United States Drug Enforcement Administration

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Columbia, South Carolina Charlotte District Office and other DEA offices throughout South Carolina, are partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its ninth and final National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Charlotte District Office and other DEA offices throughout North Carolina, are partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its ninth and final National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, September 27, 2014...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Nashville, Tennessee District Office and other DEA offices throughout Tennessee, are partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its ninth and final National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, September 27, 2014...

ATLANTA - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Atlanta Division Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its ninth and final National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, September 27, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This one-day...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - On Tuesday, September 23, 2014, U.S. District Judge Margaret B. Seymour sentenced Joenathan Shelly Chaplin, an attorney in Columbia, S.C. to three years of probation for making a false statement to a federal agent, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal indictment has charged six men with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Attorney Tompkins is joined in making today’s announcement by John S. Comer, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta...

(WASHINGTON)-A Colombian man extradited to the Eastern District of Virginia pleaded guilty today for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent James Terry Watson in Bogotà, Colombia, on June 20, 2013. “Today’s guilty plea is an important step forward in holding those responsible for...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Lance C. Tew, age 26, of Greer, Jessica R. Hollingsworth, age 24, of Taylors, and Mary Virginia Merritt, age 42, of Greer, were sentenced today in federal court in Greenville, for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a violation of Title...

(SAVANNAH, Ga.) - - Dr. Najam Azmat57, of Waycross, Georgia, was sentenced in the United States District Court on August 6, 2014 to serve 11 years and 1 month in prison. On January 17, 2014, a federal jury found Azmat guilty of numerous offenses related to his role in a...

CHICAGO - ― A former physician who was affiliated with three Chicago hospitals was sentenced today to nearly six years in federal prison for illegally distributing prescription drugs in exchange for sex and cash. The defendant, Joshua D. Baron, a pediatric neurologist, pleaded guilty in March, admitting that he provided...