DEA Archived Press Releases

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Office Manager For Michigan Physician Sentenced To Prison For Accepting Kickbacks And Failure To Report Income From Medical Marijuana Certificationss

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell sentenced Mohamad Abduljaber, 50, of Okemos, Michigan to three and a half years of imprisonment on charges of receipt of health care kickback payments and falsifying an income tax return, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today. The convictions arise from...
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Calvert County Man Indicted On Drug Charges, Including The Distribution Of Heroin Resulting In Death

GREENBELT, Md. - A federal grand jury has indicted Russell Edward Johnson, 23, of Lusby, Maryland, today on charges of drug distribution, including one count of distribution of heroin resulting in death. The indictment was announced by Special Agent in Charge Karl C. Colder of the Drug Enforcement Administration -...
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Thirteen Ohio Residents Arrested On Meth, Heroin And Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy Charges

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An investigation by federal, state and local law enforcement in Central Ohio has led to the arrest of 13 people on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of...
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Former Kentucky Attorney Receives 20 Year Federal Prison Sentence For Conspiracy To Distribute Controlled Substances, Fraud, And Obstruction Of Justice

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former Lexington attorney was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for distribution of synthetic marijuana, wire fraud, mail fraud, tax fraud, and obstruction of justice. U.S. Senior District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood sentenced 35year-old Seth J. Johnston and ordered him to serve three years...
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Pain Clinic Owners And Medical Directors Indicted For Alleged “Pill Mill” Relocated From Florida To Maryland

BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury has indicted the three owners and two medical directors of Healthy Life Medical Group, a purported pain management clinic, on drug conspiracy and other charges. The indictment was returned on September 3, 2014, and unsealed upon the arrest of the defendants. Charged in the...
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D.C. Heroin Dealer Convicted At Trial

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Antowan Thorne, also known as “Smooth,” 37, of Washington, D.C., was convicted yesterday of conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin following a bench trial before U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema. At least one individual died in Fairfax County, Virginia after using heroin provided...
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Two Kentucky Pharmacies And Three Narcotic Treatment Programs Settle With U.S. Government -Agree To Pay $1 Million To Settle Allegations Of Improper Record Keeping Of Controlled Substances

PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and James V. Allen, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), jointly announced today that the federal government has reached settlements, worth more than $1 million, with multiple Eastern Kentucky narcotic treatment...
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Baltimore Area Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To Over 28 Years In Prison

BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Richard Anthony Wilford, age 41, of Baltimore and Elkton, to 340 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Judge Hollander enhanced Wilford’s sentence upon determining that he is a career offender based on...
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Large-Scale Distributor Of Unapproved Foreign Prescription Drugs Indicted

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - James Quinn, 73, of Surrey, United Kingdom, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for his alleged involvement in the illegal shipments of non-FDA approved prescription drugs to co-conspirators in the United States. Quinn, along with two companies in the United Kingdom and Switzerland that he...
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North Carolina Drug Supplier To Henrico Drug Dealers Sentenced To 24 Years In Prison

RICHMOND, Va. - Carlos A. Cooke, age 38, of High Point, North Carolina, Virginia, was sentenced to 24 years in prison on his guilty plea to conspiring to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Special Agent in Charge Karl C. Colder of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington Field Division...