SAN FRANCISCO - Results from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday demonstrate the public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs. On September 26, 2015, Northern California and Central Valley residents turned in approximately 24,832...

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 James Levesque - , 54, of Sanford, Maine pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to distribution of oxycodone. Court records reveal...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Kevin Lewis, 40, of Glocester, R.I., pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to manufacturing (meth), announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Glocester Police Chief Joseph S. Delprete. According...

FRESNO, Calif. - Sarith Chim, 34, of Long Beach, was sentenced today to six years and four months in prison by U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone pills. According to court documents, in April 11, 2013, Chim and his co-defendants were indicted for...

BOSTON - In the largest settlement of its kind involving allegations of drug diversion at a hospital, Massachusetts General (MGH) has agreed to pay the United States $2.3 million to resolve allegations that lax controls enabled MGH employees to divert controlled substances for personal use. In conjunction with this record...

RUTLAND, 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 Thomas Keith, 42, of Bennington, Vermont, was sentenced on September 24, 2015 in United States District Court...

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 nine individuals have been charged by indictment with participating in a drug trafficking ring that obtained more...

FRESNO, Calif. - Manuel Riviera-Felix, aka Felipe Garcia, 27, of Mexico, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to 10 years and 11 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Rivera-Felix was a leader of a large scale drug organization in Bakersfield...

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 Jason Oliviera, 35, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to...

LAWRENCE, Mass. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Attorney General Maura Healey announced that a Lawrence man has been indicted in connection with a major drug trafficking operation in which authorities seized approximately a kilogram each of heroin and...