DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA Columbia District Office to Hold 20th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

COLUMBIA, SC - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Atlanta Divisional Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 20th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time...
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DEA Raleigh District Office to Hold 20th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

RALEIGH, NC - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Raleigh District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 20th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time...
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DEA Charlotte District Office to Hold 20th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

CHARLOTTE, NC - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Charlotte District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 20th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time...
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DEA Atlanta Divisional Office to Hold 20th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

ATLANTA, GA - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Atlanta Divisional Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 20th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time...
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Second of Two Defendants Sentenced in Scheme to Steal, Sell Drugs from Nursing Home Patients

BRUNSWICK, GA - Two former employees of a nursing and personal care facility have been sentenced after admitting to a scheme in which they stole and resold prescription drugs. Rochella Ellison, 48, of Townsend, Ga., and Nadia Gibson, 38, of Jacksonville, Fla., each were sentenced to probation after pleading guilty...
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Duplin County Methamphetamine Trafficker Receives More than 11 Years in Federal Prison

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Jason Hyland, 39, of Duplin County, was sentenced yesterday to 134 months in prison for Conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of...
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Georgetown Pharmacy to Pay $24,500 to Resolve Claims of Recordkeeping Requirement Failure

Columbia, South Carolina - Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that his office has resolved claims that RPh Now, LLC d/b/a/ The Medicine Shoppe of Georgetown failed to abide by recordkeeping requirements of the Controlled Substances Act. RPh Now, LLC will pay $24,500 to resolve the claims...
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“Meth” Courier Pleads Guilty in DEA-led Wiretap Investigation into Drug Trafficking in Middle Georgia

MACON, Ga.– A Macon, Georgia, resident pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine after being arrested in an extensive drug trafficking wiretap investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Joshua Noojin, 40, of...
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Repeat Offender Pleads Guilty in Heroin Investigation

MACON, Ga. – A repeat offender arrested during an investigation into the distribution of heroin in Middle Georgia entered a guilty plea in federal court this week, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Kenneth Bernard Miles, 59, of Jonesboro, Georgia, pleaded guilty...
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Repeat “Meth” Trafficker Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison

VALDOSTA, Ga. – A Doerun, Georgia, resident found guilty of distributing large amounts of methamphetamine in two southwest Georgia communities was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison today for his crimes, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Samuel Matthew “Cruz” Howard...