ROCHESTER, N.Y. - - Robert Ian Thatcher, 29, Maximillian Sams, 30, Dwayne Banks, 29, all of Elmira, New York, and Carlito Rios, Jr., 30, of Beaver Dams, New York, were each charged today with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, quantities of furanyl fentanyl and U-47700...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted 23 individuals, 22 of whom are Bay Area residents, for their respective roles in a conspiracy to engage in an extensive drug trafficking network, announced U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and United States Attorney Brian J...

FRESNO, Calif. - Logan August, 30, of Bakersfield, and Derrick Penney, 34, of Star, Idaho, former deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute marijuana. According to court documents, between June 2014 and October 2014, while sworn...

NEW YORK - - Noel Blackman, who practiced as a medical doctor and was the former Health Minister of Guyana and Executive Member of the World Health Organization, was sentenced to 50 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release today for illegally distributing oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription painkiller...

ALBANY, N.Y. - - Elijah Jones, 30, of Schenectady, New York pled guilty yesterday to conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and heroin. The announcement was made by DEA New York Division Special Agent-in-Charge James J. Hunt and United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian of the Northern District of New York...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons)...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and 110 of its law enforcement and community partners collected 32,965 pounds from 176 Northern California sites on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Across the nation 900,386 (450 tons) was collected from nearly 5,500 sites. Marking the 13th National Prescription Take Back Day since...

ALBANY, N.Y. - - Shukri Abdullah, 44, of Albany, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison and fined $5,000 for possessing and intending to distribute synthetic cannabinoids. The announcement was made by James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA) and...

BRONX, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (“DEA”), Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (“NYPD”), George P. Beach II, the Superintendent of the New York...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that a federal grand jury has returned a three count indictment charging Matthew S. Jones, 30, and Beau K.C. Jones, 32, both of...