COLUMBUS, Ohio - An investigation by federal, state and local law enforcement in Central Ohio has led to the arrest of 13 people on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of...

WASHINGTON - This Saturday, September 27, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and almost 4,000 of its national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold the ninth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Americans can take their expired, unneeded, or unwanted prescription drugs to one of over 5,200 collection sites across the...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former Lexington attorney was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for distribution of synthetic marijuana, wire fraud, mail fraud, tax fraud, and obstruction of justice. U.S. Senior District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood sentenced 35year-old Seth J. Johnston and ordered him to serve three years...

(WASHINGTON) - Today the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Final Rule for the Disposal of Controlled Substances, which implements the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010,was made available online for preview by the Federal Register at https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-20926.pdf . The Act, in an effort to curtail the prescription drug...

(WASHINGTON)-A Colombian man extradited to the Eastern District of Virginia pleaded guilty today for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent James Terry Watson in Bogotà, Colombia, on June 20, 2013. “Today’s guilty plea is an important step forward in holding those responsible for...

WASHINGTON - On Friday the U. S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) will publish in the Federal Register the Final Rule moving hydrocodone combination (HCPs) from Schedule III to the more-restrictive Schedule II, as recommended by the Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human (HHS) and as...

PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and James V. Allen, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), jointly announced today that the federal government has reached settlements, worth more than $1 million, with multiple Eastern Kentucky narcotic treatment...

CINCINNATI - Cornell Clisby, 46, of Cincinnati, who led a heroin trafficking conspiracy in the greater Cincinnati area, was sentenced in U.S. District Court on July 27, 2014, to 408 months imprisonment. Five other members of the conspiracy, including Cornel Clisby’s ex-wife, have also been sentenced. Carter M. Stewart, United...

PIKEVILLE, Ky. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) jointly announced that the federal government has reached settlements, worth over one million dollars, with multiple Eastern Kentucky treatment centers and two pharmacies to settle allegations that they failed to maintain accurate records of their controlled substances...

CINCINNATI - Heriberto Albarran Caro, aka “Colorin”, 36, born in Chihuahua, Mexico, but residing illegally in Texas and Colorado, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 210 months in federal prison. Caro was sentenced for his role in leading an international drug trafficking conspiracy that brought approximately six kilograms...