United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tenn. returned a 23-count indictment on June 25, 2014, charging 22 individuals with various offenses relating to a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of heroin and fentanyl in the Middle Tennessee area, Northern Alabama and St. Louis, Missouri, announced David Rivera...

ATLANTA - Jason Elledge, who schemed to obtain controlled substances from local pharmacies, has pleaded guilty to impersonating a federal officer, making false statements to law enforcement, and attempting to obtain fraudulent prescriptions. Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta Field Division commented, “DEA is...

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Charles Anderson, an attorney in Anderson, S.C. and a former Anderson city council member, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs to serve five months in prison on obstruction charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition...

BOISE, Idaho - Martin Adam Hernandez, 23, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. According to the plea agreement, Hernandez admitted that in February 2014, he traveled with co-defendant Jason Martin to California in order to obtain methamphetamine. On February 21...

SEATTLE - Three defendants were sentenced in U.S. District Court for their roles in a large scale oxycodone drug-trafficking and money laundering conspiracy operating between California and Alaska. "This multimillion dollar enterprise submerged Juneau in a sea of addiction,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Matthew G. Barnes. “The nationwide...

ATLANTA - Jason Cole Votrobek and Roland Rafael Castellanos, owners of the “Atlanta Medical Group,” have been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, respectively. Both Votrobek and Castellanos were convicted on March 26, 2014, after a month-long jury trial on federal drug and money laundering charges for owning and...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Rockie Morse, 40, of Sweet Home, Oregon, was indicted today for distribution of heroin that resulted in death. Also indicted, Tammy Tongate, alleged to be the Portland area source of supply, made her initial appearance in court last week. The federal charges were brought after an investigation...

BOISE, Idaho - Michael Minas, 49, of Boise, Idaho, appeared on June 13, 2014, in federal court in Boise on an indictment charging him with 17 count of distributing a controlled substance. Minas was arrested on June 12, 2014, outside of his medical practice in Eagle. Trial is set for...

(COLUMBIA, S.C - .) - Joenathan Shelly Chaplin, an attorney in Columbia, S.C. appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Margaret B. Seymour and pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a federal agent, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina...

(COLUMBIA, S.C - .) -United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Sean Doctor, age 30, of North Charleston, South Carolina was sentenced in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, possession of a weapon with a convicted felon and possession...