HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- The number of meth cases, particularly of one-pot meth labs in Western Maryland, has been experiencing a recent surge. DEA agents and partner agencies in Western Maryland are seeing a resurgence of one-pot meth labs in the area -- noting more incidents of meth labs in the...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Hampton woman pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and 40 grams or more of fentanyl. According to court documents, Symphoni V. Wiggins, 38, mixed, prepared and stored heroin and fentanyl in her...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. – At approximately 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 5, 2019, the Hagerstown Police Department and the Washington County Narcotics Task Force were alerted to the presence of suspected methamphetamine production in the 400 block of Guilford Ave., Hagerstown, Md. The DEA Hagerstown Resident Office Clandestine Laboratory Team (consisting of...

WASHINGTON – The results from DEA’s 18 th National Prescription Take Back Day are in and DEA and its partners in the Washington, D.C. area have collected a record amount of medications. On Oct. 26, community members across the area came out to drop off unwanted and expired prescription medications...

CHICAGO – Americans nationwide have once again shown their strong support for DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by dropping off nearly 883,000 pounds of medications during the October 2019 Take Back event. DEA, along with its law enforcement partners, has now collected nearly 12.7 million pounds of expired...

MADISON, Wis. – DEA Chicago Division Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell and United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Sylvia Erickson, 41, of Eau Claire, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to seven and a half...

RICHMOND, Va. – A Richmond man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin in the Central Virginia region and making a false declaration to a federal grand jury. According to court documents, from approximately 2015 through October 2017, Gregory Stacey, 38, participated in a...

BALTIMORE – Malik Moseley, 28, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to a federal charge for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The guilty plea was announced by DEA Baltimore District Office Assistant Special Agent in Charge Don A. Hibbert, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert...

ROANOKE, Va. – Today, leaders from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Virginia State Police, City of Roanoke Police Department and Roanoke City Public Schools, joined United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen today in announcing the formation of Roanoke...

CHICAGO- With robust public participation over the course of 17 prior events, the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors, including children...