United States Drug Enforcement Administration

WASHINGTON - Michele M. Leonhart, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement ("DEA"), and Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced today a settlement of a civil forfeiture and money laundering lawsuit brought by the United States against the Lebanese Canadian ("LCB") and its assets. The Government’s action, filed on December...

BURLINGTON,Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, 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 on June 24, 2013, Matthew Burt, 38, of South Burlington, Vermont was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment by...

WASHINGTON - -“The Drug Enforcement Administration is grateful for the outstanding work of the Colombian National Police, the Special Investigative Unit and the Attorney General’s Office that led to the swift arrest of these suspects,” said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. “We will never forget Special Agent Watson and his...

BOSTON - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division, United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz, and Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division, announced that a former Hadley man was sentenced today in...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Robert Morris, 21, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Field Office announced Cristian Jimenez, a/k/a Alacran, 32, of Providence, faces between ten years...

RUTLAND, Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, 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 yesterday, Darlene Palmer, 45, of Rutland, was sentenced to 20 months imprisonment on her guilty plea to...

RUTLAND, Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, 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 today Andrew Williams, 25, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to imprisonment for 51 months on his guilty...

WASHINGTON - - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced the tragic loss of Special Agent James “Terry” Watson, who was murdered in what appears to have been a robbery attempt last night in Bogota, Colombia. At the time of his death, Special Agent Watson was assigned to the...