United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ORLANDO, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces today that CVS Health has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve allegations that two of its retail stores located...

MIAMI - A.D. Wright, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Hugo J. Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF), Miami Field Office; Scott Israel, Sheriff, Broward Sheriff’s (BSO); John...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III, and United States Marshal William Berger announce the distribution of more than $2.4 million of criminally forfeited funds to 15 law enforcement agencies for their participation in...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Jonathon Luke Holder, 23, of Panama City Beach, was sentenced to 7 years and 8 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Richard Smoak for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. The sentence...

FRESNO, Calif. - A Shafter man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to import, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute 38 kilograms, or about 84 pounds, of cocaine. Jimmy Gil, aka Joselin Jimelet Gil Sanchez, aka Joselin Gil, aka Gilberto Sanchez, 35, of Shafter, pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle...

FRESNO, Calif. - Derik Carson Kumagai, 41, of Fresno, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to two years in prison for conspiring to commit bribery, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Kumagai was ordered to self-surrender on June 12 at 2:00 p.m. to begin...

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday sentenced Altwan L. (36, St. Petersburg) to 17 years and six months in federal prison for conspiring with others to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. He pleaded guilty on December 9, 2014. According to court...

MIAMI - The owner of a now defunct South Florida pain clinic and a former physician of the clinic are facing multiple charges stemming from the trafficking of oxycodone. Dr. Richard Vitalis and Christian Spaw, former owner of All Family Medical, were arrested and face racketeering, trafficking, conspiracy and manslaughter...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned two separate indictments today charging a total of six defendants with methamphetamine trafficking offenses. In the first case, Jose Acosta, 34, Jorge Rios, 39, Jose Luis Aguilar, 49, Diego Velazquez, 29, and Feliciano Ochoa Reyes, 30, all Mexican nationals, were charged with...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office has distributed a portion of forfeited narcotics proceeds to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office and the Bakersfield Police Department, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. The final payment was made this month. In total, the Sheriff’s Office received $595,037.92, and the Police...