LONDON, Ky. - The leader of a large-scale drug trafficking organization, which brought prescription drugs from Mexico to eastern Kentucky and northern Tennessee for nearly 15 years, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison. On July 2nd, 2015, U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove sentenced 60 year-old...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Twenty people that were involved in a large scale drug trafficking organization in Central Ohio, were sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge, of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA)...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Acting United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., announced today that a physician charged with prescribing pain medications that resulted in the deaths of five patients, unlawful distribution or dispensing of controlled substances and health care fraud, now faces the additional charges of conspiracy, money laundering and...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the indictment of former Warren County, Kentucky, physician Charles Fred Gott. Gott was indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances during the course of his professional practice that were not for a legitimate...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Kevin Whitely, 33, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 84 months in prison for distributing marijuana and money laundering. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement...

SAN DIEGO - During the past two years, DEA has partnered with Naval Criminal Investigative Service, (NCIS), Camp Pendleton and 32nd Street offices, and the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office to make a series of undercover purchases at Aroma Avenue and Cabana Smoke Shop. These purchases were made at...

DETROIT - U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today that four men have been charged with distributing drugs that resulted in the overdose deaths of three people. McQuade was joined in the announcement by U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph P. Reagan, and Oakland County Sheriff Michael...

SAN DIEGO - Jose Rodrigo Arechiga-Gamboa, also known as “Chino Antrax,” pleaded guilty in federal court today. Chino Antrax admitted that as a high-level member of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel he and his co-conspirators coordinated the transportation of tons of cocaine and marijuana into the United States and ordered or...

CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury in Cincinnati has indicted Bryan Barbarawi, 35, of West Chester, Ohio, with committing money laundering and with filing a false currency transaction report. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge of the...

COVINGTON, Ky. - A Maysville, Ky., man, who led a conspiracy that distributed cocaine in Mason County, has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning sentenced 37 year-old Gerald Gibbs for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Under federal law, Gibbs must serve at least...