(BURLINGTON, Vt.)- - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 stated that Bunthan Sam, 35, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 120 months in prison, having pleaded guilty...

PHOENIX - On Aug. 18, 2014, Luis Enrique Villegas-Lugo, 40, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silverto 17.5 years in prison. Villegas-Lugo pleaded guilty on Feb. 25, 2014 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jose Ignacio Goris, 39, of Providence, was ordered detained in federal custody today, charged with attempt to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Goris was arrested on Thursday by DEA Drug Task Force agents moments after he allegedly took custody of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Ashley Sekator-Graham, 31, of Providence, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for her role in a drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in South Kingstown and Narragansett, announced Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England field...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Daniel L. Mills, also known as “Boone,” 35, of Hamden, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Ellis Thomas, also known as “L” and “Big Homey,” 30, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S...

PHEONIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman announced that on July 31, 2014, John Cary Dean, 28, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayesto 6.5 years in prison. Dean pleaded guilty on Jan. 23, 2014 to two counts of possession with...

The delivery of 9 kilos of crystal meth was orchestrated from inside a Massachusetts jail PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New England Field Division and United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced Doneri Aguilar Sandoval, 53, of Attleboro, Mass., was...

PHOENIX - - On July 23, 2014, Ambrosio Nunez-Lopez, 65, of Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbellto 10 years in prison. Nunez-Lopez pleaded guilty on March 18, 2014 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, a felony. The Organized...

Investigation resulted in the discovery and dismantling of a meth lab in a Newport motel room NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Field Division, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Warwick Police Chief Colonel Stephen M. McCartney and Newport...