United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Valerie A. Nickerson announced that New Jersey residents turned in 12,749 pounds or 6.3 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescriptions during DEA’s 16 th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27. Nationally...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Valerie A. Nickerson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced a high-ranking member of the New Jersey Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison for...

NEWARK, N.J. – This Saturday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Drug Enforcement Administration and its local law enforcement partners will once again give the public an opportunity to safely dispose of their expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications during the 16 th National Prescription Drug Take...

MAYS LANDING, N.J. – Atlantic County is the latest region to be assigned the designation of being a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) through the federally funded HIDTA program, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner and Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New...

LOS ANGELES – After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds (nearly 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration expects to reach a total of 10 million pounds collected following the upcoming...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Federal authorities this morning arrested eight defendants named in a grand jury indictment that alleges a scheme to send methamphetamine to Hawaii, including nearly 12 kilograms of narcotics made to look like decorative Aztec calendars and statues. Today’s arrests follow the filing of a seven-count indictment...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Valerie A. Nickerson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a member of the Grape Street Crips gang was indicted today on additional charges in connection with the murder of...

RENO, Nev. - LeCharles Edward Baldon Sr. was sentenced Monday to 184 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine and heroin in the Reno area, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI Las Vegas Division, and Assistant...

LOS ANGELES – Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon, and Associate Special Agent in Charge Daniel Comeaux of the DEA’s Los Angeles Division announced today in Washington D.C. the unsealing of federal indictments against 11 members of the notorious Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, or...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Valeria A. Nickerson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito announced criminal charges against 17 members, associates, and drug suppliers of a Newark street gang that distributed heroin and crack cocaine...