United States Drug Enforcement Administration

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration announces the arrival of Special Agent in (SAC) Gary Tuggle. With an area of responsibility that includes all DEA offices in Pennsylvania and Delaware, Mr. Tuggle brings new energy and commitment to the enforcement priorities of the region for...

SCRANTON, Penn. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a grand jury in Scranton has charged ten men and one woman with conspiring to distribute cocaine, cocaine (crack) and heroin in Monroe County. According to United States Attorney Peter Smith, the indictment alleges...

PHILADELPHIA - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg yesterday announced the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back. As authorized, the event will take place in Pennsylvania and Delaware on September 12th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide...

DETROIT - The State of Michigan showed their support and dedication in fighting the prescription pill epidemic from the Fall 2010 through September 2014 by disposing of over 79,000 pounds of unwanted and unused prescription drugs in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative. In a press...

DETROIT - The state of Ohio showed their support and dedication in fighting the prescription pill epidemic from Fall 2010 through September 2014 by disposing of over 185,000 pounds of unwanted and unused prescription drugs in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative. In a press conference...

SCRANTON, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Providence, Rhode Island man was indicted late yesterday by a federal grand jury sitting in Scranton, on the charge of possession with intent to distribute in excess of one kilogram of heroin. According...

LONDON, Ky. - The leader of a large-scale drug trafficking organization, which brought prescription drugs from Mexico to eastern Kentucky and northern Tennessee for nearly 15 years, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison. On July 2nd, 2015, U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove sentenced 60 year-old...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Twenty people that were involved in a large scale drug trafficking organization in Central Ohio, were sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge, of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA)...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Acting United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., announced today that a physician charged with prescribing pain medications that resulted in the deaths of five patients, unlawful distribution or dispensing of controlled substances and health care fraud, now faces the additional charges of conspiracy, money laundering and...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the indictment of former Warren County, Kentucky, physician Charles Fred Gott. Gott was indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances during the course of his professional practice that were not for a legitimate...