(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) - - North Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 13,120 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was far...

(ATLANTA) - - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 12,605 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was far more than...

(SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that the Honorable Garland E. Burrell Jr., District Judge, sentenced Robert Edward Mulready, of Placerville, California, to forty-two months imprisonment and a four-year term of supervised release...

FRESNO, Calif. - Ong Rikki Sonephady, 42, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to growing marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, Sonephady was arrested at the marijuana farm where he lived. Law enforcement...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - John Venizelos, also known as “John V,” “Big Man” and “John from Staten Island,” an alleged associate of the Bonanno organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, pled guilty earlier today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joan M. Azrack at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn to drug trafficking...

Date: May 3, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to...

SEATTLE - A Kent, Washington man and his step-son were arrested this morning following their indictment on seven criminal counts related to gun sales and controlled substance distribution. The indictment alleges that Mark E. Bryant, 49, and his step-son Andrew Gagley, 30, illegally distributed Demerol. Bryant is also charged in...

(SAN DIEGO) - - William R. Sherman, Special Agent in (SAC), San Diego Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) is announcing a new tip line and email address for the public to provide information concerning drug trafficking organizations operating in the San Diego and Southern California areas as well as...

NEW YORK - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills nationally and 55 percent more in New York State than last September, demonstrating the American public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed charging Queens Doctor Gracia L. Mayard with illegal distribution of oxycodone, a highly-addictive prescription medicine used to treat severe pain. Mayard is scheduled to be arraigned at 3:00 p.m. today before United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco, at the United...