United States Drug Enforcement Administration

PHILADELPHIA, PA. - Keith Gidelson, a Philadelphia Police Detective, and 14 others were charged in a 17-count indictment, unsealed today, with conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Also named in the indictment are fellow police officers Joseph McIntyre and George Sambuca, Gidelson’s wife, Kirsten...

Acting Special Agent In Charge Thomas Hinojosa will be participating in a National Prescription Take Back Press Conference, April 27, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., at the DEA Houston Field Office, located at 1433 West Loop South, in the 1 st floor training room. He, along with invited guest Harris County...

SULLIVAN CITY, TX - Former Sullivan City Police Chief Hernan Guerra has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for drug-trafficking, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. United States District Judge Randy Crane sentenced...

LAREDO, TX - After a two-day trial, a federal jury has found a Donna, Texas, man guilty of conspiring to and possessing with intent to distribute marijuana, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent In Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. The verdicts were returned...

BEAUMONT, TX - A 29-year-old Warren, Texas, woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Elizabeth Imogene Smith pleaded guilty on Jan. 6, 2011...

DOVER, DE. - Special Agent in Charge, John Bryfonski of the Philadelphia Division, Delaware Governor Jack Markell, Delaware State Attorney General Beau Biden, Health and Social Services Secretary Rita Landgraf, Deputy Secretary of State James Collins, Deputy Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security Elizabeth Olsen, and Delaware police chiefs held...

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Christopher Vassalluzzo, D.O., 47, of New Hope, PA, pleaded guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to operate an office that was, in fact, a “pill mill” that distributed millions of prescription controlled substance diet drugs outside a professional practice. Vassalluzzo’s office, where he had others operate...

HOUSTON, TX - Dr. Gerald RATINOV, was arrested along with 18 co-conspirators for violating criminal provisions of the Texas Occupations Code and other Texas laws pertaining to the legal operation of Pain Management Clinics. RATINOV, a licensed and registered Texas physician, has maintained a medical license since December 1965. Since...

BEAUMONT, TX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special in Agent in Charge Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a 45-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to being involved in a major drug conspiracy in the Houston area. Lester Edwen McCoy pleaded guilty to conspiracy to...

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Zachary Young, 52, and Mark Williams, 27, both of Philadelphia, were convicted today of a drug conspiracy in which a phony arrest was orchestrated in order to steal drugs from a drug dealer. At the time of the crime, Williams was a Philadelphia Police Officer assigned to...