WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today launched CampusDrugPrevention.gov, a new website focused on preventing and addressing college drug use. “We must talk to folks about the dangers and consequences of drug abuse, and base those conversations on facts and science,” said DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg. “With...

DETROIT, Mich. - Mallinckrodt LLC, a pharmaceutical manufacturer and one of the largest manufacturers of generic oxycodone, agreed to pay $35 million to settle allegations that it violated certain provisions of the Controlled Substances (CSA) that are subject to civil penalties. Acting United States Attorney Daniel Lemisch and Timothy J...

SHERMAN, Texas - A 56-year-old Sherman, Texas doctor has been arrested on federal drug conspiracy charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced today by Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. Howard Gregg Diamond was indicted on July 6, 2017 and charged with conspiracy...

DALLAS - Alfonso Escobedo Garcia, 36, citizen of Mexico, was sentenced yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 144 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in October 2016, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that David Thompson, also known as “Super Dave,” 43, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W...

OVERLAND, Kan. - -Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Kansas City District Office, announced today that Michael Ford, 38, of Springfield, Missouri and Lisa Thompson, 39, of Springfield, Missouri were sentenced for their part in a California to Missouri methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. On July 7, 2017, US District Court...

LUBBOCK, Texas - Arnoldo Mendoza Lepez, 44, of Littlefield, Texas appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant, Jr. this afternoon and pled guilty to his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas...

DALLAS - Carolina Giselle Berrio, a/k/a “Carolina Slocum Berrio,” “Karrie,” 37, of Lafayette, Louisiana, was sentenced last week for her involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Berrio was sentenced before U.S...

PHOENIX, Ariz. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Homeland Security (HSI) executed multiple search and arrest warrants today, closing two valley pharmacies and arresting a pharmacist as part of an ongoing OCDETF-designated investigation. On June 28, 2017, agents obtained an indictment from a federal grand jury charging pharmacist Vilawoe Aku...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division, Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security...