MARQUETTE, Mich. - Pedro Andres Kobasic, 45, formerly of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced to 87 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles, Jr. announced today. Kobasic was convicted of conspiracy to distribute more than 50 kilograms of marijuana after fleeing from justice and...

DETROIT - The owner, office manager and three doctors associated with a pain management clinic located on the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti border were indicted yesterday for illegally distributing prescription pills, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Joseph P. Reagan...

CLEVELAND - An Akron physician was sentenced to more than five years in prison for illegally distributing tens of thousands of doses of prescription painkillers, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug...

ATLANTA - March 5, 2010 marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special (SA) Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. A ceremony was held at the Atlanta Divisional Office in the DEA Training Room this morning at 11:00 a.m. for a commemoration ceremony. Daniel R. Salter, the Special Agent...

ROME, Ga. - Felix Moreno-Garcia and Fabian Pineda-Garcia have been sentenced for possessing over four pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Daniel R. Salter, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta Field Division stated, “These methamphetamine distributors were driven by greed and power. Today they stand...

ATLANTA - United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Michael J. Moore, announced today that an indictment was returned by a grand jury sitting in the United States District Court in Macon, Georgia on February 11, 2015, which charged 35 defendants with drug trafficking and money laundering offenses...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Kim Duron Mulder, 55, formerly of Grand Rapids, and Charles Wayne Brooks, 63, of Alma, entered guilty pleas today before United States District Judge Robert J. Jonker on charges related to the illegal restocking and re-dispensing of recycled drugs at Kentwood Pharmacy. Mr. Mulder, formerly the...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - On February 13th, 2015, an Akron physician was sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally prescribing hundreds of thousands of doses of painkillers and other pills to customers for no legitimate medical purpose. These illegal prescribing patterns occurred even after at least eight customers died from...

DETROIT - Two physicians who practiced in Warren, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to writing prescriptions for oxycodone without medical justification, and one also pleaded guilty to health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in...

STATESVILLE, N.C. - On Monday February 2, 2015, U.S. District Judge Richard L.Voorhees handed down prison sentences to three men for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Kenneth Herman Bennett, 53, of West Jefferson, N.C. was...