United States Drug Enforcement Administration

PHOENIX, Ariz. - The DEA announced the sentencing of Dale Thomas Ratcliffe, a former Doctor of Osteopathy, to 5 years’ probation and the surrender of his medical license, after Ratcliffe was indicted on multiple federal charges earlier this year. Ratcliffe plead guilty to conspiracy to furnish false information after the...

ALBANY, N.Y. - - A jury voted today to convict William “True” Hilts, age 52, of Schenectady, New York, of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and heroin, and distribution of crack cocaine and heroin, following a four-day jury trial. The announcement was made by James J. Hunt, Special Agent in...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - - Robert Ian Thatcher, 29, Maximillian Sams, 30, Dwayne Banks, 29, all of Elmira, New York, and Carlito Rios, Jr., 30, of Beaver Dams, New York, were each charged today with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, quantities of furanyl fentanyl and U-47700...

NEW YORK - - Noel Blackman, who practiced as a medical doctor and was the former Health Minister of Guyana and Executive Member of the World Health Organization, was sentenced to 50 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release today for illegally distributing oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription painkiller...

ALBANY, N.Y. - - Elijah Jones, 30, of Schenectady, New York pled guilty yesterday to conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and heroin. The announcement was made by DEA New York Division Special Agent-in-Charge James J. Hunt and United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian of the Northern District of New York...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons)...

PHOENIX - The DEA’s Phoenix Field Division has finished recording the total amount of drugs collected from those agencies who participated in Saturday’s National Take Back event. Once again, Arizonans turned out in significant numbers and disposed of 9,576.35 pounds, over four tons, of prescription drugs. The total for this...

ALBANY, N.Y. - - Shukri Abdullah, 44, of Albany, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison and fined $5,000 for possessing and intending to distribute synthetic cannabinoids. The announcement was made by James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA) and...

BRONX, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (“DEA”), Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (“NYPD”), George P. Beach II, the Superintendent of the New York...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that a federal grand jury has returned a three count indictment charging Matthew S. Jones, 30, and Beau K.C. Jones, 32, both of...