United States Drug Enforcement Administration

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Two Providence men charged by way of federal criminal complaints appeared in U.S. District Court in Providence today in connection with an ongoing FBI investigation into an alleged large scale indoor marijuana growing operation inside a converted mill building at 725 Branch Avenue in Providence and inside...

BOSTON - Four individuals involved in a Lawrence-based fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine trafficking organization were indicted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston. Jerri Martinez-Tejeda, 31, of Lawrence; Yoelly Carmenatty, 27, of Lawrence; Joel Jahamal Rougeau, 41, of Texas; and Lily Solis, 28, of Texas; were indicted on one count...

MIAMI - This week three Tampa residents pleaded guilty to their involvement in a conspiracy to import a synthetic cannabinoid, XLR-11, a/k/a “Spice,” and paraphernalia to the United States from China, before United States Chief Magistrate Judge Frank J. Lynch, Jr., in Ft. Pierce, Florida. A.D. Wright, Special Agent in...

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 Tyshawn McDade, also known as “S Dot” and “S Diddy,” 30, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S...

BOSTON - Five men were charged in U.S. District Court in Worcester on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, with heroin and cocaine trafficking throughout Worcester County. Jose Lugo, 53, of Providence, R.I.; Hugo Santana-Dones, 41, and Felix Melendez, 39, of Leominster; Osvaldo Vasquez, 47, of Worcester; and Elvis Genao, 26, of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Pharmacy chain CVS Health Corp. has agreed to pay $450,000 to resolve the United States’ allegations that several of its Rhode Island stores violated the federal Controlled Substances Act by filling invalid prescriptions and maintaining deficient records, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the...

BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England ;United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; William P. Offord, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation in Boston; and John Smith, Director of the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of...

CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced that Mohamed Alam, 62, of North Andover, Massachusetts, was sentenced today to one year probation in U.S. District Court after pleading guilty to Causing...

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 Lamar Jones, also known as “Cream,” 31, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District...

STAMFORD, 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 Alan Wilson, 24, of Stamford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court...