PLANO, Texas – A 64 year old former physician and 60 year old registered nurse have been convicted of drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney Joe Brown today. Tad W...

SALT LAKE CITY – DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today highlighted the significance of law enforcement as part of a successful, comprehensive solution to the opioid epidemic, stressing efforts aimed at those supplying communities with deadly, addictive drugs. Acting Administrator Dhillon delivered remarks to hundreds of medical practitioners, drug treatment...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Valeria A. Nickerson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito announced criminal charges against 17 members, associates, and drug suppliers of a Newark street gang that distributed heroin and crack cocaine...

NEW YORK- Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the New England Division of the DEA, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John H. Durham, United States Attorney...

MINEOLA, NY - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an alleged MS-13 associate has been arraigned on charges of conspiracy and operating as a major drug trafficker for allegedly brokering drug deals from inside...

SAN DIEGO – Suspected drug dealer Trevon Lucas was indicted by a federal grand jury for distributing fentanyl that caused the death of a La Jolla resident, identified only as C.A.S. in court filings. According to statements made by prosecutors at his detention hearing yesterday, C.A.S. was found dead in...

NEW YORK - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James D. Robnett, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Scott...

JACKSON, Miss. – In October 2017, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods, which Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Donald McKinney, 53, of Dansville, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distributing 50 grams or...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Valerie A. Nickerson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito announced a Bergen County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for using bogus litigation support companies...