United States Drug Enforcement Administration

(COLUMBIA, S.C - .) - Joenathan Shelly Chaplin, an attorney in Columbia, S.C. appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Margaret B. Seymour and pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a federal agent, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina...

(COLUMBIA, S.C - .) -United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Sean Doctor, age 30, of North Charleston, South Carolina was sentenced in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, possession of a weapon with a convicted felon and possession...

CHICAGO - Twenty-seven defendants are facing state or federal narcotics charges for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing heroin and crack cocaine in the neighborhood just north of Douglas Park on the city’s west side. An investigation led by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration and officers of the...

URBANA - , Ill. - A Paxton, IL, man, Eddi Ramirez, 32, who led an extensive network of cocaine and heroin suppliers, couriers, and distributors, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. The sentence was announced by Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of...

INDIANAPOLIS - On Tuesday, Indianapolis physician Dr. Robert C. Ash surrendered to authorities after learning that a warrant had been issued for his arrest. The warrant, which was issued on May 9th in Hamilton County, charged Dr. Ash with 16 counts of dealing in a narcotic drug, a Class B...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 26, 2014, turned in 14,669 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the previous...

ATLANTA - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 26, 2014, turned in 10,020.02 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the previous statewide total...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 26, 2014, turned in 5,698 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the previous...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 26, 2014, turned in 10,747 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the previous statewide...

CHARLESTON, S.C. - William N. Nettles, the United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina; Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA); Brock Nicholson, the Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security (HSI) in Atlanta; Mark Keel, the Chief...