(BURLINGTON, Vt. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Ferguson for the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England and Eugenia A.P. Cowles, the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, stated that Joe Young, 37, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced on March 6, 2015 by...

FRESNO, Calif. - Cedar Pharmacy has agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims that it failed to properly record hundreds of transactions involving controlled substances, failed to maintain complete and accurate records, and failed to follow prescription issuance guidelines in violation of the Controlled Substances (CSA), United States Attorney...

FRESNO, Calif. - Miguel Marquez, 30, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to 14 years and eight months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill also ordered Marquez to forfeit over $30,000. According to court documents, an investigation indicated...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Many, La resident was sentenced to 188 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine in Sabine Parish. Cassius L. Medlock, 32...

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a former officer with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS) today admitted coordinating shipments of crystal methamphetamine from interstate...

SAN FRANCISCO - Two San Francisco International Airport security screeners were among the three individuals arrested and arraigned today on charges of bribery and drug smuggling, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David Johnson, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge...

ST. LOUIS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Eric Watson, 28, of St. Louis, MO, received a 57 month sentence for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. Watson had previously pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine in St. Clair, IL and St. Louis, MO. offenses...

TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced a Monmouth County, New Jersey, doctor...

CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was convicted today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine...

CAMDEN, N.J. - Two Camden men today admitted their roles in a conspiracy to sell 22 guns without a license, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Marcus Rutling, a/k/a “Fresh,” 33, of Camden, and Saluda, South Carolina, and his brother, Joseph Rutling, 24, of Camden, both pleaded guilty before U.S...