United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ATLANTA, GA. - Donald Bristol, 41, of Lilburn, Georgia was sentenced today by United States District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr., to serve over a year in prison on charges that, while he was employed as a DeKalb County police officer, he helped others hide a stolen vehicle, unlawfully accessed...

SAN JUAN, PR. - On September 23, 2011, a federal grand jury indicted 28 individuals as a result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and the United States Postal Inspection Service, with the collaboration of the Federal Bureau of (FBI) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), United States...

COLUMBIA, SC. - United States Attorney Bill N. Nettles and John S. Comer, Acting Special Agent in (SAC) of the DEA Atlanta Field Division, announced today that Earl Daniels, 31, of Allendale, faces a mandatory-minimum sentence of life in prison as a result of a federal jury’s verdict finding that...

COLUMBIA, SC. - United States Attorney Bill N. Nettles and John S. Comer, Acting Special Agent in (SAC) of the DEA Atlanta Field Division, announced today that Earl Daniels, 31, of Allendale, faces a mandatory-minimum sentence of life in prison as a result of a federal jury’s verdict finding that...

ATLANTA, GA. - Donald Bristol, 41, of Lilburn, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court on charges that while he was employed as a DeKalb County police officer, he helped others possess and hide a stolen vehicle, unlawfully accessed governmental information, and lied to federal agents. John S. Comer...

ATLANTA, GA. - Jason Cole Votrobek, 27, of Vero Beach Florida; Jesse Violante, 32, of Vero Beach, Florida; Roland Rafael Castellanos, 32, of Cartersville, Georgia; Tara Atkins, 33, of Cartersville, Georgia; and Dr. James Chapman, 61, of Macon, Georgia, were indicted and arrested on federal drug and money laundering charges...

SAN JUAN, P.R. - A federal grand jury indicted 114 individuals on June 27 as a result of an investigation lead by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), with the collaboration of Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security (ICE), Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), United States...

ATLANTA, GA. - FLOYD B. SAWYER, 44, a former Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan (SCMPD) Officer, has been charged with drug trafficking conspiracy, extortion, possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, and lying to federal agents. SAWYER was arrested yesterday by federal authorities on a criminal complaint. SAWYER’s initial appearance in federal...

ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’(ICE) Office Homeland Security (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department seized on Monday 532 kilograms of cocaine with an approximate street value of $16 million from a St. Thomas residence. The seizure was...

ATLANTA, GA. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Charlie Stephens, age 76, Jeff Sivell, age unknown, and Alvin Malone, age 32, all certified law enforcement officers working for the Sheriff’s Department in Talbot County, Georgia, were charged in individual indictments for...