United States Drug Enforcement Administration

PORTLAND, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that Roger Burke, 31, of New York, New York, was sentenced yesterday by Judge D. Brock Hornby in U.S. District Court in...

BURLINGTON, Vt. - - John J. Arvanits, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Friday, Russell John Thaxton, 48, of Morrisville, was presented in United States District Court for arraignment...

BOSTON - Seven individuals from central Massachusetts were charged today in U.S. District Court in Worcester for operating a million dollar marijuana conspiracy. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, 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 Nicholas Calamaras, 30, of New Fairfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in...

BOISE, Idaho - Jason Lee Holmberg, 39, of Middleton, Idaho, Ute Hornak, 47, of Nampa, Idaho, and Patrick Siemsen, 56, of Meridian, Idaho, were sentenced today for their role in distributing methamphetamine and/or interstate travel and transportation in aid of racketeering. Holmberg was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that HOWE'S PHARMACY of Milford and NELSON'S PHARMACY of Naugatuck have each entered into a civil settlement...

BOISE, Idaho - Co-defendants Samantha Jo Tackitt and Michael Scott Longhi were sentenced in U.S. District Court to lengthy federal prison sentences for their involvement in a large scale Treasure Valley methamphetamine trafficking operation. Samantha Jo Tackitt, 31, of Eagle, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 151 months in prison followed...

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 a federal jury in New Haven today found Michael Thompson, 34, and Tylon Vaughn, also known...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Robin Gattis, the leader of a drug conspiracy involving seven South-central Alaska residents was sentenced on December 5, 2013, to 16 years in federal prison. Gattis and the six other co-conspirators were involved in the importation and distribution of Methylone, a Schedule I controlled substance sold as...

CONCORD, N.H. - David M. Kwiatkowski, 34, a former employee of Exeter Hospital, was sentenced today to 39 years in prison for his conduct in causing a widespread Hepatitis C outbreak in numerous states, announced John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement for New England, United...