(BOSTON - A Miami man operating throughout South Florida was sentenced on January 9, 2015, for his role in an oxycodone distribution conspiracy involving thousands of oxycodone pills and stolen identities of Puerto Rican residents. Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field...

(BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that April Kane, - 29, formerly of Bucksport, Maine was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to...

(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 Eric Colon, 29, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport...

BOISE, Idaho - Krista Federer, 46, of Twin Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty on January 13, 2015, to one count of distributing a controlled substance. The controlled substances were prescription medications diverted from the pharmacy where Federer worked. Sentencing is set for March 26, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Edward J...

MEDFORD, Ore - On Monday, January 12, 2015, Senior U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner sentenced Steven Allen Longbrake, 28, of Medford, Oregon, to 12 1/2 years in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Longbrake had previously pleaded guilty to that offense on September 15, 2014...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jorge Melendez, 44, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture more than 100 marijuana plants, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of the DEA’s El Paso Field Division announced that Miguel Bustamante-Conchas, 39, was sentenced late yesterday afternoon to 20 years in federal prison for his heroin trafficking conviction. He also was ordered to pay...

(BOSTON - Two New Bedford men pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston to selling heroin. Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; announced that Manuel Lopes, a/k/a “Junior” Lopes, 36, and...

( - NEW HAVEN, 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 Richard Anderson, also known as “Mayut” and “Porter,” 28, of New Haven, was sentenced...

OMAHA, Neb. - On Tuesday, January 13th, 2015, DEA Omaha and their state and local counterparts arrested 12 individuals and seized approximately $8,800 in United States currency as the culmination of an 18-month investigation. Throughout the course of the investigation 12.3 pounds of methamphetamine and approximately $35,000 were seized. The...