WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) recently eased some of the regulatory requirements imposed by the Controlled Substances (CSA) for those who are conducting FDA-approved clinical trials on (CBD), an extract of the marijuana plant. These modifications will streamline the research process regarding CBD’s possible medicinal value and...

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 Wayman Sparrow, a/k/a “Blaze,” 25, of New York, New York, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine...

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 thatRussell Gordon, 32, of Ansonia, Connecticut, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 13 years in prison and...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - - Kinmonte Markell Brown, 28, and Dennis Wells, 24, of Greenville, North Carolina, were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence today for trafficking more than a dozen firearms from North Carolina into Providence between November 2014 and January 2015. Kinmonte Brown was sentenced to 84 months...

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 Damian Corbett, 40, of New Rochelle, New York, was found guilty in U.S. District Court following a two-day jury trial of conspiracy...

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...

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...