LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Thirty-four individuals are facing federal and tribal drug charges as the result of an 18-month multi-agency investigation spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Bureau of Indian (BIA) into methamphetamine trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Eighteen defendants, including five members of the Mescalero Apache Tribe...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Victor Hurtado, 21, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 141 months in federal prison for his conviction on Hobbs Act, drug trafficking and firearms charges arising out of a pharmacy robbery in Jan. 2015, and a traffic stop in March 2015. Hurtado will...

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 Samuel Collins - , 47, of Portland, Maine, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release in...

BURLINGTON, Vt - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Damein Hampton, 38, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, appeared Friday for sentencing in United States District Court in Burlington...

BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the US Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Gary Delima, 26, and Sharif Cargo, 26, both of Brooklyn...

BOSTON - Two men were sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with selling cocaine on multiple occasions in Leominster. Jose Rodriguez, 32, of Fitchburg, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 63 months in prison and four years of supervised release. Rodriguez...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Thomas G. Atteberry, ATF Phoenix Field Division, and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, DEA El Paso Division announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging Albuquerque resident Davon Lymon, 34, with...

BROOKFIELD, 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 Cheryl Karcher, M.D., 57, of Brookfield, Conn., and New York, N.Y., has entered into a civil settlement agreement...

BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a $20,000 civil settlement today with Dr. Richard Heller, a psychiatrist in North Andover, Mass., in connection with his uncontrolled storage of patient medication in a self-storage unit and his related failure to maintain proper records. In settlement documents, Dr. Heller admitted to...

CONCORD, N.H. - Luis Nieves, 33, of Haverhill, Massachusetts pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to one count of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute it, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New...