United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BOSTON – A Mexican man has been sentenced for conspiring to distribute nine kilograms of fentanyl bound for Massachusetts from California. Ricardo Peinado Rivera, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 26 months in prison. On May 24, 2023, Peinado Rivera pleaded guilty to one...

CHESHIRE, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that Clarest, LLC, doing business as Clarest Health, ProCare LTC New England LTC, and ProCare LTC Pharmacy of Connecticut LLC...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on August 25, 2023, JOSE L. GERENA, 33, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by five years...

BOSTON – A Methuen man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly trafficking counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine, unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition and using a firearm in relation of a drug trafficking offense. Shawn Hart, 45, was charged with one count of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Woonsocket man, who was identified in court documents as one of the initial participants in a conspiracy that went on to receive more than five dozen packages containing kilograms of cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island through the U.S. Postal Service has been sentenced...

GLASTONBURY, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging RYAN FIELDS, 49, and LISA MAHAN, 53, of Port Neches, Texas, formerly of Glastonbury, Connecticut, with federal offenses for illegally selling...

BLOOMFIELD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KENSTON HARRY, 42, of Bloomfield, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for drug trafficking offenses...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Concord for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Anthony Govan, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Laplante to 24 months in prison and 3...

BOSTON – A Taunton woman has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for possessing cocaine intended for distribution. Kiyanna Ambers, 42, was sentenced on Aug. 22, 2023 by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In August 2020...

PLAINVLLE, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FELIX OSORIO, JR., 27, of Plainville, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent...