United States Drug Enforcement Administration

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Jennifer Franklin was sentenced today to 33 months’ in federal prison for writing illegal prescriptions for pain killers, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced. Schneider was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Timothy Plancon, Drug Enforcement Administration and Special Agent in Charge Manny Muriel...

CINCINNATI, Ohio - Five Southern Ohio men and one woman have been charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess and distribute more than 1,000 grams of heroin. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and Timothy J. Plancon, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA...

WARREN, Mich - Drug overdoses are the leading cause of injury-related death here in the United States. In an effort to address the opioid epidemic, there will be a town hall meeting discussing the heroin and opioid prescription epidemic. This meeting is open to the public and the following law...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Joy McShan Edwards, 37, of Steubenville, was convicted in U.S. District Court today of retaliation against a witness. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Marshal Pete Tobin announced the...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Alfonzo Dewayne Johnson, 43, of Muskegon, was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release. Johnson pled guilty last year to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged David L. Dobbins, 38, of Urbancrest, Ohio, with seven charges related to distributing heroin, fentanyl and cocaine - including distribution that resulted in death - in a superseding indictment returned on November 30th, 2017. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for...

CINCINNATI - Michael Chandler, 29, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 200 months in prison for distributing fentanyl. As part of his sentence, Chandler was also ordered to pay more than $9,000 in restitution to cover the funeral costs for an overdose death that resulted from Chandler’s...

PHOENIX - The DEA’s Phoenix Division has finished tallying the amount of drugs collected from those agencies who participated in the October 28th National Take Back event. Once again, Arizonans turned out in huge numbers and disposed of 11,668 pounds, nearly six tons, of prescription drugs. The total for the...

PHOENIX - DEA announced today the expansion of the its Heroin Enforcement Action (HEAT) initiative to Pinal County as part of a collaborative effort by the DEA Phoenix Field Division and the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office to address the opioid epidemic. Nearly 500 people in Arizona have lost their lives...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that on Monday, November 6, 2017, Mark Edward Brewster, M.D., of Traverse City, Michigan, was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison. The sentence followed Brewster’s pleading guilty to writing fraudulent prescriptions to obtain controlled substances. Brewster will also pay restitution...