TEXAS A Houston physician and the owner of a pain management clinic were each sentenced to 35 years in prison Thursday for running a pill mill that provided tens of thousands of…
Category: DEA
Man Guilty of Shooting DEA Agent During Search Warrant
NEW ORLEANS A twenty-nine-year-old New Orleans, Louisiana man plead guilty this week to multiple charges that led to the shooting of a DEA task force officer, according to authorities. Jarvis Hardy is…
Drug Dealer Sentenced to 26 Years for Counterfeit Opioid Scheme
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced the leader of a narcotics distribution ring that imported a powerful fentanyl counterfeit from China and produced hundreds of thousands of opioid pills to 26 years in…
Man Gets 26 Years in Prison for Selling Fentanyl That Result in a Death
LOS ANGELES A federal judge Thursday sentenced a Riverside man who sold a potent synthetic opioid very similar to fentanyl to a friend – who then suffered a fatal overdose from the…
DEA Crackdown Leads to 28 Arrests and Revoking Federal Registrations
WASHINGTON D.C. A DEA crackdown in February and March led to 28 arrests after an investigation of prescribers and pharmacies for dispensing a large number of drugs, officials announced Monday. During that…
DEA to Crackdown on Pharmacies and Prescribers Illegally Dispensing Drugs
WASHINGTON D.C. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that, over the next 45 days, the DEA will crack down on pharmacies and prescribers who are dispensing unusual or disproportionate amounts of drugs….
NYT: DEA Says Hondurans Opened Fire During a Drug Raid. A Video Suggests Otherwise.
By MATTATHIAS SCHWARTZ OCT. 23, 2017 WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration has for five years steadfastly defended the behavior of its agents in a late-night drug seizure carried out with Honduran forces…
DEA Agent Named in 10-Count Indictment for Allegedly Stealing Drug Money
LOUISIANA Drug Enforcement Administration special agent Chad A. Scott was charged in an indictment unsealed Monday was accused of stealing thousands of dollars in drug money, according to officials. Scott was also…
Ex-DEA Agent Admits Stealing $310,000 in Fraud Proceeds from Cyprus
CALIFORNIA A former special agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration plead guilty Tuesday to stealing fraud proceeds that she had been assigned to recover on behalf of fraud victims, officials said. Artemis…
DEA: Top Hizballah Terror Financier Arrested for Evading U.S. Sanctions
WASHINGTON D.C. DEA and other federal officials announced Friday the arrest of Kassim Tajideen, a prominent financial supporter of the Hizballah terror organization. Tajideen is charged with evading U.S. sanctions imposed on…
DEA to Drug Dealers Responsible for Overdose Deaths: “We will Find You”
DALLAS Federal charges were filed against a Dallas-area man for his role in selling the heroin that caused a young woman’s overdose death at a McDonald’s restaurant in Farmers Branch in June…
Alleged Drug Courier from Detroit Arrested for Trying to Smuggle Cocaine
LOS ANGELES A 28-year-old woman arrested Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport has been charged with trying to smuggle at least a kilogram of cocaine to her hometown of Detroit. Kennsha Mason,…