United States Drug Enforcement Administration

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Miguel David Ayala, 38, of Cynthiana, Kentucky, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury of pharmacy robbery and possession with intent to distribute Hydrocodone pills. The jury returned the verdict after a 3-day trial. The evidence established that on July 8th, 2015 Ayala robbed the Rite Aid...

TOLEDO, Ohio - Two Toledo men were criminally charged after DEA agents arrested them for distributing six kilograms of heroin. Ricardo Rivera, 40, was arrested after DEA agents observed him take a black duffel bag from 1443 Western Avenue in Toledo and place it in the trunk of a vehicle...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 18, 2017, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) Troy Derby of the Kansas City District Office announced that two women, one from St. Charles, Missouri, and the other from Republic, Missouri, were sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large...

OMAHA, Neb. - - Darin Thimmesch, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Omaha District Office announced on May 18, 2017, that DEA had secured a prison sentenced for Daniel Perez-Heredia. Perez-Heredia, 29, a resident alien from Worthington, MN, was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for conspiracy to...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 16, 2017, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) Troy Derby of the Kansas City District Office announced that Joseph Nicko Winters, 45, of Independence, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough, District Court Judge in the United States District Court, Western District of...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 16, 2017, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) Troy Derby of the Kansas City District Office announced that two Kansas City, Mo., men pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a $1.2 million conspiracy to distribute oxycodone that was obtained by using forged...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 16, 2017, Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) of the Kansas City District Office, announced that a Nevada, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court for her role in a conspiracy to exchange “food stamps” for methamphetamine or cash. ASAC Derby announced that...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - - James P. Shroba, Special Agent-in-Charge of the St. Louis Division announced that a California man pled guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine that was shipped from California to Springfield, Missouri. Romulo Frank Delatorre, 36, of...

DETROIT - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at close...

DETROIT - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at close...