United States Drug Enforcement Administration

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 Joshua Bickmore, 29, of Guilford, Maine, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to distribution of heroin. According to court records, on...

SEATTLE - The Department of Justice announced on July 7, 2016, that it has reached a settlement with Seattle Cancer Care (SCCA) relating to losses of more than 96,000 pills of oxycodone between 2011 and 2013. SCCA self-reported the diversions after discovering that a nurse employed at the cancer care...

LEWISTON, Maine - - Matthew Mennealy, 34, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced by United States District Judge George Z. Singal for his involvement in distributing heroin, oxycodone, crack and cocaine and possessing firearms while drug trafficking. Mennealy received a sentence of 84 months in prison to be followed by three...

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, Phillip Wilson, age 36, of Burlington, Vermont, was arrested on July 6, 2016 and charged via...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia Froehlich, Connecticut State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Windham, and Cpl. Stanley Parizo, Jr. of the Willimantic...

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 Ryan Budd, 25, formerly of Bethel, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before...

BRIDGEPORT, 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 Roberto Torres, also known as “Tony,” 49, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor...

BOSTON - Nine men have been charged in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with distributing heroin and cocaine in the Bristol County area. Six men from southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island were charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine, and three New Bedford residents, in a separate but related...

BOSTON - - In one of the largest settlements to date involving federal allegations of prescription drug diversion in Massachusetts, CVS Pharmacy, Inc., has agreed to pay $3.5 million to resolve allegations that 50 of its stores violated the Controlled Substances Act by filling forged prescriptions for controlled substances -...

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 United States District Court Judge Landya McCafferty sentenced Tiffany Ramos to serve 60 months in federal prison. Ramos, who resided in Manchester...