PRESS RELEASE

DEA New England Collects Nearly 30 Tons Of Unwanted Prescription Drugs

May 02, 2013
… nearly 30 tons of unwanted medications have been removed from our homes and disposed of properly,” said Special Agent … to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers. … (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,829 locations …
May 02, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

South Berwick Man Sentenced On Distribution Of Suboxone Resulting In Death Charge

July 17, 2013
… pills.  The subsequent autopsy showed that Mr. Malone died from buprenorphine toxicity. Court records show when police … part of their investigation, police collected DNA samples from the pharmaceutical bottles recovered from Verrill’s apartment. Officers also collected a DNA …
July 17, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Peaks Island Woman Sentenced To Three Years For Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

July 14, 2015
… guilty on March 11, 2015. According to court records, from at least March 2013 through November 2013, Gross was … heroin and cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine, from several residences in the Portland area.  Conspirators brought heroin and crack cocaine from out-of-state suppliers to the residences.  Conspirators …
July 14, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Randy Rivera Sentenced To 12 Years’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Crack Cocaine

February 24, 2014
… sold large quantities of crack cocaine to Vermonters from about late 2009 through his arrest in early 2013. … the crack in Springfield to three different individuals from the Burlington area, who then transported it to Vermont … to purchase crack, sometimes picking up narcotics from him multiple times per week. The amounts they …
February 24, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Stillwater Man Sentenced To 27 Months For International Money Laundering And Steroids Distribution

October 25, 2017
… supervised release, to begin following Dubanowich’s release from prison. In pleading guilty on June 1, 2017, Dubanowich admitted that he imported anabolic steroids from Thailand and other countries, via the United States … Postal (USPS), in 2015 and 2016. The steroids he received from overseas were commercially packaged and marketed, among …
October 25, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA To Conduct Pharmacy Diversion Awareness Conference In Cumberland County To Address The Diversion Of Prescription Opioids And Link To Heroin Abuse

August 25, 2016
… opioids, is a growing problem.  This diversion stems from various sources.  In addition to pharmacy robberies and … doctor shoppers, or illegitimate prescriptions from rogue practitioners.  The PDAC is designed to assist … across Pennsylvania in 2015 - an increase of 23.4 percent from the total number of overdose deaths reported in 2014.  …
August 25, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Arrests Former King County Deputy - Charged With Methamphetamine Conspiracy And Distribution

February 11, 2014
… officer employed by the King County Sheriff's (KCSO) from 2002 to July 9, 2013.  In 2009, Wright was assigned to … violations of the Controlled Substances Act.  He resigned from office in July 2013.  The investigation was led by the … is pending trial in King County on state charges stemming from his 2013 conduct as a DEA Task Force Officer prior to …
February 11, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

October 18, 2016
… of communities participate in this weekend’s event from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO - DEA reprises one of … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
October 18, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Rideout Health To Pay Civil Monetary Penalties To Resolve Controlled Substance Act Claims

December 06, 2016
… sufficient security controls. This settlement arises from a Drug Enforcement (DEA) investigation that began after DEA received information from the California State Board of Pharmacy that Fremont … Medical Center’s DEA Registration had expired, and that from October 23, 2012, to October 23, 2014, pharmacy …
December 06, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Prescription Drug Take-Back Day On Saturday April 26

April 22, 2014
… on Drug Use and Health.  And more Americans died in 2010 from overdoses of prescription (22,134, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers) than from motor vehicle accidents, says the Centers for Disease …
April 22, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Marijuana Cases Update

April 28, 2014
… by the DEA and IRS Criminal Investigation with assistance from the Treasury Inspector General of Tax Administration, … Enforcement Team. 907 Marijuana Plants/Firearm Seized from Stanislaus County Riverside Grow (1:12-cr-342 AWI) - … California beside the San Joaquin River. Water was diverted from the San Joaquin River to irrigate the illegal …
April 28, 2014
GENERAL INFORMATION

National Prevention Week

January 19, 2025
… resources and publications. National Prevention Week is from May 12-18, 2024 Join the Substance Abuse and Mental … social media and in your community! Share photos and videos from your events using #NationalPreventionWeek24 and #MyPreventionStory. Friday, May 17  – Hear from grantees and coalition members from across the country, …
January 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of cocaine trafficking organization admits guilt

October 13, 2020
… to transport kilogram-quantities of cocaine and other drugs from Texas and California and into the Savannah area from as early as February 2014 until his capture in March … to Savannah, and distributed to mid-level dealers operating from several Savannah-area residences. On March 5, 2018, law …
October 13, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Highlands County Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

September 09, 2021
… of members at all levels of the criminal enterprise - from top leaders, to people who cooked crack cocaine, to … to distribute cocaine.  McCray has a prior conviction from the Southern District of Florida for possession with … of cocaine base.  The senior McCray has a prior conviction from the Southern District of Florida for conspiracy to …
September 09, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Seizure Provides Local K-9s with Great Training Opportunity

April 07, 2025
… 362-2942 Miami.Training@dea.gov presser.JPG K-9 handlers from West Palm Beach Police Department (PD); Palm Beach … Juno Beach PD; and Port St. Lucie PD accept an opportunity from DEA to train their canines on a very large cocaine … but also the purity.  MIAMI  — K-9 law enforcement officers from South Florida got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to …
April 07, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Charges Unsealed Against Specially Designated Global Terrorist Mohammad Bazzi and Talal Chahine

