GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Jermaine Carr, 34, of Riverdale, Illinois, received a three-year sentence in federal prison for tampering with a witness related to his brother’s federal drug charges on June 2, 2016. The witness was assisting law enforcement officers with an investigation into Jermaine Carr’s brother, Daniel Carr, for...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Federal and local agencies have united under the U.S. Marshals Service banner to help reduce violence in the City of Newark as an extension of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Violence Reduction Initiative. The U.S. Marshals Service in the District of New Jersey and the U.S...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced today a California man admitted his role in a conspiracy to traffic approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine from...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced today an Essex County, New Jersey, man admitted his role in a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Sharing stories of recovery from prescription opioid and heroin addiction, writers from the New Jersey area help to inspire others who are battling addiction. The project called “HOPE: Chronicles of Drug Addiction and Recovery” is sponsored jointly by the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced an Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute...

MARQUETTE, Mich. - United States Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced the results of a joint investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), the Michigan State Police, the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement (UPSET), and the Forsyth Township Police Department. The investigation successfully dismantled a drug trafficking organization responsible for regularly...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rashod D. Todd, 28, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to one count each of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Benjamin C. Glassman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Today, anesthesiologist Jaime Guerrero, who had practices in Kentucky and Indiana, was sentenced to 100 months in prison, by United States District Judge Greg N. Stevens. United States Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr. announced today that according to the terms of a prior plea agreement, Guerrero agreed...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, announced that this past weekend’s National Prescription Take Back Day resulted in the collection and destruction of 17,785 pounds, or 8.8 tons, of expired, unused, and unwanted prescriptions throughout New Jersey...