United States Drug Enforcement Administration

PROVIDENCE, RI – A Dominican national previously convicted in Massachusetts on drug trafficking charges and for illegally entering the United States was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence to eight years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl, crack cocaine, and cocaine. In May 2018, Rhode Island State Police developed...

BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for fentanyl conspiracy and unlawful possession of firearms, including an AR-15 rifle. Ariel Pagan-Romero, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release. In...

HARTFORD, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Jeffrey Tavarez, 22, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 48 months of imprisonment...

TAMPA, Fla. - Vistapharm, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $325,000 to resolve allegations that Vistapharm violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by failing to maintain records required by the CSA. In addition to paying a civil penalty, Vistapharm has agreed to sign separately a Memorandum of Agreement...

CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Leon Mandigo, 33, of Auburn, was sentenced on to 70 months in federal prison for drug trafficking. According to court documents and statements made in court, during...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Antonio Walthour (28, Clarksville, TN) was sentenced to three years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Walthour pleaded guilty on January 16, 2020. According to court documents, this investigation began in February 2016 in response to a fatal drug overdose occurring...

HARTFORD, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Keith Jordan, also known as “Knowledge,” 52, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to 120 months...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Armando Arizmendi-Garcia, 24, Bianey Gonzalez-Arizmendi, 28, and Oscar Daniel Martinez-Nunez, 21, have been charged with conspiring to distribute over 30 pounds of crystal methamphetamine. The three defendants are Mexican nationals. Two of the defendants made their initial appearances today in federal magistrate court in West...

PROVIDENCE, RI – A Dominican national that led a conspiracy that imported at least ten kilograms of heroin and five kilograms of cocaine from California, and who conspired with others to work at his direction to store, process, and package the drugs in an apartment he rented in West Warwick...

CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Sasha Rand, 34, of Farmington, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking. According to court documents and statements made in court, between...