United States Drug Enforcement Administration

RALEIGH, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced JesusTorres Portillo, 23, of Burlington, North Carolina, to 120 months of imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release. Portillopreviously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute...

Seven arrested during round-up; three remain fugitives ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Twelve members of a methamphetamine trafficking ring have been charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Seven of those charged were arrested on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, during an early morning round-up conducted by federal, state and...

NEW BERN, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today that United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Norris Willis, 42, of Bayboro, North Carolina, to 123 months of imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release. Willispreviously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute...

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Larry Eugene Yancey, aka "Ziggy", 42, of an unknown address, was sentenced on Thursday, December 19, 2013, to serve 228 months imprisonment for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of...

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Keith B. Carver, 28, of Columbus, Georgia was sentenced on Thursday, December 19, 2013, to serve 228 months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in the...

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Darrin Scott, 42, of Columbus, Georgia, was sentenced on Thursday, December 19, 2013, by the Honorable Clay D. Land, United States District Court Judge in Columbus, Georgia to serve 63 months imprisonment for...

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced an internal medicine specialist who wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was sentenced today to 136 months in prison for...

NEWARK, N.J. - Two defendants have admitted their roles in one of the nation’s largest and longest running stolen identity refund fraud schemes ever identified, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today. The scheme caused more than 8,000 fraudulent U.S. income tax returns to be filed, which sought more than...

ATLANTA - Hugh Maddux, the former owner of a dental practice in Newnan, Ga., has been sentenced for drug distribution. Hugh Maddux, the former owner of a dental practice in Newnan, Ga., has been sentenced for drug distribution. Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta...

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New Jersey Division announced special agents of the DEA and FBI arrested a pharmacist early this morning in Jersey City, N.J., on federal charges alleging he assembled equipment for an illegal drug lab. Jordan Gonzalez...