A former DEA and Health and Human Services special agent who worked with the FBI is standing trial in Miami on charges that he was involved in illegally peddling Oxycodone, federal witness tampering, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering.
The DEA issued a rare warning about mass-produced counterfeit pills containing lethal doses of fentanyl that have been linked to fatalities.
Federal investigators have arrested dozens of people accused of trafficking drugs through Darknet sites, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In its effort to crack down on addictive painkillers like oxycodone, the DEA has revoked the controlled substance licenses of two CVS Caremark Corp drugstores in Florida, Reuters reports. The two stores, about 30 miles south of the Orlando, contend they did nothing wrong and were busy pharmacies. The DEA, however, alleges…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A TSA officer based at Palm Beach, Fla. International Airport pleaded guilty Monday to taking bribes to let drugs pass through airport security. Christopher Allen, 46, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., pleaded guilty Monday before U.S. District Judge Mark R. Kravitz in New Have, Conn. to taking payments from a drug…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Chicago Physician was handed a steep sentence on Tuesday for his role in the deaths of four individuals, the FBI said. Paul H. Volkman was sentenced to four consecutive terms of life imprisonment, the FBI said. He was convicted of “illegally prescribing and dispensing pain pills outside the scope of…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The DEA was ordered on Monday to submit an explanation of its rationale for attempting to shut down a Florida pharmaceutical distribution center, reports the Associated Press. D.C. US District Judge Reggie Walton gave the agency until the end of next week to make a submission. The DEA had issued orders…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former security guard to the stars who protected such celebrities as Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Lionel Richie and the late Marvin Gaye, was sentenced Friday in Alexandria, Va. fed court to 9 years in prison for conspiring to distribute oxycodone. Joseph Emmanuel Mann, 57, of New Carrollton, Md., was convicted…
