DEA Archived Press Releases

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DEA’s Prescription Drug Take-Back Effort -- A Big Success In North Texas And Oklahoma

North Texas & Oklahoma - The final total is in from the 11th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, April 30, 2016. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 134 locations throughout North Texas and Oklahoma. A total of 35,788 pounds of unused, expired or unwanted drugs...
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Former Methuen Resident Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking

CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Justin Bartimus, 35, formerly of Methuen, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty on May 4, 2016 to: (1) conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to...
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Derby Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Heroin Distribution Charge

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 Bradley Commerford, 20, of Derby, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty in New Haven federal...
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Maryland Man Who Distributed Synthetic Drug That Caused Overdoses At Wesleyan University Is Sentenced

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 Zachary Kramer, 22, of Bethesda, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to...
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Norwich Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Heroin Distribution Charge

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 Jonathan Fisher, 34, of Norwich, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to...
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Two Hamden Men Admit Distributing Oxycodone Involved In Weston Overdose

PORTLAND, Maine - 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 Tahir Farid, 22, and Ryan Looney, 19, both of Hamden, have pleaded guilty to federal oxycodone distribution charges...
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New York City Man Sentenced To 27 Months In Federal Prison For Heroin Dealing

BURLINGTON, 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 on May 2, 2016, Jesse Harris, 38, of Brooklyn, New York was sentenced to 27 months in...
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NYPD Officer Andre Clarke Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone In Vermont

BURLINGTON, 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 Andre Clarke, age 37, of the Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty on May 2, 2016 before the...
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday April 30th

BOSTON - During the last and 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day the New England Division over the course of four hours collected 67,107 pounds of expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs at 596 collection sites throughout New England. The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) is continuing its efforts to take...
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New York Man Sentenced To 21 Years For Heroin And Crack Cocaine Trafficking

PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The United States Attorney’s Office announced that James Winbrone, 32, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 21 years in prison...