DEA Archived Press Releases

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Doctor Sentenced For Running Pill Mill And Contributing To A Death

PHILADELPHIA - Dr. Norman Werther, 73, of Ft. Washington, PA, was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death and more than 300 counts stemming from his pill mill operation. A federal jury convicted Werther on June 11, 2013 of 184 counts...
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Suburban Detroit Resident Sentenced To 15 + Years In Federal Prison For Large Scale Cocaine And Marijuana Conspiracy

September 19, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 DETROIT - A Franklin, Michigan resident, one of sixteen individuals indicted on federal drug charges, was sentenced to 190 months in prison on September 13th, 2013, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced. McQuade was joined in the announcement by...
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Nesspor Sentenced To Prison For Oxycontin Trafficking Conspiracy

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 54-year-old West Lawn, Pennsylvania resident was sentenced to one year in prison today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik for his role in an Oxycontin trafficking conspiracy that operated in...
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Kentucky Man Indicted And Arraigned For Heroin Distribution Causing Death

September 17, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 COVINGTON, Ky. - A Covington, Ky., man has been arraigned on federal charges alleging that he sold a quantity of heroin to another individual who died as a result of using the drug. On September 12, 2013, a federal grand...
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Leader Of International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 15 Years Imprisonment

WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Ronaldo Edmund, age 38, of Wilmington, Delaware, was sentenced on September 9, 2013, to a term of imprisonment of 15 years for his role as a leader of an international drug trafficking...
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Alleged Drug Traffickers Indicted

PHILADELPHIA - A superseding indictment filed August 21, 2013, was unsealed today charging Joseph Torres, 31, Bertin Sanchez, 29, Euddy Izquierdo, 31, and Frank Felix-Herrera, 49, all of Philadelphia, with membership in a conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. All...
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Last Defendant Sentenced In Largest Drug Trafficking Organization Ever Dismantled In Louisville, Kentucky

August 21, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kerry Dickerson of Louisville, Kentucky, was sentenced this week to 120 months in federal prison by U.S. District Senior Judge Charles R. Simpson III. Dickerson was the last of 26 defendants, to be sentenced in one of...
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Multiple Defendants Charged In Allegheny County-Beaver County Prescription Drug Ring

JULY 23 - ( - PITTSBURGH) - Twelve western Pennsylvania residents have been indicted by a federal grand juryalleging their participation in a prescription drug ring operating in Allegheny and Beaver Counties, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. The indictments were returned on July16, 2013, and unsealed this...
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Mercury Ambulance Service, Inc. Agrees To Pay $40,000 Fine To Settle Allegations Of Violations Of U.S. Controlled Substances Act

July 22, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Mercury Ambulance Service, Inc. (MAS), d/b/a Rural/Metro, has voluntarily reached an agreement today, with the United States of America, to pay $40,000 to settle allegations that it violated the federal Controlled Substances Act, announced David J. Hale...
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Jury Convicts Podiatrist, Psychologist And A Pharmacist In Conspiracy To Distribute Controlled Substances

July 10, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 DETROIT - A podiatrist, psychologist and a pharmacist were convicted today in federal court in Detroit, Michigan on multiple counts of an Indictment charging them with conspiracy, health care fraud, and controlled substance distribution, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade...