OCT 28 - CONCORD, NH - Mark Ross, 42, of Gonic, New Hampshire was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing a controlled substance that caused the death of Evangelique Tarmey. The sentencing was announced by Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug...

OCT 28 - CONCORD, N.H. - Samantha Renehan, 29, of Lebanon, New Hampshire and Jamie Smith, 28, of Raleigh, North Carolina pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to possession of materials to manufacture methamphetamine and conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Michael J. Ferguson...

SEATTLE - Six years after the DEA launched its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Americans continue to turn out in large numbers to rid their homes of unused medications, including controlled prescription (CPDs) such as painkillers, tranquilizers, and stimulants. The Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington State, Idaho and Alaska) made...

OCT 27 - BRIDGEPORT, 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 Erick Delgado, 39, and his brother, Anoris Delgado, also known as “Alex,” 28, both of...

OCT 26 - BANGOR, Maine - Andrew Grivois, 32, of Presque Isle, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute bath salts. The defendant pled guilty to the charge...

OCT 26 - CONCORD, N.H. - 20 individuals recently were indicted in federal court in Concord in connection with their participation in heroin trafficking activities. Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced the indictments...

OCT 26 - BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England announced that 68,958 pounds of expired, unused, and unwanted prescriptions were collected throughout New England on Saturday, October 22, 2016 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at one of 566...

OCT 20 - HARTFORD, 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 CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (CVS) has agreed to pay the federal government a total of $600,000...

SEATTLE - Three people involved in an elaborate scheme to obtain narcotic drugs by using forged prescriptions both online and in person now face federal charges. The conspirators used stolen DEA registration numbers to create phony prescriptions while using various online tools to make it appear that the prescriptions were...

OCT 19 - 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 Alex Garcia, 38, of Danbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer...