SHERMAN, Texas - Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s Dallas Field Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown announced today that 13 individuals have been arrested in the Republic of Colombia and will be extradited to the United States to face...

DALLAS - A “pill mill” physician who oversaw the illegal prescription of nearly a million units of narcotics with no legitimate medical purpose was sentenced today to 13 years in federal prison, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's Dallas Field...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Amanda Sheridan, 38, of Hastings, Michigan, pled guilty to acquiring controlled substances by fraud. She faces up to four years in federal prison for her crime. Sheridan, who worked as a medical assistant at a doctor’s office in Grand...

DALLAS – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas and the Department of Justice’s Civil Division today announced an action to stop two Texas doctors from unlawfully prescribing powerful opioids linked to abuse and diversion. To protect the public, the United States sought and the court...

DAYTON, Ohio – Robert W. Stroud, 45, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 12 years in prison for crimes related to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and violating supervised release from an earlier conviction. United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio...

CLEVELAND - Three people were indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute THC. Indicted are Frank Altieri, 25, of Brooklyn, Florida; and David Bruell, 28, of Pepper Pike, Ohio, and James Campbell, 35, of Boynton Beach, Florida. They are each charged with one count of...

PLANO, Texas – Three medical professionals have been sentenced to federal prison over the last week in the Eastern District of Texas for the illegal distribution of opioids and other pharmaceutical controlled substances, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Today in federal court in Plano, Howard Gregg Diamond, 58...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that John Shedd, 71, of Albion, Michigan, and Terry Tooley, 64, of Spring Arbor, Michigan, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute prescription drug controlled substances, and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. Shedd and Tooley, who formerly owned Parks Drug Store...

DETROIT – With enthusiastic participation nationwide, DEA and its law enforcement partners have now collected nearly 12 million pounds of unused or expired prescription medications over the course of 17 successful DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back events. During the 17th semiannual event on April 27, the Take Back initiative...

DALLAS - DEA and its law enforcement partners have now collected nearly 12 mill ion pounds of unused or expired prescription medications over the course of 17 successful DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back events. During the 17th semiannual event on April 27, the Take Back initiative saw new records...