The Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) has seized nearly 3.2 million fentanyl pills and more than 92 kilograms of fentanyl powder since January 1, 2026. "We recently crossed the half-way point in 2026, and it's the perfect time to assess where we stand across...

WINONA, Minn. – More than 250 people walked in Winona today, as part of a nationwide Walk for Lives event hosted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Field Division and United Against in Fentanyl (UAF) in coordination with RIPple Drug Education and Awareness Inc . Community members from...

San Diego– The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration San Diego Field Division and United Against Fentanyl (UAF) will host a local Walk for Lives 2026 event at Saint Charles Catholic Church, 990 Saturn Blvd. San Diego, CA 92154, on July 11, 2026 in support of DEA’s Fentanyl Free America initiative. Walk...

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Cristian M. Stevens on Tuesday sentenced a man who was involved in a drug conspiracy that caused one fatal and one nonfatal overdose to 200 months in prison. Haeder Jameel, 23, was also ordered to pay $51,005 in restitution to the parents of the...

ST. LOUIS– Steven L. Hofer was appointed Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) St. Louis Field Division, marking a return to the Division in which he began his 22-year career with the agency. SAC Hofer will oversee operations across 10 DEA offices in Kansas...