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Twenty-Five Individuals Charged In Southeastern Massachusetts Heroin Ring

BOSTON - Twenty-five individuals were indicted on federal drug trafficking charges in connection with a southeastern Massachusetts heroin trafficking ring. Arrests were made this morning in Fall River, Lawrence, Taunton, Marshfield, New Bedford, Berkley and Providence. This indictment follows four other recent federal indictments charging 17 individuals in connection with...
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Alaska Resident Pleads Guilty To Drug Dealing, Money Laundering

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - DuWayne LeDoux, 55, of Kodiak, Alaska, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to structure cash deposits. According to court documents, LeDoux enlisted Sacramento resident Jennifer MacDougal to obtain and ship methamphetamine and crack cocaine to LeDoux at various addresses in Kodiak...
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced On Charges Of Causing Misbranded Drugs To Be Introduced Into Interstate Commerce

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 Mushed Salam, 47, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was sentenced on September 28th to one year probation in U.S. District Court after pleading guilty to...
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Public Response To DEA’s 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Remains Robust

SAN FRANCISCO - Results from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday demonstrate the public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs. On September 26, 2015, Northern California and Central Valley residents turned in approximately 24,832...
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Sanford Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Oxycodone

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 James Levesque - , 54, of Sanford, Maine pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to distribution of oxycodone. Court records reveal...
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Glocester Resident Pleads Guilty To Manufacturing Methamphetamine

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Kevin Lewis, 40, of Glocester, R.I., pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to manufacturing (meth), announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Glocester Police Chief Joseph S. Delprete. According...
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Long Beach Man Sentenced To 6 Years & 4 Months In Prison For Trafficking Oxycodone And Hydrocodone

FRESNO, Calif. - Sarith Chim, 34, of Long Beach, was sentenced today to six years and four months in prison by U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone pills. According to court documents, in April 11, 2013, Chim and his co-defendants were indicted for...
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MGH To Pay $2.3 Million To Resolve Drug Diversion Allegations

BOSTON - In the largest settlement of its kind involving allegations of drug diversion at a hospital, Massachusetts General (MGH) has agreed to pay the United States $2.3 million to resolve allegations that lax controls enabled MGH employees to divert controlled substances for personal use. In conjunction with this record...
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Thomas Keith Of Bennington Sentenced To 41 Months On Heroin And Cocaine Charges

RUTLAND, 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 Thomas Keith, 42, of Bennington, Vermont, was sentenced on September 24, 2015 in United States District Court...
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Indictment Charges 9 Individuals With Obtaining Oxycodone In Fraudulent Prescription Scheme

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 nine individuals have been charged by indictment with participating in a drug trafficking ring that obtained more...