United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CHICAGO – Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, DEA Chicago Division, announced today that on June 23, 2020, pediatrician Jonathon W. Cavins, 42, of Lebanon, Indiana, surrendered “For Cause” his DEA controlled substances registration. Cavins was recently sentenced to the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) following a guilty verdict...

Madison, Wis. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Charles Dickerson, 46, Madison, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty last Friday to possession with intent to distribute cocaine in front of U.S. District Judge William M. Conley. Immediately following the guilty plea, Judge Conley sentenced...

CHICAGO – Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, DEA Chicago Division, announced today that the DEA Merrillville Resident Office and their state and local counterparts arrested the following defendants: Geoffrey O. Onyeukwu, MD, 69, Gary, Indiana; Nurse Practitioner Akeem O. Kareem, 47, Crown Point, Indiana; and Nurse Practitioner Francis...

CHICAGO -- Twenty-four individuals are facing federal charges following an investigation targeting two street gangs responsible for firearms offenses, narcotics trafficking, and violence on the West Side of Chicago. During the investigation, dubbed “Operation Full Circle,” federal, state, and local law enforcement officers worked together to seize 34 firearms, more...

MADISON, Wis. – Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge of DEA's Chicago Field Division and Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Darrin Demrow, 41, of Brodhead, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to six years in...

SAN FRANCISCO – Xavier Jimenez-Robledo appeared today in court on charges that he dealt counterfeit pills containing fentanyl that led to the overdose death of one individual in Monterey County, and the hospitalization of another individual, a minor, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Special Agent in Charge...

MADISON, Wis . – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Keith Strong, 50, of Thorp, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 72 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Strong pled guilty to...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A grand jury brought a five-count indictment today against a Granite Bay resident, charging him with conspiracy to transport marijuana and concentrated cannabis oil in his Learjet, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux announced. Manish Patel, 33...

MENOMONIE, Wis. – David Hartwig, 32, Menomonie, Wisconsin, is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, with possessing heroin with intent to distribute, and with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The indictment alleges that on May 6, 2020, he possessed...

CHICAGO – Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, DEA Chicago Division, announced today that Lake County, Illinois, has been designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. The designation means Lake County will receive more resources to coordinate...