HONOLULU - - Richard Ramon Ramirez, age 53, a resident of Gardena, California, was sentenced on June 24, 2013, by United States District Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway to 168 months in prison and five years of supervised release following imprisonment for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to...

June 21, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 DETROIT - An indictment was unsealed today charging Dr. Hussein “Sam” Awada, 43, and Dr. Luis Collazo, 53, with the illegal distribution of prescription drugs and health care fraud, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined...

June 21, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 (LEXINGTON, Ky.)- - The owner of pill mills in Georgetown, Ky., and Dry Ridge, Ky., which illegally dispensed prescription drugs to thousands of patients, was found guilty on all 21 counts of drug trafficking, money laundering, opening and maintaining a...

June 19, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced that five men have been convicted in connection what is believed to be the largest seizure of crystal (or “ice”) in the state of Michigan. In August of 2012...

June 14, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Winchester, Ky., man, accused of distributing heroin to an individual who died of an overdose, made his first appearance in federal court today. Harold Wayne Salyers, 53, was indicted on June 6 for distribution of heroin...

June 3, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Four men from California and five men from West Michigan have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a multi-state drug conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today. U.S. District Judge Robert...

May 22, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati man who previously admitted to participating in a conspiracy to distribute heroin was sentenced to 162 months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge David Bunning sentenced 43 year-old Lee Moore on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013...

LOS ANGELES - - A West Hollywood doctor surrendered to federal authorities this morning after being indicted last Friday on federal drug trafficking charges that allege he wrote more than 1,200 prescriptions for powerful painkillers after a federal order revoked his authority to prescribe those drugs. James William Eisenberg, 72...

Date: May 3, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to...

May 3, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, who used proceeds from trafficking cocaine to purchase houses and vehicles, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for multiple federal offenses. U.S. District Judge Karen C. Caldwell sentenced 35-year-old Marquis Deron Heard on...