WASHINGTON - Today the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) made the synthetic cannabinoids UR-144, XLR11, and AKB48 Schedule I, illegal drugs under the Controlled Substances (CSA) for the next two years. These cannabinoids areoften seen in so-called “fake pot” products that are falsely marketed and sold as “herbal incense” or...

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. - State, federal and local law enforcement agencies today dismantled a large and violent drug trafficking organization in Klamath County, arresting more than 30 suspects and charging them with multiple counts of racketeering and unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. During the course of the investigation, agents developed evidence...

MAY 15 - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Mario Gutierrez, 40, from Northglenn, Colorado, was sentenced on May 10, 2103, in U.S. District Court to 186 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Gutierrez had previously pled guilty to an indictment charging him with one count of drug conspiracy and...

ROCKFORD, Ill. - A DeKalb, Illinois doctor and his wife were arrested today on charges of illegally dispensing controlled substances and federal income tax fraud. Richard H. Ng, 61, a doctor of osteopathic medicine, and president and sole shareholder of Sauk Medical Clinic with offices located in Sterling and DeKalb...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - - United States District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton sentenced William Robert Barsanti, 27, of Junction City, Calif., today to five years in prison for growing marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Barsanti also...

(NEW ORLEANS) - - Kerry Wayne Walker, age 50, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiracy to trafficking methamphetamine and heroin. Walkerpleaded guilty before U. S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey to one count of violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act in which...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Juan Roberto Rincon-Rincon, one of the highest ranking members of the Gulf Cartel, has been ordered to federal prison for life following his convictions related to a large drug trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson...

MAY 14 - ( BRIDGEPORT Conn.) - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Ralston Williams, also known as “Chris,” 43, of New Haven, was sentenced today...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s New England Field Division; United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Paré; Providence Police Chief Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr. and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced Jorge Daniel Estrada of...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in New Haven has found Wilner Castelin, also known as “Castro,” 44...