NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New Jersey Division, announced that last weekend’s National Prescription Take Back Day resulted in the collection and destruction of 12,457 pounds, or 6.2 tons, of expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs throughout New Jersey. Nationally, 731,269 pounds-almost 366...

OCT 28 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Six years after the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) launched its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Americans continue to turn out in large numbers to rid their homes of unused medications, including controlled prescription (CPDs) such as painkillers, tranquilizers, and stimulants. On October 22...

OCT 28 - CONCORD, N.H. - Samantha Renehan, 29, of Lebanon, New Hampshire and Jamie Smith, 28, of Raleigh, North Carolina pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to possession of materials to manufacture methamphetamine and conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Michael J. Ferguson...

OCT 28 - CONCORD, NH - Mark Ross, 42, of Gonic, New Hampshire was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing a controlled substance that caused the death of Evangelique Tarmey. The sentencing was announced by Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug...

OCT 28 - CONCORD, NH - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA New England Field Division and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Franklyn Morillo, 41, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, oxycodone and cocaine. Morillo...

OCT 28 - BOSTON - Three Bristol County-based drug dealers pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with operating a drug trafficking ring in southeastern Massachusetts. Luis Lopez - Luis Lopez, a/k/a “Juan Gonzalez,” 42, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, and Fall River, Massachusetts pled guilty on October...

OCT 28 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Todd Beilby, 55, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Victor A...

(ALBANY, N.Y. - Shukri Abdullah, 44, of Albany, New York, pled guilty Thursday to possessing synthetic cannabinoids with the intent to distribute them. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and U.S Attorney Richard S. Hartunian. As part...

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 Newark man was charged today with possession with intent to distribute large amounts of heroin and cocaine...

DALLAS - Following a law enforcement operation this morning, led by officers with the Lubbock Police Department and special agents with the Drug Enforcement (DEA), three Lubbock, Texas residents were arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, a...