United States Drug Enforcement Administration

WASHINGTON, D.C. - DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York announced that five defendants - Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, the former head of the Guinea-Bissau navy; Manuel Mamadi Mane; Saliu Sisse; Papis Djeme; and Tchamy Yala - arrived in...

BOSTON - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Chief Emanuel C. Gomes of the Brockton Police Department; Colonel Timothy Alben, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police; and Timothy J. Cruz of the Plymouth County...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Michael Marchitto Jr., 30, of Hamden, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill...

WASHINGTON - CVS Pharmacy, Inc., and Oklahoma CVS Pharmacy, L.L.C., (collectively “CVS”), have agreed to pay $11,000,000 to the United States to settle civil penalty claims for record-keeping violations under the Controlled Substances Act and related regulations, announced Administrator Michele M. Leonhart of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Sanford C...

DALLAS - CVS Pharmacy, Inc., and Oklahoma CVS Pharmacy, L.L.C., (collectively “CVS”), have agreed to pay $11,000,000 to the United States to settle civil penalty claims for record-keeping violations under the Controlled Substances Act and related regulations, announced Administrator Michele M. Leonhart of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Sanford C...

PHILADELPHIA - Arlene Gerson, 46, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and attempted distribution of oxycodone, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Sentencing has been set for July 12, 2013 before the Honorable Stewart Dalzell of the United States District Court for the Eastern District...

APRIL 02 ( - PORTLAND, Maine) - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The Maine United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Kenneth Pelletier, 49, of Lyman, Maine, was sentenced to 18 ½ years in prison and 10 years of...

WATERBURY, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Kevin Wallin, 61, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Alfred V. Covello in...

Distributed at least 3 kilograms of PCP over the course of the drug conspiracy GREENBELT - , Md. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Samuel Braxton, age 44, of Temple Hills, Maryland, today to 27 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to...

FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Jose Alcaraz Palacio, 33, of Torrance, today to five years and three months in federal prison, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced. According to court documents, on...