United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CAMDEN, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Pleasantville, New Jersey, man admitted participating in a nearly three-year conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in...

TRENTON, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Ernest Parrey, Jr., Trenton Police Director announced the culmination of a two year multi-agency narcotics investigation targeting members of the Sex, Money, and Murder set of the nationwide BLOODS criminal...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Colombian cartel leader expelled from Venezuela to face federal charges in New Jersey for his role in...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Haris Riza, 22, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to one year and one day in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute marijuana in the Madison...

Cape May Court House, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Cape May County Prosecutor Robert L. Taylor and Lower Township Police Chief William Mastriana announce the arrest of two individuals, John Matthews, 26 and Nick Alexander, 24 both...

CHICAGO - A southwest suburban doctor and his patient are facing federal drug charges for allegedly scheming to fraudulently prescribe and dispense thousands of Oxycodone and Adderall pills, authorities announced today. From approximately January 2010 to July 2013, Dr. William Mikaitis issued over 500 prescriptions for Oxycodone and Adderall tablets...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Newark, New Jersey, man with at least six felony convictions in New Jersey courts was arrested today...

NEWARK, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and John J. Hoffman, Acting Attorney General for the State of New Jersey announced that the State Board of Medical Examiners has temporarily suspended the medical license of Dr. Eric Thomas, effective...

NEWARK, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a former lieutenant with the Miami-Dade Police Department, Internal Affairs, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James Britton, 26, Madison, Wis., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 37 months in federal prison for distributing heroin. Britton pleaded guilty to this charge on September 16, 2015...