KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Heather Morgan, 28, of Maryville, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge on Oct. 13. Upon her release from prison, Morgan will serve a two year period of supervised release. Morgan pleaded guilty to...

LONDON, Ky. - A former Georgia physician has admitted in federal court that he conspired with the owner of a Georgia pain clinic and others, to unlawfully distribute thousands of controlled substance prescription pills to residents of Kentucky. On October 8th, 2015, Michael Johnston, 58, pleaded guilty before U.S. District...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Daniel Martinez, Jr., 39, of Morristown, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 15 years in federal prison by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, Martinez will serve a 10 year period of supervised release. Martinez pleaded guilty to a federal grand...

DETROIT - Thousands of Americans in communities across the country discarded more than 350 tons of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) on Saturday, September 26. This past weekend, more than 3,800 federal, state and local counterparts took...

DETROIT - Thousands of Americans in communities across the country discarded more than 350 tons of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) on Saturday, September 26. This past weekend, more than 3,800 federal, state and local counterparts took...

DETROIT - Thousands of Americans in communities across the country discarded more than 350 tons of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) on Saturday, September 26. This past weekend, more than 3,800 federal, state and local counterparts took...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Oct. 1, 2015, Faith Blake, 40, of Chattanooga, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 44 years in federal prison by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Judge. Upon her release from prison, Blake will serve a three year period of supervised release. Additionally, she was ordered...

ROME, Ga. - James Earl Chapman, Jr., a doctor from Macon, Georgia, has been convicted after a two-week jury trial on 49 counts of drug trafficking for prescribing and dispensing controlled narcotics at a Cartersville, Georgia, “pill mill” pain clinic that served as a front for the mass distribution of...

ATLANTA - Edgar Valdez-Villarreal, a.k.a. “La Barbie,” and Carlos Montemayor Gonzalez, who are charged in the Northern District of Georgia with importing drugs and money laundering, are among 13 defendants extradited from Mexico this afternoon to face pending charges in the United States. Valdez and Montemayor are alleged to be...

NORFOLK, Va. - The Norfolk Police Department has successfully identified and charged a man suspected in the 2008 murder of Angela Lechlitner. On the morning of January 19, 2008, Angela Lechlitner’s body was discovered at her residence in the 2400 block of Shafer Street in Norfolk, Virginia. Angela’s death was...