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Bridgeport Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Distribution Charge Stemming From Overdose Death In Trumbull

DEC 01 - 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 Jevaughn Watson, 23, of Bridgeport, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today...
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Milford Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty To Illegal Drug Distribution And Health Care Fraud Offenses

NOV 30 - 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 Ljudmil Kljusev, M.D., 52, of Fairfield, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W...
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Hamden Man Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Oxycodone Involved In Weston Overdose

NOV 30 - 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 Tahir Farid, 22, of Hamden, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in...
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Five Charged In Heroin Trafficking Ring In North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - United States Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced that five individuals are facing federal charges for their involvement in a heroin trafficking ring operating in Mecklenburg County. A criminal indictment was returned on November 15, 2016, and was unsealed today in federal court, following the defendants’ arrests. Eleven...
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Manchester Man Sentenced To 210 Months For Heroin And Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

NOV 29 - 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 Zakee Stuart-Holt, 34, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison based upon his convictions for...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 87 Months For Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Involved In Spate Of Overdoses

NOV 29 - 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 Frank Pina, 57, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael...
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24 Years In Prison For Leader Of Crack Distribution Ring

(GREENVILLE, Tenn. - Marco Bobo, 39, of Forrest City, Arkansas was sentenced on November 21, 2016, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 292 months in federal prison. Upon his release from prison he will be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for five years...
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CleanSlate Addiction Treatment Centers Settle Allegations Of Unlicensed Prescribing And Improper Billing

NOV 22 - BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a $750,000 civil settlement yesterday with CleanSlate Centers, Inc. and Total Wellness Centers, LLC d/b/a CleanSlate, to resolve allegations that the two companies, which together operate opioid addiction treatment centers in Massachusetts and other states, improperly prescribed (Suboxone®) for opioid...
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Hartford Man Admits Distributing Heroin And Fentanyl

NOV 21 - 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 Josemanuel Rios, also known as “Jay,” 40, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S...
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New London Man Sentenced To 34 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin Involved In Overdose

NOV 21 - 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 Rudy Hernandez, 43, of New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P...