United States Drug Enforcement Administration

COLUMBIA, S.C. - With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., South Carolinians will be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state, free of charge...

CHARLOTTE, NC - With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., North Carolinians will be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state, free of charge...

NASHVILLE - With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tennesseans will be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state, free of charge, no questions...

DENVER - On August 3, 2012, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado sent warning letters to 10 marijuana dispensaries operating within 1,000 feet of schools warning them that if they did not close within 45 days they would be subject to federal enforcement action. This was the...

ALBANY - , NY.DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Wilbert L. Plummer and United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, announced today that he has embraced the Partnership at Drugfree.org to promote its national campaign entitled the ‘Medicine Abuse Project’ which begins on Sept. 23, 2012. Mr. Hartunian was joined by...

MANHATTAN - , NY. Wilbert L. Plummer, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and James T. Hayes JR., Special Agent...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Adam Keith Jones, 28, of Statesville, N.C. was sentenced today to serve 131 months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for a conspiracy to possess with intent to illegally distribute Oxycodone, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District...

SYRACUSE, NY. - Wilbert L. Plummer, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, and New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D’Amico announce the indictments of 24 in connection...

Columbia, SC. - United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Kenneth Clark, 50, of Spartanburg, Anna L. Huckeba, 24, of Moore, and Ryan E. Sarquist, 28, of Moore, pled guilty today in federal court in Anderson, S.C., to conspiracy to sell controlled substances, a violation of 21 U.S.C. §...

Columbia, SC. - United States Attorney William N. Nettles stated today that Tywaun D. Thomas, 32, of Georgetown, S.C., has been charged in a two-count Indictment for possession with intent to distribute heroin and distribution of heroin. The maximum penalty Thomas could receive is a fine of $2,000,000 and/or imprisonment...