United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CHICAGO - Two dozen defendants are facing federal drug charges after a two-and-a-half-year investigation uncovered their roles in trafficking wholesale amounts of cocaine and heroin and distributing it in the Chicago area and Wisconsin. Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration assigned to the Chicago Strike...

CHICAGO - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted, unneeded...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Paul W. Stewart, 33, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 151 months in federal prison for possession of heroin with intent to distribute. Stewart pleaded guilty...

LOS ANGELES - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted...

RENO, Nev. - Victor H. Orozco, 40, of Grandview, WA, was sentenced on July 20 by U.S. District Judge Miranda M. Du to 16 years in prison and five years supervised release for possessing with the intent to distribute more than 24 pounds of methamphetamine and heroin. Orozco, a licensed...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Rhonda Jacquinot, 52, Hayward, Wisconsin, was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison, without the possibility of parole, by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson. Jacquinot previously pleaded guilty to her role...

CHICAGO - Fifteen defendants are facing federal or state narcotics charges for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing heroin and cocaine on Chicago’s South and West Sides. A lengthy investigation led by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration and officers of the Chicago Police Department assigned to the Chicago...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of Matthew Richard Peterson, 39, who pleaded guilty to federal charges of fraudulently acquiring pain medication while he was employed as a paramedic. Peterson was indicted on August 11, 2014, and pleaded guilty on November 7, 2014...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that John C. Morrison, 70, and Anna F. Novak, 57, both of Ashland, Wis. have agreed to plead guilty to federal drug and tax charges. The guilty plea hearings have been scheduled for August...

HONOLULU - A federal jury found a California man guilty last week of smuggling methamphetamine into Hawaii. After a three day trial, Roman Gabriel Contreras, 44, of Ontario, California, was convicted of attempting to distribute more than 500 grams of a substance containing methamphetamine in Kauai on March 24, 2015...