United States Drug Enforcement Administration

COLUMBIA, S.C. - With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., South Carolinians will be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state, free of charge...

CHARLOTTE, NC - With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., North Carolinians will be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state, free of charge...

NASHVILLE - With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tennesseans will be able to drop off their expired, unused, and unwanted pills at sites across the state, free of charge, no questions...

NEWARK, N.J.- - The United States Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey, today launched the Right Prescription for New Jersey prescription drug abuse prevention initiative, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. The initiative is a collaboration of federal, state, and non-profit organizations and agencies, including the Drug Enforcement (DEA) New...

NEWARK - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced Dr. Priscilla Ilem admitted today to illegally selling oxycodone prescriptions from her Wayne office. Ilem, 85...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Adam Keith Jones, 28, of Statesville, N.C. was sentenced today to serve 131 months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for a conspiracy to possess with intent to illegally distribute Oxycodone, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District...

NEWARK, N.J. - -Between November 3 and December 7, 2011, a single patient obtained a four-month supply of oxycodone and methadone by presenting prescriptions, now believed to be forged, to three New Jersey pharmacies on a total of 14 occasions. The patient circumvented the safeguards that pharmacies and insurance carriers...

Columbia, SC. - United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Kenneth Clark, 50, of Spartanburg, Anna L. Huckeba, 24, of Moore, and Ryan E. Sarquist, 28, of Moore, pled guilty today in federal court in Anderson, S.C., to conspiracy to sell controlled substances, a violation of 21 U.S.C. §...

Columbia, SC. - United States Attorney William N. Nettles stated today that Tywaun D. Thomas, 32, of Georgetown, S.C., has been charged in a two-count Indictment for possession with intent to distribute heroin and distribution of heroin. The maximum penalty Thomas could receive is a fine of $2,000,000 and/or imprisonment...

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced Joan Manuel Pina Dominguez, 20, a/k/a “Christian Colon,” admitted conspiring with others to operate...