DEA Archived Press Releases

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New Haven Resident Sentenced to 42 Months in Federal Prison for Role in Narcotics Distribution Ring

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LISA FAUSEL, 61, of New Haven, formerly of Milford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release...
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Physician, Physician Assistant, and Practice Pay $300K to Resolve Controlled Substances Act Allegations

BERLIN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Stephen P. Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that Dr. STEVEN SHIFREEN, Physician Assistant CHRISTOPHER NORVAL, and MULTICARE MUSCULOSKETETAL MEDICINE AND PAIN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, P.C...
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Three Lawrence Men Arrested On Drug Charges

BOSTON – Three Lawrence men have been arrested for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute drugs. Ronald Odelyn Tejeda, 38; Erick Pimentel-Cabrera, 27; and Carlos M. Rodriguez, 36, have been charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. Pimentel-Cabrera and Rodriguez...
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Hartford Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Federal Prison

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAHQUAN BLACKWIN, also known as “Mula,” 27, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for...
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Former Nurse Pleads Guilty in Connection with Diverting Fentanyl from ICU Patient

CONCORD, N.H. – A Northfield woman has pleaded guilty in federal court for diverting fentanyl from an ICU patient at Concord Hospital, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Lisa Richardson, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of Tampering with Consumer Products. U.S. District Court Judge Landya McCafferty scheduled sentencing for...
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Pennsylvania Man Admits To Trafficking Heroin and Cocaine into Connecticut

Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ISRAEL MENDOZA, also known as “D-Nice” and “Israel Mandosa,” 44, formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent...
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Chicopee Man Convicted Of Cocaine Trafficking

BOSTON – A member of a large-scale criminal enterprise has been convicted after a four-day trial for distributing large amounts of cocaine throughout Eastern and Western Massachusetts. Vicente Gonzalez, 51, of Chicopee, was convicted on Oct. 3, 2024 of one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent...
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Wethersfield Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Oxycodone Distribution Charge Stemming from Overdose Investigation

WETHERSFIELD, Conn. - Vanessa Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JIMMY LASSUS, 40, of Wethersfield, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to distribution of fentanyl and oxycodone. According to court documents and statements made in court, in the early...
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Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for 42 Months for Distributing 25 Pounds of Meth via a Rideshare

CONCORD. N.H. – A Lawrence, Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court for trafficking methamphetamine in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Narquin Sanchez-Unbes, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Landya B. McCafferty, to 42 months in federal prison and one year of supervised release...
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Mother And Son Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

BOSTON – A mother and son were sentenced in federal court in Boston for participating in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that allegedly distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Javier Bello, a/k/a “Javi,” 29, of Beverly, Mass. was sentenced by U.S. District...