(CHARLOTTE, N.C - .) - Seven Charlotte men were sentenced on Thursday, April 10, 2014, on federal drug conspiracy charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The sentencings stem from a joint six-month investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Charlotte...

ATLANTA - Synthetic drugs are a growing problem that threaten the health and safety of the younger population across Georgia. As these drugs - commonly marketed under nonthreatening labels such as "bath salts," spice," or "molly"- have increased in popularity, communities have struggled to understand what these substances are and...

FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill sentenced Saul Antonio Morales, 49, of Alpaugh, today to 17 and a half years in prison for drug offenses relating to his involvement in a large marijuana cultivation operation that he maintained on his property. On October 31, 2013, a federal...

SEATTLE - The leader of a marijuana manufacturing and distribution conspiracy was sentenced today to five years in prison for drug and money laundering charges. Scott Johnson, 48, of Bellingham, Washington also forfeited property in Whatcom County and Priest River Idaho, as well as multiple luxury vehicles, snowmobiles, boats and...

OAKLAND, Calif. - An eight count indictment was unsealed in federal court this morning charging Dr. Toni Daniels with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances, distribution of controlled substances, and willful failure to file a tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, FBI...

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, United States Attorney for the Middle District, announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Aaron Edwin (39, Riverview) and Michael Allen (42, Sarasota) with conspiracy to distribute and to...

(BALTIMORE) - - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Richard Ashbrook, age 51, of Baltimore, today to five years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute oxycodone. The sentence was announced by Assistant Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement...

OTSEGO, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. announce the arrest of John Thomas Laing, age 53, of 1608 Butternut Rd, Unadilla, NY. The announcement follows a joint two and a...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A drug distribution operation that involved inmates and a correction officer has been dismantled and six people have been arrested due to the joint efforts of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Alabama Department of Corrections, announced Keith Brown, DEA Special Agent in Charge of the New...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles-area doctor surrendered this morning to federal authorities after being indicted on federal drug trafficking charges for allegedly illegally distributing drugs, including powerful and addictive painkillers. Dr. Andrew Sun, 78, of La Mirada, surrendered this morning at the United States Courthouse, where he is expected...