WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) is using its emergency scheduling authority to temporarily control three synthetic (Mephedrone , 3,4 (MDPV) and Methylone). This action was necessary to protect the public from the imminent hazard posed by these dangerous chemicals. Except as authorized by law, this action...

CONCORD, N.H. - Jeremy Clough, 33, of Franklin was sentenced today in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Woonsocket, R.I. man was ordered detained Tuesday after making an initial appearance in federal court in Providence charged with possession of more than a kilogram of heroin and 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute. Andres Jiminez, 37, was arrested Sunday after...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Newport, R.I., man previously convicted and sentenced in Rhode Island state courts on three occasions since 2002 for drug trafficking has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison, having pled guilty in May 2010 to again trafficking in cocaine, announced Steven W. Derr, Special Agent...

NEW HAVEN , CT - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Cheyne Mazza, 29, of Oxford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant...

BURLINGTON, VT - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Tristram J. Coffin announced today that with the guilty plea of Marcus Morales, 26, of New York City, this week, to conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone, the prosecution that...

WASHINGTON, DC - - Aurelio Cano-Flores, aka “Yankee” and “Yeyo,” a high-ranking member of the Mexican Gulf Cartel, has been extradited to the United States from Mexico to face drug conspiracy charges, announced Administrator Michele M. Leonhart of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of...

BOSTON, MA - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that three individuals involved in a marijuana growing and distribution conspiracy were sentenced today by United States District Judge...

BOSTON, MA - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced two civil settlement agreements with a Middleton doctor by which he will pay the government $50,000 in civil penalties and will forfeit...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Rhode Island orthopedic surgeon and an orthopedic assistant made initial appearances in federal court in Providence Tuesday, charged with fraudulently obtaining, distributing and dispensing prescription drugs; announced Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the New England field division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and...