ATLANTA, GA. - On April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and numerous state and local law enforcement agencies will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring...

BRUNSWICK, GA. - A federal indictment, unsealed yesterday in federal court, has charged 21 defendants with conspiracy to distribute large amounts of cocaine and marijuana in Georgia and Florida. Several of the defendants have also been charged with weapons charges. The charge results from a joint investigation by the Drug...

COLUMBIA, SC. - Fourteen defendants were arraigned in Federal Court on a thirty-seven count indictment. The indictment alleges that all were members of a criminal street gang and that gang members conspired to distribute more than 280 grams of “crack” cocaine, more than 100 grams of heroin, and marijuana, and...

FRESNO, CA -- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims, DEA Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, ICE-HSI Special Agent Charge Mark Wollman, and ATF Special Agent in Charge Stephen C. Herkins announced today that the last of five defendants charged following a drug...

GREENEVILLE, TN. - Michael Norman Dube, 49, of Johnson City, Tennessee, pleaded guilty on March 23, 2011, in U.S. District Court in Greeneville, to omitting material information from records required to be kept under the Controlled Substances (CSA) and making a false statement in connection with the renewal of his...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - This spring, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, Treasury Inspector General of Tax (TIGTA) Special Agent in Charge Julie Parodi, IRS - Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Scott O’Briant, and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that Kulwant Lasher, 54, an owner of...

ATLANTA, GA. - DEVON SAMUELS, 45, and KEISHA JONES, 30, both of Stockbridge, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court. SAMUELS pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder drug money and attempting to smuggle guns onto an airplane. In a separate case, SAMUELS and JONES pleaded guilty to conspiring to...

ATLANTA, GA. - DARIO RODRIGUEZ-GOMEZ, 29, of Doraville, Georgia and MANUEL GAMEZ-VALENZUELA, 46, of Atlanta, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell on charges that they possessed semi-automatic assault rifles that they intended to send to Mexico. RODRIGUEZ-GOMEZ was also sentenced for being an illegal...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that Eduardo Medina-Mendoza, aka Eduardo Nunez Medina, 48, of Guerrero, Mexico, entered a guilty plea yesterday to conspiring to manufacture or cultivate, to distribute, and to possess with intent...