BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Department of Justice has reached an agreement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc. to resolve violations of the federal Controlled Substances Act and its implementing regulations at CVS Pharmacy locations throughout the Northern District of Alabama, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and U.S. Attorney...

WASHINGTON - While in Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the unsealing of a 43-count indictment in federal court in Cleveland, which charges two Chinese citizens with operating a conspiracy that manufactured and shipped deadly fentanyl analogues and 250 other drugs to at least 25 countries and 37...

CLEVELAND - While in Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the unsealing of a 43-count indictment in federal court in Cleveland, which charges two Chinese citizens with operating a conspiracy that manufactured and shipped deadly fentanyl analogues and 250 other drugs to at least 25 countries and 37...

MEDIA ADVISORY DEA ANNOUNCES 5,456 DRUG-RELATED OVERDOSE DEATHS IN PENNSYLVANIA IN 2017 Contact: Supervisory Special Agent Patrick J. Trainor, Public Information Officer, (215) 852-8740 (PHILADELPHIA) – Jon Wilson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Philadelphia Division, announced today that 5,456 drug-related overdose deaths [1] were reported...

MEDIA ADVISORY PHILADELPHIA – Jon Wilson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Philadelphia Field Division, announced today that 5,456 drug-related overdose deaths [1] were reported by coroners and medical examiners in Pennsylvania for 2017. This number represents a rate of 42 deaths per 100,000 people and a...

CAMDEN, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Valerie A. Nickerson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito today announced a Hammonton, New Jersey man was sentenced to 108 months in prison for engaging in a conspiracy to distribute...

Newark, N.J. – Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, has announced the official designation of the DEA Monmouth/Ocean County Post of Duty. “The creation of this new office means the permanent assignment of DEA special agents and task force officers,” said...

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Rayen Hussein and Abdulqadoos Alomari, ages 41 and 31, respectively, were arrested on August 17, 2018, when investigators executed federal search warrants on multiple locations in Schenectady, Amsterdam and Glenville, New York, and seized a kilogram worth of synthetic marijuana packaged for distribution, announced United States...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 33-year-old South Texas man has been ordered to federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to sell crystal methamphetamine and using a firearm to facilitate that crime, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick...

SYRACUSE, NY –Thomas A. Burnell, age 36, of Plattsburgh, New York, was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for selling heroin mixed with fentanyl that caused the death of a customer. Senior United States District Judge Norman A. Mordue also sentenced Burnell to 30 months in prison for possessing...