United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ATLANTA, GA. - A large Mexican drug trafficking organization operating in metro Atlanta has now been dismantled after an indictment and a series of federal arrests. The indictment and arrests were the result of a three year investigation, code-named “Operation G-60,” conducted by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and coordinated through...

PITTSBURGH, PA. - Nineteen individuals have been charged in two separate, but related, indictments with violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. A one-count indictment returned on June 7, 2011, and unsealed today, charges nine Allegheny County residents and one Washington County resident with drug...

PHILADELPHIA, PA. - Hlateef Darlington, 28, of Whitehall, PA, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison, by U.S. District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond, on charges related to drug trafficking, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Darlington pleaded guilty on October 28, 2010 to conspiracy to distribute and...

ATLANTA, GA. - DONALD BRISTOL, 41, of Lilburn, Georgia, was arraigned late yesterday on federal charges of aiding others to possess and conceal a stolen vehicle, failing to report a federal felony, unlawfully accessing government computer systems, and making false statements. BRISTOL made the appearance late yesterday afternoon before United...

PHILADELPHIA, PA. - Richard K. Creamer, 39, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to five years in prison for conspiracy to manufacture 1,000 or more marijuana plants and maintaining a place for the manufacture of controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Creamer, who was a practicing attorney, was...

MACON, GA. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces the sentencing of Lige Chappell, III, age 28 of Bronwood, Terrell County, Georgia, which took place before the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia on May...

CHARLOTTE, NC. - A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte, indicted Elisa Annette Baker, 43, of Hickory, NC, on May 18, 2011 on drug trafficking charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Joining U.S. Attorney Tompkins in making today’s announcement are Rodney G...

ATLANTA, GA. - A federal grand jury in Atlanta returned indictments this week in two separate cases charging a total of 13 defendants from Georgia and Kentucky with illegally trafficking in oxycodone and other prescription drugs. In the larger of the two cases, agents arrested a total of 6 defendants...

ATLANTA, GA. - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on April 30th turned in 3,510 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was more than 2010’s total which...

NASHVILLE, TN. - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on April 30th turned in 4,436 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was more than 2010’s total which...