United States Drug Enforcement Administration

PENSACOLA, FL. - Destin physician Robert Bourlier, 55, was convicted today of 17 counts of health care fraud and 126 counts of unlawful dispensing of controlled substances, announced Mark R. Trouville, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division Special Agent in Charge and Pamela C. Marsh, U.S. Attorney for the Northern...

CHARLOTTE, NC. - A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte, indicted Elisa Annette Baker, 43, of Hickory, NC, on May 18, 2011 on drug trafficking charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Joining U.S. Attorney Tompkins in making today’s announcement are Rodney G...

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the indictment of Cesar Deleon, 65, a doctor from Lake Worth, for his participation in the illegal distribution of pain...

ATLANTA, GA. - A federal grand jury in Atlanta returned indictments this week in two separate cases charging a total of 13 defendants from Georgia and Kentucky with illegally trafficking in oxycodone and other prescription drugs. In the larger of the two cases, agents arrested a total of 6 defendants...

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...

WESTON, FL. - On April 30th, Floridians turned in approximately 11,567 (5 ¾ tons) of unwanted or expired prescription drugs at 228 collection sites across the state during the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative. In the Tampa area, 2 ½ tons were collected, Orlando area, 1...

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...