United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MIAMI - The owner of a now defunct South Florida pain clinic and a former physician of the clinic are facing multiple charges stemming from the trafficking of oxycodone. Dr. Richard Vitalis and Christian Spaw, former owner of All Family Medical, were arrested and face racketeering, trafficking, conspiracy and manslaughter...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II has sentenced John Anderson Butler, Jr. (55, Daytona Beach) and Victor A. (55, Rockledge) for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine. Butler was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, and...

TALLAHASSE, Fla. - Walter Eric Holmes, 44, of Quincy was sentenced by United States District Judge Mark Walker to 180 months in prison for distributing cocaine and crack cocaine. Holmes, who pleaded guilty earlier this year, had a lengthy history of convictions, including seven drug felony offenses and an aggravated...

BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Heather Lynn Koons, 33, of Hagerstown, Maryland today to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of heroin to an individual, resulting in his death from a heroin overdose. Judge Bennett also ordered Koons to...

GREENBELT, Md. - A federal grand jury has indicted Jeffrey Sean Nazari, 44, of Silver Spring, Maryland, on charges of distributing a controlled substance analogue resulting in death, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance analogue, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being...

GREENBELT, Md. - Russell Edward Johnson, 23, of Lusby, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to distributing heroin to a person who died as a result of ingesting the heroin. The plea agreement was announced by Special Agent in Charge Karl C. Colder of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Washington Field Division...

MIAMI - A Martin County resident pleaded guilty yesterday to manufacturing hash oil by using a butane hash oil laboratory in his apartment and to related weapons charges. A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District...

GREENBELT, Md. - Jason Miskiri, age 39, of Silver Spring, Maryland pleaded guilty today to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. The guilty plea was announced by Special Agent in Charge Karl C. Colder of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Washington Field Division...

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. today sentenced Warren and Aigoul Gold to 12 months and one day, and six months in federal prison, respectively, for drug trafficking and money laundering charges. The Court also ordered a money judgment in the amount of $713,570 and forfeiture...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges has sentenced James Bryan Swoll, a/k/a “Squid,” (37, Ocala) to 10 years in federal prison for distributing five kilograms or more of cocaine and money laundering. He was also ordered to forfeit $350,000 worth of real property that was traceable...