United States Drug Enforcement Administration

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Between Oct. 26 and Nov. 9, 2015, four more individuals involved in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia and western North Carolina, were sentenced to serve time in federal prison by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge. Melissa Carol...

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 stated that Alvin (a.k.a. “Baby”), 25, and Stephen (a.k.a. “MJ”), 25, both from Brooklyn, New York, were sentenced by...

BANGOR, 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 Frank Curtis, - 35, formerly of Canaan, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to...

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 Marco Gordon - , 34, of Portland was sentenced today to 11 years in prison and five years of supervised release for...

(STRATFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that Mark Leigh-James, also known as “Rich,” 23, of Stratford, has been indicted on narcotics trafficking and firearm possession offenses. This...

STATESVILLE, N.C. - A federal jury sitting in Statesville delivered a guilty verdict against Eduardo Trejo-Munoz, a/k/a “Lalo,” 23, of Hickory, N.C., for trafficking high purity crystal methamphetamine worth over $5 million, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Following a two-day trial which...

BOSTON - A nurse pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Worcester to stealing pain medication from patients in a nursing care facility in Worcester. Joanna Dacri, 34, of Auburn, Mass., pleaded guilty to one count of acquiring and obtaining Oxycodone by deception. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Deirdre M. Daly United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and Phillip Coyne Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, announced...

WATERBURY, 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 on October 28, 2015, a federal grand jury in Bridgeport returned a four-count indictment charging Hugo Tejeda -...

BOSTON - A leader of a Lawrence heroin trafficking organization that operated in Massachusetts and New York was sentenced today to 13 years in federal prison. Ygoa Almonte-Baez, 48, of Dorchester, Mass., and the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel to 13 years in...