BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles Jr. sentenced Karl McDonald, 30, of Baltimore, to 151 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Judge Quarles enhanced McDonald’s sentence upon finding that he is a...

BOISE, Idaho - Sadith Chavez-Perez, 23, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty on March 20, 2014, in United States District Court to distribution of methamphetamine. Chavez-Perez was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise, Idaho, on February 11, 2014. According to the plea agreement, on March 27, 2013, Chavez-Perez...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Karl C. Colder, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Washington Field Division and United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that George Antonio Newman, 37, of Huntington, pleaded guilty on May 20, 2014, to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. On April 15, 2013...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Kyle Alifom, 20, of Vienna, Va., was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for tampering with evidence by hiding the body of Emylee Lonczak, a 16-year-old girl from McLean, Va. who died after a heroin overdose. Karl C. Colder, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Arnulfo Gomez Tejeda, 39, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced on May 13, 2014, after having previously pleaded guilty on September 12, 2013, to possession with intent to distribute heroin. Tejeda was sentenced to an 18 year term of imprisonment, to be followed by a 10 year term...

BALTIMORE - On May 12, 2014, U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Sergio Nunez, age 41, of Madera, California, to five years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The sentence was announced by Assistant Special Agent in Charge Gary...

SEATTLE - The tenant who rented the basement of a home in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood, and his heroin supplier, have both been charged with gun and drug crimes after selling heroin and a firearm to a person working with law enforcement. At the time of the arrests last week, law...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Gallant Pharma International Inc. (Gallant Pharma), an unlicensed wholesale drug distributor headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, that distributed more than 17,000 units of non-FDA approved cancer and cosmetic drugs to doctors across the United States, was sentenced today to pay $3.4 million in forfeiture and restitution. On Dec...

SEATTLE - Americansnationwide showed their support for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day program by dropping off more prescription pills than ever. After seven previous Take Back Days spread over almost four years, 780,158 - ( 390 - tons) of pills were brought to the...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Anoushirvan Sarraf, 48, and Eva Montejo Pritchard, 48, both of Rockville, Maryland, were convicted yesterday by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy related to their roles in a scheme to illegally import non-FDA-approved chemotherapy and cosmetic drugs into the United States. Sarraf, a physician who owns...