United States Drug Enforcement Administration

JAN 23 - CONCORD, NH - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Tony Aoude, 45, of Derry, New Hampshire pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to the sales of synthetic cannabinoid products. Aoude pleaded...

JAN 23 - 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 Kevin Tocker-Rose, 30, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison after...

JAN 20 - 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 Daniel Guillen, 28, of Wallingford, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with distributing...

JAN 17 - BOSTON, MA - McKesson Corporation, one of the nation’s largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs to pharmacies and other health care providers agreed to pay a record $150 million civil penalty for alleged violations of the Controlled Substances (CSA), Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Three defendants were sentenced to federal prison last week for drug trafficking, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Santiago (aka Chuco), age 47, of Commerce, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 151...

NEWARK, N.J. - - McKesson (McKesson), one of the nation’s largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, agreed to pay a record $150 million civil penalty for alleged violations of the Controlled Substances (CSA), Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for...

JAN 11 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Raul Chavez, 57, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey...

JAN 11 - 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 that Jorge Morales, also known as “Capone,” 30, of Shelton, was sentenced by U.S. District...

JAN 10 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jose Ignacio Goris, 42, of Providence, convicted at trial for trafficking cocaine, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison. A federal court jury in Providence convicted Jose Ignacio Goris on January 14, 2016, of attempting to possess with the intent to distribute...

JAN 10 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney announced that Jonathan Day, 42, of Portland, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 80...