United States Drug Enforcement Administration

DENVER - Raul Mendoza, 51, of Denver, Colorado was sentenced on November 20, 2015 by U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to serve 48 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, the United States Attorney John Walsh announced, along with Special Agents in Charge of...

Investigations continue into criminal organizations from out-of-state conducting illegal grows and cultivation in Colorado DENVER - A federal grand jury has indicted two individuals who, after investigation, were found tending to a large marijuana grow in western Colorado, DEA Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Barbra Roach and U.S. Attorney...

TOPEKA, Kansas - - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today that a drug courier who was trying to outrun the Kansas Highway Patrol, driving at 111 miles per hour, was sentenced Monday to 47 months in federal prison. Miguel Torres, 22, Kansas City...

Craig, CO doctor found guilty of prescribing without legitimate medical purpose, resulting in the death of one patient DENVER - Dr. Joel Miller, who owned and operated High Country Medical in Craig, CO, was convicted by a jury today in the District of Colorado on six counts of unlawful distribution...

DEA, Utah Attorney General’s Office Investigation Results in Guilty Plea SALT LAKE CITY - A Sandy, UT doctor pleaded guilty to attempted illegal distribution of a controlled substance, the Utah attorney general's office announced Monday. Third District Judge Paul Parker sentenced Newhall to 24 months of probation and 150 hours...

ST. LOUIS - - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced that on its 10th National Drug Take-Bake Day, DEA and its local partners collected 22,321 pounds of unused prescription drugs in the St. Louis metropolitan and southern Illinois area. Further, the nationwide event, with...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today that two California men have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri. Jaime Gonzalez-Alvarado, 33, a citizen of Mexico residing...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - -James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration announced today that a California man who was arrested in Kansas with 15 pounds of heroin was sentenced Monday to 46 months in federal prison. Juan Carlos Ahumada, 21, San Fernando, Calif., pleaded guilty to...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - -James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration announced today that a man who distributed crack cocaine for nearly a decade was sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison. Albert Allen, Jr., 30, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term...

DENVER - Thousands of Americans in communities across the country discarded more than 350 tons of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) on Saturday, September 26. In the Denver Field Division area of responsibility, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and...