United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ATLANTA, GA. - A few weeks prior to the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back (Saturday, April 30, 2011) 5,146 (25% more sites than were established for the event last fall) nationwide have joined the effort that seeks to prevent pill abuse and theft. The free event will...

A NCHORAGE, AK - On April 22, 2011, Ricky Alan Reese, 52, a resident of Anchorage, was sentenced to life in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and attempted possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Reese was convicted by a trial jury in February 2011. At the time...

SULLIVAN CITY, TX - Former Sullivan City Police Chief Hernan Guerra has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for drug-trafficking, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. United States District Judge Randy Crane sentenced...

BOISE, IDAHO - - Cosme Jorge Flores, 44, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced on April 19, 2011, in Coeur d'Alene to 42 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana. Additionally, Flores was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term, perform...

BOISE - - - Six members of a large Treasure Valley methamphetamine distribution ring were sentenced in federal court in Boise this week. All pled guilty in January to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine or possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Jose Gallardo-Dedios, 37, a Mexican national, was sentenced to 188...

ATLANTA, GA. - A few weeks prior to the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back (Saturday, April 30, 2011) more than 4,700 (hundreds more sites than were established for the event last fall) nationwide have joined the effort that seeks to prevent pill abuse and theft. The free...

BOISE, IDAHO - - James Roy O'Neill, 49, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to fifteen years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana. O'Neill was also sentenced to fifteen years for conspiracy to launder money. The sentences will run concurrent to each other. U.S. District...

NASHVILLE, TN. - Federal, state and local law enforcement officers have arrested 27 of 33 defendants charged in a three count indictment, returned by a federal grand jury last week in Nashville, Tennessee, announced Jerry E. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Joining U.S. Attorney Martin...

ATLANTA, GA. - The United States Attorney’s Office, along with the David G. Wilhelm Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) Strike Force and the Henry County Police Department announce today that 10 individuals have been indicted for alleged drug trafficking and firearms-related crimes stemming from their operation of marijuana grow...

ATLANTA, GA. - On April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and numerous state and local law enforcement agencies will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring...