United States Drug Enforcement Administration

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...

(CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced that James Randall Long, MD, 56, of Lexington, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer and pleaded guilty to unlawful distribution of Fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance. Dr. Long admitted today in court that he prescribed the drug...

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...

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...

OCT 19 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging Harry Duren, 73, and Sandra Duren, 53, both of Seminole, Florida, with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, oxycodone. The indictments were jointly announced...

(ATLANTA, Ga. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Atlanta Division is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This one-day...

(CHARLOTTE, N.C. - B Jucorey Deonte Pruitt, aka Corey Deonte Pruitt, 25, of Charlotte, appeared in court today and pled guilty to a perjury charge for lying under oath during a federal trial, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Magistrate Judge David...

(CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Charlotte District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...