United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ATLANTA, GA. - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on April 30th turned in 3,510 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was more than 2010’s total which...

NASHVILLE, TN. - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on April 30th turned in 4,436 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was more than 2010’s total which...

COLUMBIA, SC. - South Carolina residents participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back event Saturday turned in 1,225 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was more than 2010’s total which...

BEAUMONT, TX - A 51-year-old Spring Hill, Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Tony Darrell Fuzz pleaded guilty to possession with intent to...

LOS ANGELES, CA - A man who manufactured anabolic steroids at a clandestine laboratory in Compton - one of the largest underground steroid labs ever found in the United States - and distributed the steroids via the Internet, was sentenced today to three years in federal prison. Warren Abramson, 33...

LOS ANGELES, CA - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Mobile Enforcement (M.E.T.) and the Long Beach Police Department’s Drug Investigations Section joined forces and conducted a three-month operation that resulted in the removal of numerous criminals from the streets of Long Beach, as well as the seizure of guns, drugs, and...

ATLANTA, GA. - MARC BROTEMARKLE, 24, of Harrisburg, Missouri, and DEREK O’NEAL, 32, of Atlanta, Georgia, were sentenced to prison today by United States District Judge Thomas W. Thrash on charges of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana plants and possession of marijuana plants with intent to distribute. A co-defendant in the...

STATESVILLE, NC. - Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina announced that Travis Donnell Knox, 34, of Statesville, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Statesville today to 188 months imprisonment for trafficking in “crack” cocaine. U.S. Attorney Tompkins is joined in making today’s announcement...

CRYSTAL CITY, TX -- - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that federal, state and local authorities have arrested 10 individuals in the Crystal City area on federal drug trafficking charges. Those arrested yesterday include: 24-year-old...

LOS ANGELES, CA - More than 1,300 law enforcement officers this morning fanned out across the San Pedro area, arresting 80 alleged members and associates of the Rancho San Pedro gang, otherwise known as “RSP.” Over 230 individuals are named in both federal and state court documents that allege a...