United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CINCINNATI, OH - Teams of local law enforcement officers and federal agents this morning arrested seven people charged in complaints filed in U.S. District Court alleging that they conspired to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. The crime carries a punishment of at least ten years and up to...

PIKEVILLE, KY. - A former Paintsville, Ky. doctor admitted in federal court today that he unlawfully dispensed approximately 50,000 prescription pills to individuals in Eastern Kentucky. Dr. Richard Albert, 64, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Pikeville to conspiring to distribute and dispense controlled substances. Albert also agreed to...

COLUMBUS, OH - Christopher Thompson, 35, of Galloway was sentenced to 181 months in prison for directing a conspiracy involving 15 other people who travelled from Ohio to Florida, obtained and filled prescriptions for oxycodone and other drugs, and sent the pills back to central Ohio for illegal distribution. Carter...

Seventeen San Antonio-based members of the Texas (TS) have been charged by federal grand jury indictment with conspiring to violate the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt (RICO) statute. The announcement was made today by United States Attorney Robert Pitman, DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena, U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte, ATF Special...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Otis Morris, 60, of Lansing was convicted today after a jury trial the United States District Court in Kalamazoo. The jury trial was conducted before Chief United States District Judge Paul L. Maloney. Otis Morris, who has four previous felony drug convictions, was convicted of engaging...

DETROIT, MI -- - The final defendant in a six-defendant indictment charging mortgage fraud, arson, marijuana trafficking and money laundering entered a guilty plea in federal court today, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced. McQuade was joined in the announcement by U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge...

DALLAS, TX - Today, Special Agent in Charge James L. Capra, of the Dallas Field Division’s Drug Enforcement (DEA), announces the local component of the 3 rd nationwide prescription drug “Take-Back” initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. The DEA, along with its law enforcement partners, will...

LOUISVILLE, KY - Five Louisville men are charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky. According to the complaint filed on October 19, 2011, in...

FT. WORTH, TX. -- - Following a year-long Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigation into narcotics trafficking in North and East Fort Worth, law enforcement arrested eight members and associates of the Crips criminal street gang on October 19th. The narcotics trafficking charges are outlined in several federal...

COLUMBUS, OH. - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and representatives from the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Outdoor Advertising Association of Ohio today unveiled an electronic billboard PSA campaign to remind Ohioans to dispose of unused and expired medications on National Drug Take Back Day on October 29, 2011...