ST. LOUIS – A medical doctor and owner of an urgent care clinic in Columbia, Missouri was arrested Wednesday on an indictment that accuses him of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid and providing prescription drugs to friends, people suffering from substance use disorders and those with whom he had sexual relationships...

SEATTLE – A 43-year-old Seattle man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle on April 15, 2026, to 75 months in prison for his years long activity dealing meth and fentanyl in Seattle’s homeless encampments and International District. Khampheth Keodara sold fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, and cocaine to people residing...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa- A licensed pharmacist who created fake patient profiles to steal prescription drugs containing controlled substances was sentenced on April 15, to a three‑year term of probation. Ryan Paul Etscheid, age 40, from La Salle, Illinois, received the sentence after an October 27, 2025, guilty plea to acquiring...

ST. LOUIS – Jerry Dale Leech, a chiropractor who committed healthcare fraud and issued fraudulent subscriptions for controlled substance, was sentenced to 100 months in prison and ordered to repay $4.7 million to Medicaid, Medicare and Tricare. Leech, 53, of Clayton, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis...

NEW YORK - Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) Special Agent in Charge of the New York Enforcement Division, Farhana Islam, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), Michael Alfonso...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment today against Jose Mendoza, 35, of Merced; Jessy Johnson, 34, of Turlock; and Alejandro Perez, 43, of Crows Landing, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and Drug Enforcement Administration...

BOISE – U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced the sentences of ten defendants who conspired to distribute methamphetamine in the Magic Valley. According to court records, the defendants possessed and distributed large quantities of methamphetamine throughout the Magic Valley area. During the investigation, federal, state, and local law enforcement officers...

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will host the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at nearly 4,200 locations nationwide- including over 67 drop off locations throughout the San Francisco region. Twice a year, DEA joins...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Earlier today, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued an Immediate Suspension Orders (ISO) to A + Pharmacy, a retail drug store located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. An ISO is an emergency administrative action that immediately suspends a DEA registrant's authority to handle controlled substances, due to imminent danger...

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Portland, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison Thursday for his role in an interstate drug trafficking organization. Luis Garcia Zurita, 38, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release. According to court documents, Garcia Zurita was both an interstate drug transporter...