Narcotics

January 25, 2008 -- HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation have filed criminal charges against six Pittsburgh and Crawford County residents accused of trafficking and distributing heroin in Northwestern PA.    » read more »

22 January 2008 -- Mexico's federal police raided two mansions in the capital and arrested 11 alleged gunmen for the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel. At the same time, Mexican soldiers carried out operations to disarm local police in the state of Tamaulipas, which borders the U.S. state of Texas. These actions, along with the arrest of a major drug trafficking figure on Monday, are part of a major crackdown on organized crime.

Heavily armed Mexican federal police conducted the raids in Mexico City before sunrise, capturing eight men at one house and three at another.    » read more »

December 19, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a Lee County woman pled guilty to trafficking cocaine and was sentenced to just over 124 months in prison. Donna Sierra Williams was prosecuted by the Attorney General's Office of Statewide Prosecution for trafficking more than $20,000 of cocaine in Lee County.    » read more »

Four Jurisdictions Take Part in Ohio Methamphetamine Pilot Initiative

December 17, 2007 -- Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann and partners, Clermont County Sheriff A.J. Rodenberg and Highland County Sheriff Ron Ward, jointly announce the Ohio Methamphetamine Pilot Initiative (OMPI), a proactive multi-jurisdictional approach to safely eradicate the production and use of meth and its ill effects on Ohio communities.    » read more »

December 11, 2007 -- HARRISBURG - A Gettysburg man, who was allegedly part of a $1 million cocaine and heroin ring, which operated in South Central Pennsylvania was sentenced today to seven to 20-years in state prison and a $30,000 fine.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett said that Tyrone "Will, Styles, Killa" Tengbe, 22, 17 W. Railroad St., Gettysburg was sentenced by Judge Kuhn on charges that he participated in a the trafficking of cocaine and heroin from New York City to Adams and York counties for redistribution.    » read more »

December 13, 2007 -- HARRISBURG - As many as six individuals accused of trafficking more than $1 million worth of heroin throughout Lackawanna County, were arrested today by agents from the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation.

Attorney General Tom Corbett said the investigation, which began in March 2007, focused on the drug trafficking activities of Bobby "Billion" McCarrel Jr., 36, 1507 Luzerne St., Scranton.    » read more »

December 11, 2007 -- (Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman, Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI) , celebrated the U.S. Sentencing Commission's decision that a new cocaine guideline that went into effect on November 1 of this year be applied retroactively. The vote was unanimous.    » read more »

December 11, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to the United States Sentencing Commission’s decision to apply retroactivity for crack cocaine offenders’ sentences.    » read more »

Following Today's Release of the 2007 Monitoring the Future Study

December 11, 2007 -- Washington, DC –The 33rd Annual Monitoring the Future Study, which was made public by the President today, found that while adolescents’ use of some illegal drugs continued to decline in 2007, there were no dramatic decreases from last year. The Study also indicated that adolescent abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs continued at alarmingly high rates.    » read more »

With Nora Volkow, Director of National Institute on Drug Abuse on the "Monitoring the Future" Report

December 11, 2007 -- DIRECTOR WALTERS: Thank you. As you know, the President announced the latest results of "Monitoring the Future," the annual survey that has been done since the mid-'70s, about rates of teen drug use among 12th, 10th and 8th graders.    » read more »

December 10, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to the decision made by the Supreme Court on crack cocaine sentencing.    » read more »

Successful Interagency Maritime Interdiction Forces Smugglers to Extreme Tactics

Dec. 6, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - The Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard announced today a record year for cocaine seizures with 355,755 pounds seized, worth more than $4.7 billion.    » read more »

December 6, 2007 -- Trenton, NJ -- New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced today that five people have been indicted on charges that they operated a heroin production facility in Passaic County.    » read more »

Successful Maritime Interdiction Forces Smugglers to Extreme Tactics

Dec. 5, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - The U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen will announce the service's record drug seizure year tomorrow at noon at the Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second St., SW, Washington, D.C.    » read more »

December 4, 2007 -- TRENTON –The New Jersey Governor’s Government Efficiency and Reform (GEAR) Commission today released the report of its Task Force on Sentencing and Corrections. The task force conducted a broad review of proposals concerning Drug Free School Zones developed by the Commission to Review Criminal Sentencing.

The report can be found online at http://www.state.nj.us/governor/.    » read more »