United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FEB 15 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - An investigation into the trafficking of heroin in Rhode Island has resulted in the seizure of nearly six kilograms of heroin, allegedly brought to Rhode Island from New York, and the arrest of two individuals, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA...

FEB 15 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Yesterday a federal grand jury in Providence returned a two-count indictment charging a Providence couple with allegedly trafficking fentanyl laced heroin. Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA for New England Michael J. Ferguson, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State...

FEB 14 - BOSTON - Twenty-three men and women involved in two drug trafficking organizations operating in Taunton and Boston were arrested and charged today in connection with distributing heroin and fentanyl. In addition, the Drug Enforcement Administration, along with state and local partners, conducted 12 searches in Fall River...

FEB 14 - 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 Collin Fletcher, 52, last residing in Bridgeport, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge...

FEB 14 - BANGOR, 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 Donald Vigue, 42, of Dexter, Maine, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute cocaine. According to...

FEB 10 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Scott Slagel, 41, of Westerly, Rhode Island was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., to three years’ probation for operating a butane hash oil lab in his Westerly residence. Slagel pleaded guilty on May 13, 2016, to endangering human life...

FEB 07 - 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 Ross Tardif, 30, of Minot, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 7½ years in...

FEB 02 - CONCORD, N.H. - Rafael Nicolas Lopez-Carrasco, a/k/a Jose Casellas, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 204 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to a federal indictment charging him with one count of conspiracy to...

FEB 02 - CONCORD, N.H. - Jamie Smith, 28, of Raleigh North Carolina was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to one count of possession of materials to manufacture methamphetamine, and one count of conspiracy...

FEB 02 - 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 today that Felipe Antonio Reyes Eduardo was sentenced to a term of two years in federal prison based upon his prior guilty plea...