United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) Tennessee District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold a seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. This one day event will make it convenient for the public to rid their...

ATLANTA - Otis Henry has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for trafficking over 700,000 pills of BZP, a drug similar to ecstasy. “Based on the staggering amount of drugs in the case, the defendant earned every day of his prison sentence,” said United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates...

ATLANTA - Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in (SAC) of the DEA Atlanta Field (AFD),is sending a warning to the public about the dangers of “Molly,” a well-documented and dangerous designer drug that has recently surfaced at a number of large music events, with catastrophic consequences. The pure, high...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - United States Attorney William N. Nettles stated today that Jerald McCabe, age 34, of Berkeley County, SC, was sentenced by the Honorable Richard M. Gergel to 25 years imprisonment (1) conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine; (2) manufacturing methamphetamine where children reside. McCabe had previously pled guilty on April...

(KNOXVILLE, Tenn - .) On Aug. 29, 2013, a press conference was held at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Knoxville, Tenn., to present 19 local and state law enforcement agencies with their share of funds forfeited in the case of U.S. v. Francisco Javier Cruz-Ramirez, et. al. Agencies receiving forfeiture...

WILMINGTON, NC. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced DesmondBertram White, 35, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina to 210 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Whitewas named in a Criminal Information filed...

NEW BERN, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Mario - Carmon, 33, of Greenville, North Carolina, to 100 months imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release. Carmonwas named in an Indictment filed on...

RALEIGH, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced Omar Fogg, 34, of Kinston, North Carolina, to 108 months imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release. Fogg was named in a Criminal Information...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Craig Petties, 36, of Memphis, Tennessee was sentenced today to nine life sentences in federal prison by United States District Judge Samuel H. Mays, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III. In 2009, Petties pleaded guilty to 19 charges related to his role as the ringleader of...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - -Demetrius Duncan a/k/a Whirley, 32, Alto Parnell a/k/a Al-Pistol, 31, and Chris Young a/k/a Soldier C, 25, all of Clarksville, Tennessee, were convicted Friday in U.S. District Court, of operating a drug conspiracy and related firearms charges, after a three week jury trial, announced David Rivera, Acting...