United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jesus Jimenez Rincon, 37, of Portland, Ore., with possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. This case is...

LONDON, KY. - On January 25, 2011, an Indiana man was sentenced to life in prison in U.S. District Court for his role in one of the largest cocaine trafficking case ever prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Kentucky. Emire Dadanovic, 29, of Indianapolis led...

DETROIT, MI - - Four Detroit men were sentenced last week by United States District Judge Robert H. Cleland to serve 143 years collectively after having pled guilty to charges of murder in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The sentencings were announced by United...

A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed today, charging 14 individuals with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade. Joining McQuade in the announcement was Special Agent in Charge Robert L. Corso, United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), and Special Agent in Charge Erick Martinez...

PADUCAH, KY. - David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, and Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge for the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced today that a federal jury in Paducah, Kentucky, has found three Christian County, Kentucky, men guilty of conspiracy to...

OWENSBORO, KY - An early morning drug sweep in Henderson, Kentucky, conducted by multiple law enforcement agencies, has resulted in thirteen arrests on charges for possession and distribution of cocaine and additional drug related offenses. The arrests are the culmination of a nearly two year long cooperative investigation by the...

COLUMBUS, OH - On January 11, 2011, Harold Eugene Fletcher, 42, owner of the East Main Street Pharmacy in Columbus, plead guilty in U.S. District Court to illegal distribution of the painkiller, oxycodone. He also plead guilty to one count of structuring financial transactions and one count of filing a...

United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today that a former Michigan physician was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for unlawfully prescribing OxyContin. Additionally, a former Michigan pharmacist was sentenced on December 10, 2010, to 36 months in prison for his part in filling those unlawful prescriptions. Joining...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the convictions and sentences of Ricardo Montes, 29, and Luke Scarmazzo, 29, both of Modesto. On May 15, 2008, following a three-week trial, a federal jury found...