AUG 01 -- (Baltimore, Maryland) – A federal jury today convicted Steven Abiodun Sodipo, age 51, of Forest Hill, Maryland and Callixtus Onigbo Nwaehiri, age 49, of Jarrettsville, Maryland of illegally selling 9,936,075 pills or dosage units of hydrocodone over the Internet, conspiracy to launder money, engaging in monetary transactions...

JUN 30 --(Washington, D.C.) – On July 8-10, the Turkish National Police in cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will preside over the 26 th - annual International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC), which will bring together over 300 high-level drug law enforcement officials from 93 countries throughout the...

JUN 17 -- Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Robert May, also known as “Chico,” age 49 of Hazzard, Kentucky, today to 151 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine and over 1000 kilograms...

JUN 19 -- Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment chargingSusana Mendez, age 49, Jose Riopedre, age 50, both of Miami, Florida, and Derrick Truby, age 45, of Catonsville, Maryland, with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, announced United States Attorney...

MAR 6 -- (Baltimore, MD) - A grand jury indicted 11 conspirators for conspiracy to import and sell five kilograms or more of cocaine and one kilogram or more of heroin during a seven year period, announced Carl J. Kotowski, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration...

JAN 29 -- In the predawn hours of January 18th, law enforcement officers from the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the Virginia Attorney General’s Office, executed four high-risk search warrants in the Sylvania Heights section of Spotsylvania County. The multi-agency...