ST. LOUIS – Shannon Rennee Bradley, 25, of Washington, Missouri, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute, and aiding and abetting in the distribution of heroin and fentanyl, which resulted in the death of victim A.C. The Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division investigated the case, along with the Franklin...

INDIANAPOLIS – DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Michael Gannon and United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that two drug-trafficking organizations with fifteen total members were indicted by a grand jury for charges of drug-trafficking, unlawful use of a communication facility and being a felon in possession...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Brandon Edelman, 33, of South Bend, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr., for armed drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Mr. Edelman was sentenced to 408 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Mr...

INDIANAPOLIS – DEA Indianapolis Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Michael Gannon and the United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler of the Southern District of Indiana announced today that Michael O’Bannon, 35, Michael Jones, 37, Jason Reed, 50, and Shaun Myers, 37, all from Kokomo, Indiana, were convicted on drug...

CINCINNATI – A federal grand jury has charged 36 individuals with crimes related to narcotics and money laundering conspiracies in an indictment that was unsealed today. Those charged include 22 local individuals. Law enforcement agents arrested all 36 defendants late last week and over the weekend. According to the indictment...

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...

OMAHA, Neb. –The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration collected 882,919 pounds of unwanted, unused and expired prescription medications and vaping cartridges at the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day event, October 26, while the DEA Omaha Division accounted for 22,067 pounds collected from sites in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota...

DENVER – 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...

SAN DIEGO – 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...

LOS ANGELES – Over the course of 17 prior events, the National Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medications from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors, including children and teens. In...