United States Drug Enforcement Administration

PHILADELPHIA - Richard Minicozzi, M.D., 79, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to seven years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and 17 counts of distribution of controlled substances for running a pill mill out of his office located at 731 Morris Street in Philadelphia. Minicozzi was distributing (“Vicodin”)...

PITTSBURGH - Three residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have been sentenced in federal court on their convictions of violating federal narcotics trafficking and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. Senior United States District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose sentenced Gary Moorefield, 45, of 10434 Lindberg Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

PHILADELPHIA - Keith Gidelson, 36, a former Philadelphia police detective, was sentenced today to four years in prison for operating an anabolic steroid and human growth (“HGH”) distribution organization in Philadelphia and throughout the United States. His wife, Kirsten Gidelson, was sentenced to three years of probation, with the first...

DEC 06 - ( ST. LOUIS) - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of “Project Below the Beltway”, a two-year series of investigations targeting the Sinaloa and Juarez Cartels and violent street gangs as part of on-going initiative against the cartels and their distribution network in America. The...

The Executive Board of the Midwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking (HIDTA) has recognized the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for its role in reducing drug trafficking in the region. The Board has awarded the annual Outstanding Cooperative Effort Award to John Cornille and Larry Fox of the DEA St. Louis Regional Wire...

NOV 29 (PHILADELPHIA) - A third superseding indictment was unsealed today against Dr. Norman Werther, 73, of Horsham, adding nine new defendants and dozens more charges, most notably distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, announced First Assistant United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. It is the first such...

PHILADELPHIA - Federal officials today announced the results of the Violent Crime Reduction (VCRP), a collaborative law enforcement effort between federal law enforcement agencies and the Philadelphia Police Department to combat violent crime in some of Philadelphia’s hardest hit neighborhoods announced by Attorney General Eric Holder, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Federal agents arrested 16 alleged members of a Dominican-based drug trafficking organization. An indictment, unsealed yesterday, charges 19 defendants with conspiracy to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin. A separate criminal complaint also charges a 20th defendant in the conspiracy. The indictment alleges that the defendants...

OCT 09 PHILADELPHIA , PA. - Keith Gidelson, 36, of Philadelphia, a former detective with the Philadelphia Police Department, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. Gidelson operated an anabolic steroid and human growth (“HGH”) distribution organization in Philadelphia. He acquired steroids from foreign suppliers and then sold...

ST. LOUIS - For the fifth time in two years, Americans emptied medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs and took them to collection sites located throughout the United States as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Last...