United States Drug Enforcement Administration

URBANA - , Ill. - A Paxton, IL, man, Eddi Ramirez, 32, who led an extensive network of cocaine and heroin suppliers, couriers, and distributors, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. The sentence was announced by Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of...

May 21, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 CINCINNATI - The owner of three southern Ohio pain clinics, Tracy Bias, 49, of West Portsmouth, Ohio, was sentenced to spend 168 months in prison, serve another ten years under court supervision, and ordered to forfeit $6,348,000. The specific dollar...

INDIANAPOLIS - On Tuesday, Indianapolis physician Dr. Robert C. Ash surrendered to authorities after learning that a warrant had been issued for his arrest. The warrant, which was issued on May 9th in Hamilton County, charged Dr. Ash with 16 counts of dealing in a narcotic drug, a Class B...

May 12, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 MAY (DETROIT) - Three individuals from metro-Detroit were convicted of violating various federal drug laws in a massive drug ring that trafficked hundreds of kilograms of heroin and cocaine, and thousands of pounds of marijuana in metro-Detroit, announced United States...

May 7, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 DETROIT - A ninety-year old man from Indiana was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for his role as a drug courier for a major cocaine trafficking organization with direct ties to the Joquin Guzman (a/k/a “Chapo” Guzman)...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - An Indianapolis man is facing federal narcotic charges in connection with the seizure of more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana. Earlier today, Martin Gonzalez-Medina, 50, of Indianapolis, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court with possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Gonzalez-Medina...

MINNEAPOLIS - In a major enforcement operation starting in the pre-dawn hours this morning, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its law enforcement partners arrested dozens of individuals facing charges for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing heroin in Minnesota. Some of the individuals connected to this investigation were arrested...

CHICAGO - -A high-level member of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico pleaded guilty a year ago to participating in a vast narcotics trafficking conspiracy and is cooperating with the United States, federal law enforcement officials announced. A written plea agreement with the defendant, Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla, was made public today...

ROCKFORD, Ill. - -Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration announced the results of a cooperative investigation with the McHenry County Sheriff’s Police Narcotic’s Task Force, stemming from suspicious activity occurring in the 800 block of Harper Court, Cary, Illinois. On...

March 18, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former doctor in Paintsville, Kentucky, has admitted to his role in a conspiracy that was responsible for illegally distributing more than 25,000 Controlled Substance prescription pills in the eastern half of Kentucky. On Monday, March 17th...