DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Nine Defendants Charged In Benton Harbor, Michigan Heroin Conspiracy

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging nine defendants with federal conspiracy for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing heroin in Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today. A joint investigation led by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation...
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Ohio Racketeering Indictment Charges Three More Tied To Unsolved Homicides, Drug Trafficking And Gun Crimes

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has indicted three more people in connection with a series of violent crimes including 13 unsolved murders as well as other attempted murders, drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, extortion and robbery. The addition to the indictment includes an additional 23 felonies, including one murder...
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Doctor Charged With Selling Prescriptions For Addictive Narcotics And Money Laundering

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles area physician pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges that allege he illegally distributed drugs, to include the powerful and addictive painkiller oxycodone. Dr. Daniel Cham, 47, was arraigned on a 31-count indictment late Thursday afternoon after he was arrested at his residence...
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California Man Supplying Pure Methamphetamine To Reno, Nevada Area Sentenced To 19a½ Years In Prison

RENO, Nev. - A man who supervised and directed an illegal drug distribution operation in Reno from his home in southern California, was sentenced on Monday, Oct. 20, to 19½ years in federal prison and five years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden, for the District of...
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Northern Ohio Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Hundreds Of Thousands Of Opiate Painkillers And Other Pills

CLEVELAND, Ohio - An Akron physician pleaded guilty to illegally prescribing hundreds of thousands of doses of painkillers and other pills to customers for no legitimate medical purpose, even after he learned some customers had died from overdose-related deaths, law enforcement officials said. Adolph Harper, Jr., 64, pleaded guilty to...
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Carlos Powell And Eric Powell Sentenced To Life In Prison For Heading One Of Largest Drug Trafficking Operations In Michigan History

DETROIT - Two individuals from metro-Detroit were sentenced today to life in prison after having been convicted of violating various federal drug laws in a massive drug ring that trafficked hundreds of kilograms of heroin and cocaine, and thousands of pounds of marijuana in metro-Detroit, announced United States Attorney Barbara...
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Las Vegas Doctor Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Writing Unlawful Oxycodone Prescriptions

LAS VEGAS - Victor Bruce, M.D., 49, who operates Swan Lake Medical Center in Las Vegas, was sentenced this afternoon to 46 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for writing prescriptions for oxycodone for persons he did not see or treat. Bruce, who pleaded guilty in...
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Office Manager For Michigan Physician Sentenced To Prison For Accepting Kickbacks And Failure To Report Income From Medical Marijuana Certificationss

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell sentenced Mohamad Abduljaber, 50, of Okemos, Michigan to three and a half years of imprisonment on charges of receipt of health care kickback payments and falsifying an income tax return, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today. The convictions arise from...
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Thirteen Ohio Residents Arrested On Meth, Heroin And Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy Charges

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An investigation by federal, state and local law enforcement in Central Ohio has led to the arrest of 13 people on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of...
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Former Kentucky Attorney Receives 20 Year Federal Prison Sentence For Conspiracy To Distribute Controlled Substances, Fraud, And Obstruction Of Justice

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former Lexington attorney was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for distribution of synthetic marijuana, wire fraud, mail fraud, tax fraud, and obstruction of justice. U.S. Senior District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood sentenced 35year-old Seth J. Johnston and ordered him to serve three years...