United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BOSTON– A dual citizen of Iran and Canada was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for international money laundering. Omid Mashinchi, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to two years in prison, one year of supervised release, ordered to pay a $20,000 fine, and...

BOSTON – An Uxbridge doctor and her former employee were arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with a federal drug conspiracy involving the amphetamine Adderall. Leslie Caraceni M.D., 56, of Uxbridge, was indicted on one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent...

BOSTON – The final tally is in from the 16 th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Oct. 27, 2018. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 80,277.68 pounds or 40 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription...

BOSTON – Ten individuals, most of whom are from Brockton, were charged today in federal court in Boston in a wide-ranging fentanyl and cocaine conspiracy. Seven individuals were arrested today, two are currently in state custody, and one is at-large. The following ten individuals were charged by criminal complaint with...

CONCORD, N.H. – Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Division, and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Arthur Voutselas, 27, previously of Nashua, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking. According to court documents and...

CONCORD, N.H. – Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Raul Vantroi Arias Ruiz, 36, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy...

BOSTON – This weekend the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will once again conduct one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 27 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications at one...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in New England, and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Anthony Whitley, 35, of Hartford and New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey...

BOSTON – Two Dominican nationals were arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with fentanyl trafficking in connection with the seizure of approximately 32 kilos of fentanyl with an alleged street value of $28.8 million. A firearm and $20,000 were also recovered. Angel Javier Morell-Oneill, 33, a Dominican...

HARTFORD, Conn – Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Maurice Wearing, 29, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 140...