United States Drug Enforcement Administration

OCT 07 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Tomas Martinez, 27, of Pawtucket, pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal heroin and cocaine trafficking charges. Appearing before U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith, Martinez pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of heroin with the intent to distribute and one count...

OCT 07 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael Bermudez, a/k/a Michael J. Morales, 34, of Cranston, was ordered detained in federal custody following an initial appearance in federal court in Providence today before U.S. District Court Magistrate Lincoln D. Almond on a criminal complaint charging him with possession of heroin with...

OCT 06 - 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 Emeth Soloman, 43, of New Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty...

OCT 05 - 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 Ronald Weaver, 38, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty in Bridgeport federal court to one count of...

OCT 05 - BOSTON - The owner of a New Bedford gym pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a wide-ranging conspiracy that distributed heroin throughout Bristol County, Mass. and Providence, RI. Sharik Mendes, 39, of New Bedford, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy...

OCT 04 - 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 Miguel Soto, also known as “Fat Boy,” 31, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S...

OCT 04 - 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 Jeannette Hardy, 25, of Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to...

SEP 30 - 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 David Thurlow, 28, of Gorham, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 10...

SEP 29 - 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 Eric Lonergan, 23, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant...

FORT SMITH, Ark. - A major drug trafficker was sentenced to serve 12 ½ years in federal prison today, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Stephen G. Azzam and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Jose Mendez-Alvarado, 39, of Fort Smith, was sentenced to 150 months in...