United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MIAMI – Americans nationwide have once again shown their strong support for DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by dropping off nearly 883,000 pounds of medications during the October 2019 Take Back event. DEA, along with its law enforcement partners, has now collected nearly 12.7 million pounds of expired...

MIAMI – The Drug Enforcement Administration is alerting the public of dangerous counterfeit pills killing Americans. Mexican drug cartels are manufacturing mass quantities of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid that is lethal in minute doses, for distribution throughout North America. Based on a sampling of tablets...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Richard Earl Carroll, 55, of Hilliard, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Carroll had pleaded guilty on July 26, 2019. According to court documents, multiple witnesses identified Carroll as a methamphetamine supplier in Nassau County...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Richard Earl Carroll,55, of Hilliard, Fla., was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Carroll had pleaded guilty on July 26, 2019. According to court documents, multiple witnesses identified Carroll as a methamphetamine supplier in Nassau County...

NEWARK, N.J. – DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson announced that New Jersey residents turned in 16,532 pounds or 8 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted medications during DEA’s 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, DEA and 206 police...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Rhiannon Rader, 34, of Fern Park, Fla., has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, hydrocodone and alprazolam, also known as Xanax. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to the plea agreement, as...

NEWARK, N.J. – In 2018, more than 3,100 people died from suspected drug overdoses across New Jersey. On Saturday, October 26, the 18 th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is an attempt to cut down on those deaths. Residents of New Jersey can clean out their medicine cabinets of...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Newark man today admitted possessing heroin that was seized from him at Newark Penn Station. Jeremy Lorenzo, 30, of...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Sebastian Denton Zayas, age 30, of Orlando was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. Denton pleaded guilty on July 22, 2019. According to court documents and statements made during today’s sentencing hearing, in May 2019...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito, and Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Newark Field Division Charlie J. Patterson, announced seventeen people...