SAN FRANCISCO - Results from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday demonstrate the public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs. On September 26, 2015, Northern California and Central Valley residents turned in approximately 24,832...

FRESNO, Calif. - Sarith Chim, 34, of Long Beach, was sentenced today to six years and four months in prison by U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone pills. According to court documents, in April 11, 2013, Chim and his co-defendants were indicted for...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Kenneth Elser, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Gilberto Ray Ramos, age 41, of Springdale, was found guilty on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, three counts of Distribution...

FRESNO, Calif. - Manuel Riviera-Felix, aka Felipe Garcia, 27, of Mexico, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to 10 years and 11 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Rivera-Felix was a leader of a large scale drug organization in Bakersfield...

NEW ORLEANS - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription Drug...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Walt Green announced that combined federal, state, and local efforts to combat prescription drug abuse has resulted in a federal grand jury indictment charging three individuals in a prescription drug and cocaine...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Walt Green announced that United States District Court Judge sentenced Jeffery D. Perry, age 32, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, yesterday to serve life imprisonment, followed by a prison term of 15 years...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris and George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, announced that Carlos Renaldo (39), of Bonaire, Georgia; and Twayne Lebarsha (41), Willie Lewis (44), Jasmine Janay (25), Wallace Eugene McCree, (44), Alonzo Dion...

MONROE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Tallulah man was sentenced Monday to 120 months in prison for selling methamphetamine. Marvin Brown, 45, of Tallulah, La., was sentenced on one count of distribution of...

LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Carencro Police officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison for receiving cash payments from James Panos, former owner and manager of Desperado’s Cabaret, while the...