February 24, 2023
… alleged activities in the United States, as directed from Lebanon. Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the … he could secretly move hundreds of thousands of dollars from the United States to Lebanon without detection by law … millions of dollars to Hizballah over the years, generated from his business activities in Belgium, Lebanon, Iraq and …
February 24, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Mercer County man charged with possessing heroin with intent to distribute

December 02, 2020
… and the surrounding area. Based on information received from a reliable source, law enforcement officials determined … Law enforcement officials followed Bell in his vehicle from Trenton to Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Bell drove to an apartment complex, retrieved a bag from the trunk of his vehicle and entered an apartment. …
December 02, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Dealer admits selling deadly fentanyl laced pills

September 16, 2019
… attempted to perform CPR even though she was groggy from have taken a pill herself. Paramedics arrived on scene … roommate and the deceased man took a pill. After learning from the Medical Examiner's Office that her roommate died of … are living in a world where drug cartels are getting rich from making counterfeit pills that contain fentanyl and we …
September 16, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Gang Member Sentenced to Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking

September 07, 2022
… Additional photos of firearms and ammunition recovered from Takedown.jpg AUGUSTA, Ga. --  A member of a violent … streets safer by identifying and removing these criminals from our neighborhoods.” Curtis’ co-defendant, Robert Lewis … the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. With assistance from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, the two were …
September 07, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Warren County Man Indicted on Charges Including Machine Gun Possession, Methamphetamine Trafficking

April 21, 2022
… of illegal drugs in our communities, and to remove firearms from those who are prohibited from owning them,” said U.S. Attorney Estes. McGahee was … followed a recent search of his residence where agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and deputies …
April 21, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Two Convicted for Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization with Ties to Mexican Cartel

May 24, 2023
… of the organization who coordinated fentanyl shipments from Sinaloa, Mexico to Massachusetts and the laundering of … the delivery of $150,000 which was ultimately seized from Heraux as he attempted to deliver the money on behalf … in February 2021, 197 grams of fentanyl was seized from Heraux as he attempted to deliver the drugs to a …
May 24, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

New Britain Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Fentanyl

June 27, 2022
… kilogram-quantities of narcotics, primarily fentanyl, from a source in Mexico, and then distributed the drug to … Members of the organization delivered cash generated from the sale of narcotics to a money broker in Brooklyn, … 2019, investigators seized more than $200,000 in cash from members of the drug trafficking organization. Gonzalez …
June 27, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Final Defendant Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines

August 16, 2022
… Ice removed the victim’s catalytic converter by cutting it from the victim’s vehicle’s exhaust system using a … converters so that he could target specific vehicles from which to steal catalytic converters. Marshall also gave … Leslie Ice’s bond money so that he would be released from custody and could continue to steal catalytic …
August 16, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

High Speed Chase Ends with 15 Years in Prison for Illegal Firearms

November 16, 2021
… leading law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase from Bolivar, Mo., to Springfield, Mo. Milton W. Sparks, 38, … who was driving a stolen Dodge Challenger. Sparks fled from officers at speeds up to 128 miles per hour. At one … continued driving at about 100 miles per hour. Sparks fled from Bolivar, Mo., to a residential neighborhood in …
November 16, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

November 01, 2021
… removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On Oct. 23, with close … number of organizations participating increased to 262, up from the April Take Back Day of 198 organizations. “On DEA’s …
November 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Covetrus Agrees To Pay $1,125,000 for Failing to Adequately Address Suspicious Opioid Orders and for Inadequate Recordkeeping Practices

October 30, 2024
… worldwide. Under the settlement, Covetrus NA admitted that, from March 29, 2016 through June 18, 2019, its internal … order monitoring system (SOM) flagged 35 opioid orders from a veterinary office in West Barnstable, Mass. …
October 30, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Former Mexican Lawyer Who Became Major Meth Supplier to Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Prison

June 28, 2024
… Stalled During the Pandemic Tacoma – A former attorney from Mexico was sentenced June 21, 2024, to 90 months in … U.S. District Judge David G. Estudillo rejected arguments from the defense that Castellanos-Tapia played a minor role … 2023. Over the course of the investigation, agents seized from members of the drug trafficking organization an …
June 28, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of International Drug Trafficking Organization Operating in Oregon Sentenced to Federal Prison

June 21, 2024
… of DEA, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and our many partners from law enforcement agencies across Oregon led to the … trafficking organization, whose sole purpose is to profit from addiction and suffering. This far-reaching … and Medford Branch Offices. According to court documents, from at least March 2018 through August 2020, while …
June 21, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

East Bay Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Opioids Outside the Scope of Medical Practice

March 18, 2024
… sentencing memorandum, Karimi practiced medicine from an accessory dwelling unit on the grounds of her suburban home from roughly 2011 to 2022. Her practice operated under the … investigating Karimi after receiving concerning information from the family of one of Karimi’s former patients, who had …
March 18, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Five Individuals Sentenced to Prison for Meth Trafficking and Money Laundering

February 15, 2024
… He obtained large quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico and paid couriers, including Darius Robinson, to … and distributed several hundred pounds of methamphetamine from 2021 through 2022. Court documents established that … frequently received large quantities of methamphetamine from Mario Rodriguez Diaz. Specifically, they received …
February 15, 2024