United States Drug Enforcement Administration

PHOENIX, AZ. - DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and Tempe Police Department Chief of Police Tom Ryff along with Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced today the culmination of a 6-month long investigation regarding the dismantling of an extensive drug trafficking cell associated with the Sinaloa Cartel headed...

PHOENIX, AZ. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and Tempe Police Department Chief of Police Tom Ryff along with Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced today the culmination of a 15-month long investigation regarding an extensive trafficking cell associated with the...

- TEMPE, AZ. - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Tempe Police Department along with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office will host a press conference tomorrow morning, Tuesday December 20th, 2011 at 11:00 AM to announce the results of a 15-month long investigation that...

- TUCSON, AZ - . - Gilbert Thompson, 34, of North Lauderdale, Florida, a native of Jamaica and lawful permanent resident of the United States, was sentenced on December 15, 2011, by U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins to seven years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to possess with the intent to...

PHOENIX, AZ. - Doug Coleman, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s Phoenix Field Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Ann Birmingham Scheel announced that a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 130-count indictment against Angelo Chirban M.D. , 62, and Marilyn Chirban, 60, of Queen Creek, Arizona, for...

TUCSON, AZ. - On December 12, Evelio Cervantes-Conde, 39, a Cuban immigrant lawfully residing in the United States, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Raner Collins to 151 months in prison for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Five Kilograms of Cocaine and Attempt to Possess Five Kilograms of...

- PHOENIX, AZ. - Doug Coleman, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s Phoenix Field Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Ann Birmingham Scheel announced that Ernest Mark Chrzaszcz, 35, of Queen Creek, Arizona, was found guilty by a jury on December 8, 2011 of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent...

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...

TUCSON, AZ. - Doug Coleman, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s Phoenix Field Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Ann Birmingham Scheel announced that Juan Carlos Delgado-Sagaste, 30, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge David C. Bury to 15 years imprisonment for conspiracy to...

PHOENIX, AZ. - Today, Douglas W. Coleman, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced that over 6,000 pounds of unwanted or expired medications were collected during the third Prescription Drug Take-Back Event. When the results of the three statewide Take-Back Days to date are combined, the...