CLEVELAND - Two Wooster, Ohio men were indicted in the Northern District of Ohio, for distributing heroin and cocaine that resulted in the fatal overdose of a Wayne County, Ohio woman, law enforcement officials said. Jamie Curtis, 36, and Theodore Alleman, 28, were both indicted on one count of distribution...

WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the establishment of six new enforcement teams focused on combatting the flow of heroin and illicit fentanyl. “At a time when overdose deaths are at catastrophic levels, the DEA's top priority is addressing the opioid epidemic and pursuing the criminal organizations that...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Sylvain Desjardins, 48, of Maribel, Canada, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 96 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possessing 290 pounds of cocaine in a plane that went down near Athens, Ohio on March 29. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA); Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark; James P. O’Neill, the Police Commissioner of the City of New (NYPD); George P...

ALBANY, N.Y.) - Sean T. Dubanowich, 43, of Stillwater, New York, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for distributing steroids throughout the country and laundering his drug proceeds overseas for the purpose of acquiring more steroids to sell. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Grant...

CLEVELAND - U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Justin Herdman, announced today that 39 people were indicted in federal court for their actions in two separate heroin distribution conspiracies. Eighteen people are charged in a 41-count indictment with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin. The defendants...

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Markell Reyes, age 20, of Jersey City, New Jersey, pled guilty today to possessing and intending to distribute crack cocaine and heroin. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Drug...

DETROIT - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time DEA and its local law enforcement, community, and tribal partners will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA and Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced today the arrest of Cristian Rodriguez, who distributed through the U.S. mail heroin, oxycodone, and other...

NEW YORK - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and its local law enforcement, community and tribal partners will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of...