United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of Matthew Richard Peterson, 39, who pleaded guilty to federal charges of fraudulently acquiring pain medication while he was employed as a paramedic. Peterson was indicted on August 11, 2014, and pleaded guilty on November 7, 2014...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that John C. Morrison, 70, and Anna F. Novak, 57, both of Ashland, Wis. have agreed to plead guilty to federal drug and tax charges. The guilty plea hearings have been scheduled for August...

LONDON, Ky. - The leader of a large-scale drug trafficking organization, which brought prescription drugs from Mexico to eastern Kentucky and northern Tennessee for nearly 15 years, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison. On July 2nd, 2015, U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove sentenced 60 year-old...

CHICAGO - Forty-two defendants are facing state or federal narcotics charges for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing heroin in the area of West Grenshaw Street and Independence Boulevard, in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the city’s west side. An investigation led by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration...

INDIANAPOLIS - ―The Drug Enforcement (DEA) along with the Indiana State Police and Scott County Sheriff's Department executed enforcement actions from June 16 through June 20, 2015, which resulted in the arrest of Michael ELKINS, John MORGAN, Tyler TURNER and William THROWER; the seizure of 19 Opana pills, approximately 14...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Twenty people that were involved in a large scale drug trafficking organization in Central Ohio, were sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge, of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA)...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Acting United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., announced today that a physician charged with prescribing pain medications that resulted in the deaths of five patients, unlawful distribution or dispensing of controlled substances and health care fraud, now faces the additional charges of conspiracy, money laundering and...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the indictment of former Warren County, Kentucky, physician Charles Fred Gott. Gott was indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances during the course of his professional practice that were not for a legitimate...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Kevin Whitely, 33, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 84 months in prison for distributing marijuana and money laundering. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement...

DETROIT - U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today that four men have been charged with distributing drugs that resulted in the overdose deaths of three people. McQuade was joined in the announcement by U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph P. Reagan, and Oakland County Sheriff Michael...