United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - On Wednesday, February 28, 2018, a physician and nurse were arrested after being indicted in the ongoing investigation and prosecution of a “pill mill” being operated out of a Montgomery, Alabama medical office. The two new defendants in this case are physician Willie J. Chester, Jr., 64...

NEW ORLEANS - The DEA and our law enforcement partners announced today an exceptional enforcement action against a local doctor and pain clinic owner in an effort to help reverse the horrible effects produced by the diversion and abuse of pharmaceutical drugs. This over four-year long investigation was led by...

(ORLANDO, Fla.) - Jimmy Remy (30, Miami), Edson (40, Orlando), Raymond Mike (Orlando, 41), Kissinger St. (36, Orlando), and Gerardson (33, Orlando) were found guilty by federal jury of separate counts of conspiracy to distribute, and distribution or possession with the intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Multiple gang members are among dozens of individuals arrested in a major law enforcement operation targeting violent criminals in central Arkansas. Thursday’s early-morning takedown highlights the coordinated work of federal, state, and local agencies to combat drug and gun crime in Little Rock, and is part...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a former lead technician at a central Alabama pharmacy to five years in prison for tampering with vials of opioid painkillers used in the compounding of intravenous fluid bags intended for terminally ill patients in debilitating pain. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special...

(WESTON, Fla.) - A federal jury has found Tirso Hernandez-(35, Ocala, Florida) guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and possession with the intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A federal jury convicted James Calvin Talley, Jr., 37, of Verbena, Alabama yesterday of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, using a phone to facilitate a drug crime, and being a felon in possession of a...

(WESTON, Fla.) - Gregorio Lucas-Ramos, 29, Tampa, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to nine years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. He pleaded guilty on October 25, 2017. According to court documents, Lucas-Ramos is a Mexican citizen who entered...

(WESTON, Fla.) - Jamila Takiyah Hunter, 32, of Tallahassee, was convicted yesterday afternoon of possession with intent to distribute the controlled substance a-Pyrrolidinovalerophenone or “Alpha-PVP” known on the street as “Molly”. Hunter’s four co-defendants pleaded guilty in late 2017 and early 2018 to the following charges: Travis Glasco; Conspiracy to...

(WESTON, Fla.) - Five defendants pleaded guilty in unrelated cases to methamphetamine trafficking charges. On January 18, 2018 and January 30, 2018, respectively, Saul Bustos Bustos, 38, and Irepan Juanchi Salgado, 24, each of Mexico, pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of...