CINCINNATI - John Wade, 46, of Cincinnati has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling a mixture of heroin and fentanyl that led to the overdose death of a Clermont County man in 2015. Benjamin C. Glassman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy...

SEP 27 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Shannon Bragdon, 32, of Portland, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to attempting to acquire oxycodone by deception and...

SEP 26 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that Clarence Bell, also known as “Solo,” 20, of West Haven, was arrested today on...

(COLUMBUS, OH - Deshawn M. Smith, 29, of Columbus, Ohio pled guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of racketeering conspiracy in connection with a case involving the organized criminal enterprise known as the Short North Posse. Smith’s trial was scheduled to begin on Monday, September 26. As...

KETTERING, Ohio - In the past year, federal, state and local law enforcement partnerships in southwestern Ohio have seized more than 35 kilograms of heroin and ten kilograms of fentanyl, and charged 96 people federally in 47 cases with trafficking heroin. Included in the charges were two people charged with...

SEP 23 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Cynthia “Cindy” Williams, 43 - , of Stetson, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy...

(LOUISVILLE, Ky. - William S. Dixon, 55, was indicted on September 9, 2016, by a federal grand jury, for one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and one count of possession with intent to distribute acetyl fentanyl, fentanyl and heroin. Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced Louisville’s selection as the fourth city in America to take part in a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention “360 Degree Strategy” to assist cities dealing with the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic. Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge of...

CINCINNATI, Ohio - A federal grand jury today indicted two Cincinnati residents, alleging that they distributed heroin laced with carfentanil, a substance 10,000 times more powerful than morphine, causing serious physical harm to people who bought the drugs. Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Detroit Field...

SEP 21 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Shawn Figoli, 45, of Sidney, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 40...