United States Drug Enforcement Administration

COLUMBIA, SC. - Fourteen defendants were arraigned in Federal Court on a thirty-seven count indictment. The indictment alleges that all were members of a criminal street gang and that gang members conspired to distribute more than 280 grams of “crack” cocaine, more than 100 grams of heroin, and marijuana, and...

PROVIDENCE, RI. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that senior drug prosecutors from both offices will jointly prosecute in federal court three defendants who...

NEW LONDON, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LAMONT MULLER, also known as “Dell” and “Cuz,” 38, of New London, was sentenced today by United...

HARTFORD, 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, announced that WILLIAM JUSINO, 37, of Van Block Avenue, Hartford, was sentenced yesterday, March 28, by United States District Judge...

GREENEVILLE, TN. - Michael Norman Dube, 49, of Johnson City, Tennessee, pleaded guilty on March 23, 2011, in U.S. District Court in Greeneville, to omitting material information from records required to be kept under the Controlled Substances (CSA) and making a false statement in connection with the renewal of his...

BOSTON, MA. - A Boston attorney was charged today in federal court with conspiring to launder drug proceeds and laundering drug proceeds. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz and William P...

ATLANTA, GA. - DEVON SAMUELS, 45, and KEISHA JONES, 30, both of Stockbridge, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court. SAMUELS pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder drug money and attempting to smuggle guns onto an airplane. In a separate case, SAMUELS and JONES pleaded guilty to conspiring to...

ATLANTA, GA. - DARIO RODRIGUEZ-GOMEZ, 29, of Doraville, Georgia and MANUEL GAMEZ-VALENZUELA, 46, of Atlanta, Georgia, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell on charges that they possessed semi-automatic assault rifles that they intended to send to Mexico. RODRIGUEZ-GOMEZ was also sentenced for being an illegal...

BOSTON, MA. - Steven W. Derr, 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 it has settled potential claims against Alban J. Coghlan, M.D., a psychiatrist who at the time in...

BOSTON, MA. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; U.S Attorney Ortiz; Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis; and Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph D. McDonald, Jr. announced today that TREVOR A. WATSON - , 44, of Boston, was sentenced today to the...