DAYTON, Ohio - Antonio J. Spiva, 25, and Charles M. McBeath, 33, both of Dayton, were sentenced in U.S. District Court this week for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl that resulted in the death of at least two individuals. Each defendant pled guilty in January...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Adrian A. Douglas, 48, of Columbus, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspire to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Douglas led a Central Ohio marijuana trafficking ring that involved receiving UPS shipments of the drug from Las...

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Miguel David Ayala, 38, of Cynthiana, Kentucky, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury of pharmacy robbery and possession with intent to distribute Hydrocodone pills. The jury returned the verdict after a 3-day trial. The evidence established that on July 8th, 2015 Ayala robbed the Rite Aid...

TOLEDO, Ohio - Two Toledo men were criminally charged after DEA agents arrested them for distributing six kilograms of heroin. Ricardo Rivera, 40, was arrested after DEA agents observed him take a black duffel bag from 1443 Western Avenue in Toledo and place it in the trunk of a vehicle...

MAY 11 - MIAMI, Fla. - Joshua J. Kelly, aka “Ustous,” 32, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., was charged by criminal complaint today with one count of conspiracy to distribute in narcotics, in and one count of conspiracy to launder money. Kelly becomes the fourth defendant in separate but related cases...

DETROIT - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at close...

DETROIT - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at close...

DETROIT - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at close...

MAY 02 - MIAMI, Fla. - Eight members and associates of La Organizacion de Narcotraficantes (La ONU) were named today in an unsealed indictment charging them with six murders and multiple counts of racketeering, drug trafficking, and firearms offenses. Adolphus P. Wright, the Special Agent in Charge of the Miami...

DETROIT, Mich. - Addictive prescription drugs that are thrown away or left untended on shelves and in drawers at home are often stolen and either abused or sold by family members and visitors. That’s why the DEA and thousands of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners...