PHILADELPHIA - Kermit Gosnell, 72, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty today to 12 counts in connection with running a pill mill out of his clinic located at 3801-3805 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia. Gosnell pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including oxycodone, alprazolam, and codeine; distribution and aiding and abetting...

DENVER - Walgreens (Walgreens), the nation’s largest drug store chain, has agreed to pay $80 million in civil penalties for violations of the Controlled Substances Act, resolving an investigation in which the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado and the DEA’s Denver Field Division participated. The agreement...

PHILADELPHIA - A federal jury, today, found Dr. Norman Werther, 74, of Ft. Washington, PA, guilty of more than 300 counts, including distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death. In addition to the charge of distribution resulting in death, the jury found Werther guilty of 184 counts of illegally...

WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today the sentencing of one man on narcotics trafficking and attempted murder convictions, and the separate conviction of that man’s brother for using Facebook to threaten to kill a government witness during the narcotics...

SCRANTON, Pa. - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District Pennsylvania announced the filing of indictments returned by a federal grand jury in Scranton on May 21 and June 4, 2013, charging a total of 23 persons with offenses related to trafficking in controlled substances, including heroin. According...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Cruz, 32, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to 120 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Judge...

DENVER - This morning, the Drug Enforcement (DEA), North Metro Task Force, and the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office executed eight search warrants and made numerous arrests as part of a methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking investigation that has resulted in the grand jury indictment of 45 defendants and the seizure...

(DENVER) - - Dr. Joseph Ferrara and five others were indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver this week on charges related to the illegal distribution of prescription medication and money laundering, U.S. Attorney John Walsh, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Barbra Roach, and Stephen Boyd, Special...

DENVER - Dr. Kevin R. Clemmer, age 59, of Evergreen, Colorado, pled guilty today to illegally distributing oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and engaging in a monetary transaction in property criminally derived from proceeds of a specified unlawful activity, U.S. Attorney John Walsh, DEA Denver Division Special Agent in...

DENVER - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Western Colorado Drug Task Force, Two Rivers Drug Enforcement (TRIDENT), and the 21st Judicial District Attorney’s Office have completed the first phase of an investigation that has resulted in the seizure of significant amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine and a grand jury indictment of...