United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SAN FRANCISCO – Charges were unsealed today accusing a Tenderloin drug dealer of selling fentanyl that led to the overdose death of one individual and the hospitalization of another individual, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Toby Schwartz of the Drug Enforcement Administration...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Fifteen individuals, including two doctors, two licensed physical therapists, a licensed clinical social worker, a pharmacist and four pharmacy owners and operators, have been charged for their participation in schemes that fraudulently billed the Medicare and Medicaid programs for more than $15 million. The charges filed in...

ST. LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Marshals Service and Homeland Security Investigations arrested 10 people Tuesday, including seven in the St. Louis area and three in Phoenix, on charges that include conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana. Defendants are expected to be presented in federal court today...

EUGENE, Ore. - A Eugene Springfield Fire Department paramedic has been charged with illegally obtaining controlled substances from a local pharmacy and using them to drug and rape multiple female victims. Edward Augustus Blake, 44, a resident of Cheshire, Oregon, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with conspiring to...

NEW YORK CITY – Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Keith M. Corlett, Superintendent of the New York State Police, and New York City Police Commissioner Dermot F. Shea announced the arrest...

WASHINGTON – Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Assistant Administrator Tim McDermott of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Assistant Director Calvin Shivers of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, and Deputy Inspector General Gary Cantrell of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of...

NEW ORLEANS – The Drug Enforcement Administration will hold its annual National Red Ribbon Rally virtually this year. Our virtual rally will premiere on https://www.dea.gov on October 1, 2020, and be available to share throughout the month of October. This year’s Red Ribbon Rally features voices from our community and...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced the leader of an international money laundering organization in the Dominican Republic was arraigned in New Jersey today after...

MIAMI - Rewards are being offered for information leading to the capture, arrest, and conviction of three former Venezuelan officials who for years have failed to personally appear in the Southern District of Florida to face publicly-filed federal drug trafficking charges. Pedro Luis Martin-Olivares, 53, the former Chief of Economic...

PORTLAND, Ore. - A Medford Podiatrist pleaded guilty today for using fraud and deception to obtain controlled substances which he used to feed his personal addiction. Patrick T. Code, 60, pleaded guilty today to a one count information charging obtaining possession of a controlled substance through misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception...