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May 15, 2026

DEA, police raided Bucks home at gunpoint. Wrong address, lawsuit says

  A Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania, family says they were left traumatized two years ago after local and federal law enforcement executed a warrant operation at the wrong home. Robert McLaughlin alleges he […]

‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry was found dead Oct. 28, 2023, at his Los Angeles home, the victim of a ketamine overdose. (Associated Press file)
Aug 16, 2024

2 doctors, 3 others charged in Perry’s death

LOS ANGELES — Five people, including his personal assistant and two doctors, have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death in what prosecutors called a “broad underground criminal network” […]

‘My client neither surrendered nor negotiated any terms with the U.S. government,’ Frank Perez, attorney for Sinaloa drug cartel leader Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, above, said after Zambada was arrested upon his arrival last week in the United States. (U.S. Department of State file)
Jul 30, 2024

Attorney says cartel leader brought to US was kidnapped

HOUSTON — The lawyer of a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who is now in U.S. custody pushed back Sunday against claims that his client was tricked into flying into […]

The Biden administration has proposed shifting marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to the less restrictive Schedule III. (Depositphotos.com)
Jul 2, 2024

What to expect if marijuana rescheduling is approved

The evolving cannabis industry faces uncertainty under the proposed rescheduling of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, potentially impacting medical-use businesses significantly while adult-use businesses may still navigate federal legal constraints.

May 10, 2024

NC-tied drug conspiracy costs official his elected office

From wire reports A city councilman is leaving office after pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy charge tied to North Carolina and his home state of Mississippi Robert Leon Deming, […]

May 1, 2024

US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug […]

A case prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina resulted last week in a former law enforcement officer’s two guilty pleas to conspiracy counts. 
Mar 25, 2024

Yearslong drug investigation leads to yearslong prison term

NEW BERN — A Benson businessman is going to federal prison for almost 15 years after a multiagency, multiyear investigation into his drug ring that trafficked pounds of methamphetamine and […]

Feb 23, 2024

Retired DEA agent on trial in $250K Mafia bribery case

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The way prosecutors tell it, Joseph Bongiovanni went to work for years with a “little dark secret.” Behind the veneer of a veteran U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration […]

Feb 16, 2024

Cocaine trafficker faces lengthy prison term

CHARLOTTE — A Hickory man was sentenced Wednesday to 121 months in federal prison on drug charges. After he is freed, Dante Rashaun Ramseur, 44, also will have to serve […]


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