PLANO, Texas – Three medical professionals have been sentenced to federal prison over the last week in the Eastern District of Texas for the illegal distribution of opioids and other pharmaceutical controlled substances, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Today in federal court in Plano, Howard Gregg Diamond, 58...

BOSTON – The leader of a Lawrence-based heroin and fentanyl trafficking organization was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with orchestrating a wide-ranging operation that distributed multiple kilos of fentanyl and cocaine to customers in Lawrence and surrounding areas – including New Hampshire and Maine. Juan Anibal...

DALLAS - DEA and its law enforcement partners have now collected nearly 12 mill ion pounds of unused or expired prescription medications over the course of 17 successful DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back events. During the 17th semiannual event on April 27, the Take Back initiative saw new records...

BOSTON – Two Boston men have been sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with their roles in a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering ring operating between Massachusetts and California. Mario Castro, 50, was sentenced yesterday to 57 months in prison by U.S. Senior District Court Judge George...

BOSTON – The final tally is in from the 17 th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27, 2019. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 89,366 pounds or over 44 tons of expired, unused...

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Mark T. Moore, 38, of Loudon, N.H., was sentenced in federal court to 50 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and possess with...

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Santos Guerrero Morillo, 39, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for his leadership role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy. Documents filed...

BOSTON – A California man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing methamphetamine from California to Massachusetts. Christopher Halfond, 37, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge George A. O’Toole, Jr., to 140 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release. In April 2018...

HARTFORD, Conn. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced that Luis Cirino, also known as “Gordo” and “G,” 42, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa...

BOSTON – A former New Jersey firefighter was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester in connection with a heroin conspiracy. Carlos Jimenez, 52, of Englishtown, N.J., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to five years in prison and four years of supervised release. In December...