United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SAN DIEGO - On December 13, 2012, San Diego Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge William R. Sherman and San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced the results of a 21-month operation, dubbed Operation Knight Stalker, which targeted legacy members of the La Familia Michoacá(LFM) drug cartel...

MADISON, Wis. - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jose Espinoza, 30, Clinton, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb, to 78...

CINCINNATI - Nancy Sadler, 49, of West Portsmouth, Ohio was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for operating Ohio Medical and Pain Management, LLC, a “pill mill” in Waverly, Ohio. Her husband, Lester, aka “Ape”, Sadler, 56, was sentenced to 151 months in prison followed by three years of...

SAN DIEGO - This morning, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) San Diego Field Division’s Narcotics Task (NTF) along with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and Health Advocates Rejecting Marijuana, (HARM) announce the total amount of illegal marijuana plants seized in San Diego County in 2012. During calendar year 2012, NTF...

MINNEAPOLIS - On November 26, 2012, a 45-year-old St. Paul man was sentenced in federal court for his role as the leader of an organization that distributed large quantities of cocaine and marijuana in Minnesota, between 2005 and October 2010. United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced Jesus...

SAN DIEGO - In summer of 2010, the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Narcotics Task (NTF) Team 9 was conducting routine aerial surveillance when they happened to spot a remote marijuana farm in Julian. Agents cut down the massive crop with machetes, arrested four crop tenders and found lots of items left...

WAUKEGAN, Ill - On Thursday, November 1, 2012, based on information from a reliable source that a large amount of Methamphetamine AKA “crystal meth” was going to be delivered to the Lake County, Illinois area, agents from the Drug Enforcement (DEA) along with the officers from Waukegan Police Department Gang...

INDIANAPOLIS - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana announced today that Agustin Lozano, 35, Sinaola, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William T. Lawrence to...

MINNEAPOLIS - On Thursday, November 1, 2012, the Drug Enforcement (DEA), along with the Rochester Police Department, Olmsted County Sheriff’s office, South Eastern Minnesota Narcotics Task (SEMNTF), and the United States Marshals Services, executed numerous arrest warrants as part of Operation Heat Wave, a collaborative investigation into the distribution of...

SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - The final tally is in from the 5th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, September 29, 2012. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 38 locations in San Diego County and three locations in Imperial County. Over the course of four...