BURLINGTON, VT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Tristram J. Coffin, stated that Joseph Zapatero, 31, of Manhattan, New York, was sentenced on September 26, 2011 by U.S. District Court...

BOSTON, MA. - A Florida man was sentenced yesterday in federal court for his top-level role in a massive oxycodone distribution conspiracy that spanned from Southern Florida to Massachusetts and distributed in excess of 100,000 oxycodone pills in the Fall River area. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of...

BOSTON, MA. - The United States has reached a settlement with Baldpate Hospitalin Georgetown, Mass. in connection with civil drug diversion allegations investigated by the DEA and the United States Attorney’s Office. The announcement was made today by Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration...

BRIDGEPORT, 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, today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Bridgeport returned two indictments today charging a total of 18 individuals...

BANGOR - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Bangor indicted Reginald S. Gracie, Jr., age 40, of Bowdoin, Maine, on charges relating to his...

MANHATTAN, NY. - Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. and White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske led a panel discussion on combating drug abuse in New York City neighborhoods. Local community leaders, law enforcement officials, and health services organizations joined District Attorney Vance and...

MANHATTAN, NY. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration Wilbert L. Plummer and United States Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York, announced that Yarlei Bañol-Ramos, a former guerilla for the 57th Front of the Fuerzas Armadas...

STAMFORD, CT. - DEA Special Agent in Charge Steven W. Derr of the New England Field Division and other law enforcement officials today announced that 20 individuals have been arrested on charges related to their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a potent and highly-addictive prescription narcotic. Among...

BUFFALO, NY. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration Wilbert L. Plummer and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced yesterday that Russell D. Biery, 40, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to conspiracy...

MANHATTAN, NY. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration WILBERT L. PLUMMER and United States Attorney PREET BHARARA for the Southern District of New York announced that former New York City police officer MIGUEL BURGOS was sentenced Friday, September 9...