United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - -Today, United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced DuWayne LeDoux, 55, of Kodiak, Alaska, to seven years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to structure cash deposits, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge...

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Billy Slick, age 54, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison as a result of his conviction for conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute and distribute methamphetamine. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Ruston man was sentenced Wednesday to 147 months in prison for his role in a cocaine conspiracy that stretched across north Louisiana and led to the seizure of...

NEWARK, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and John J. Hoffman, Acting Attorney General for the State of New Jersey announced that the State Board of Medical Examiners has temporarily suspended the medical license of Dr. Eric Thomas, effective...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Thomas G. Atteberry, ATF Phoenix Field Division, and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, DEA El Paso Division announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging Albuquerque resident Davon Lymon, 34, with...

BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a $20,000 civil settlement today with Dr. Richard Heller, a psychiatrist in North Andover, Mass., in connection with his uncontrolled storage of patient medication in a self-storage unit and his related failure to maintain proper records. In settlement documents, Dr. Heller admitted to...

BROOKFIELD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Cheryl Karcher, M.D., 57, of Brookfield, Conn., and New York, N.Y., has entered into a civil settlement agreement...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Richard Spriggs, Sr., 47, of Columbus, was sentenced on December 2, in U.S. District Court to 46 months in prison. Spriggs’ sentence was the result of his conviction for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, conspiring to commit money laundering and for the unlawful possession...

CONCORD, N.H. - Luis Nieves, 33, of Haverhill, Massachusetts pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to one count of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute it, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New...

STATESVILLE, N.C. - Nine methamphetamine traffickers have been sentenced over a two-day period to prison terms ranging from one to 17.5 years, as a result of two related Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigations, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Attorney...