COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) Columbia District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold a seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. This one day event will make it convenient for the public to rid their...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) Tennessee District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold a seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. This one day event will make it convenient for the public to rid their...

PHOENIX - With public participation at an all-time high after six prior events in three years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local, tribal, and community partners will hold a seventh Prescription Drug Take-Back Day at numerous sites across Arizona on Saturday, October 26th - . Collection sites are...

ATLANTA - Otis Henry has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for trafficking over 700,000 pills of BZP, a drug similar to ecstasy. “Based on the staggering amount of drugs in the case, the defendant earned every day of his prison sentence,” said United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates...

ATLANTA - Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in (SAC) of the DEA Atlanta Field (AFD),is sending a warning to the public about the dangers of “Molly,” a well-documented and dangerous designer drug that has recently surfaced at a number of large music events, with catastrophic consequences. The pure, high...

TUCSON - The Drug Enforcement Administration announced today felony charges against the owners and employees of Embrace Health and Pain Management Clinic in Tucson, Arizona. The charges arise from a 21-month investigation against two nurse practitioners who issued multiple prescriptions of powerful and addictive controlled substances, primarily Oxycodone outside the...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - United States Attorney William N. Nettles stated today that Jerald McCabe, age 34, of Berkeley County, SC, was sentenced by the Honorable Richard M. Gergel to 25 years imprisonment (1) conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine; (2) manufacturing methamphetamine where children reside. McCabe had previously pled guilty on April...

PHOENIX - Roman Borquez, 46, of Peoria, Ariz., and Ralph Moreno, 52, of Phoenix, Ariz., were found guilty by a federal jury of drug trafficking offenses including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Borquez was also convicted of conspiring to distribute heroin. Moreno was also convicted of possessing...

(KNOXVILLE, Tenn - .) On Aug. 29, 2013, a press conference was held at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Knoxville, Tenn., to present 19 local and state law enforcement agencies with their share of funds forfeited in the case of U.S. v. Francisco Javier Cruz-Ramirez, et. al. Agencies receiving forfeiture...

WILMINGTON, NC. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced DesmondBertram White, 35, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina to 210 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Whitewas named in a Criminal Information filed...