United States Drug Enforcement Administration

(ATLANTA, Ga. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Atlanta Division is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This one-day...

(CHARLOTTE, N.C. - B Jucorey Deonte Pruitt, aka Corey Deonte Pruitt, 25, of Charlotte, appeared in court today and pled guilty to a perjury charge for lying under oath during a federal trial, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Magistrate Judge David...

(CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Charlotte District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...

(COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s South Carolina District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time...

(NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Nashville District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...

LOS ANGELES - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 22 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 4,700 collection sites nationwide. The service is...

LOS ANGELES - Two Colombian drug kingpins have been extradited to Los Angeles on federal charges of overseeing shipments of thousands of pounds of cocaine from Colombian laboratories to Central American distribution hubs, ultimately destined for sale in Los Angeles and elsewhere in the United States, including more than $70...

LOS ANGELES - John S. Comer, Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today an indictment charging Alejandro Javier Rodriguez-Jimenez, Jesus Rodriguez-Jimenez, Eloy Cardenas-Moreno, Sergio Urbina...

ASHEVILLE - , NC - On Tuesday, September 6, 2016, U.S. District Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced two sisters to 87 months in prison and five years of supervised release on drug trafficking charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Melissa Sigmon, 29...

STATESVILLE, NC - U.S. District Judge Richard L. Voorhees sentenced yesterday Eduardo Trejo-Munoz, a/k/a “Lalo,” 24, of Hickory, N.C. to 262 months in prison and five years of supervised release for trafficking high purity crystal methamphetamine worth over $5 million, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District...