DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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UT Southwestern to Pay $4.5 Million to Resolve Alleged Controlled Substance Act Violations That Permitted Drug Diversion by Staff

Dallas - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has agreed to pay $4.5 million to resolve allegations that its violations of the Controlled Substances Act allowed hospital staff to divert fentanyl and other dangerous drugs from the hospital, announced DEA Dallas Special Agent in Charge, Eduardo A. Chávez. The...
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Arlington Doctor and Nurse Practitioner Found Guilty of Operating a Pill Mill

DALLAS - An Arlington physician has been convicted of drug crimes, announced today by DEA Dallas Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez Following five days of trial, a federal jury convicted physician Clinton Battle, 68, of one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and one count of distribution...
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Doctor Convicted of Second Degree Murder

OKLAHOMA CITY - On April 30, 2021, a state jury in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma convicted Dr. Regan Nichols of one count of second degree murder in relation to the death of one of her patients. Nichols was originally charged with five counts of second degree murder in relation to the...