United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A drug distribution operation that involved inmates and a correction officer has been dismantled and six people have been arrested due to the joint efforts of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Alabama Department of Corrections, announced Keith Brown, DEA Special Agent in Charge of the New...

APR 02 (NEW ORLEANS) - Twelve individuals indicted in the Eastern District of Louisiana face drug and conspiracy charges as a result of an extensive three-year investigation that targeted a heroin drug trafficking organization in New Orleans, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U. S...

March 18, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former doctor in Paintsville, Kentucky, has admitted to his role in a conspiracy that was responsible for illegally distributing more than 25,000 Controlled Substance prescription pills in the eastern half of Kentucky. On Monday, March 17th...

March 18, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky. - The former owner of pain clinics in Georgetown, Ky., and Dry Ridge, Ky., that illegally dispensed controlled substance prescription drugs to thousands of patients, was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Karen...

March 7, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 DETROIT - A doctor, a pharmacist and a marketer were convicted today in federal court in Detroit for distribution of controlled substances and health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by...

GULFPORT, Miss. - Four individuals indicted in the Southern District of Mississippi face various drug charges as the result of an extensive three-year drug investigation that targeted an illegal prescription drug ring, announced Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown with the Drug Enforcement Administration - New Orleans Field Division and...

JAN 21 (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) - The Drug Enforcement Administration awarded Assistant U. S. Attorneys Verne Speirs and Gray Borden the Spartan Award, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney Middle District of Alabama. The Spartan award recognizes prosecutors for their dedication and extraordinary effort to investigate and prosecute large-scale...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - William J. Bryant, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) of the Little Rock District Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA); Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; and Scott Ellington, District Prosecuting Attorney for the Second Judicial District of Arkansas; announced the...

NEW ORLEANS - Quenshey Mitchell, a/k/a "Ripper" "Baby Ripper", and "Q", age 36, from Los Angeles, California, was convicted on January 10, 2014 of all six counts of a superseding indictment which included charges of conspiracy to distribute in excess of a kilogram of heroin, multiple conspiracies to obstruct justice...

January 14, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 CLEVELAND - Twenty people were indicted for their roles in a conspiracy that brought heroin and other drugs to Akron, and an Akron man was charged with providing heroin that resulted in an overdose death, law enforcement officials announced today...