United States Drug Enforcement Administration

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Joel Perrin Robinson has been sentenced to eight years in prison for shooting a DEA special agent serving a search warrant at Robinson's house. Agents had obtained the warrant to search his home for chemicals used to manufacture PCP. “This investigation is a reminder of the dangers...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Michael Ray Mangum, 43, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced on July 2, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 120 months in federal prison for his role in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in and around the Sullivan County area...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Evelyn Jean Vickers, 39, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced on June 30, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to a federal prison term of 110 months for her role in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in and around the Sullivan County...

NEW BERN, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Fabio Hirochi Inoue, - 40, of Anaheim, California, to 51 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess five...

ATLANTA - Daniel M. Harbison has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm when he pulled over an off-duty Doraville police officer while impersonating an armed DEA agent. Harbison had been impersonating a federal agent for several weeks before he was caught. Daniel R. Salter, the...

Operation Chump Change has netted 273 pounds of brown heroin valued at $40 million over two years (DENVER) - Colorado Attorney General Cynthia H. Coffman, in partnership with the DEA, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office today announced the largest and most complex heroin bust in the history of the Rocky...

(DENVER) - Javier Batista Cervantes, age 35, who was until today in Canada, was extradited from Canada to Denver, Colorado so he can face drug trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Barbra Roach announced. Cervantes was indicted, along with six...

STATESVILLE, N.C. - Today, a federal judge sentenced Martin Martinez Saldana, 44, of West Jefferson, N.C., to life in prison on conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a short-barreled shotgun charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Demetrius Duncan, aka Whirley, 34, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced today to life in prison for his role in a large cocaine distribution conspiracy, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. There is no parole from federal sentences. Duncan, along with Chris Young...

ATLANTA - March 5, 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special (SA) Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. A ceremony was held at the Atlanta Divisional Office in the DEA Training Room this morning at 11:00 a.m. for a commemoration ceremony. Daniel R. Salter, the Special Agent...