DEA Archived Press Releases

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Drug Courier Sentenced To Prison After Chase With Highway Patrol

TOPEKA, Kansas - - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today that a drug courier who was trying to outrun the Kansas Highway Patrol, driving at 111 miles per hour, was sentenced Monday to 47 months in federal prison. Miguel Torres, 22, Kansas City...
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Maryland Man Admits Distributing Synthetic Drug That Caused Overdoses At Wesleyan University

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson 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 Zachary Kramer, 22, of Bethesda, Maryland, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of...
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Milford Psychiatrist And Office Employee Charged With Illegally Distributing Narcotics

MILFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and Milford Police Chief Keith Mello announced that Ljudmil Kljusev, M.D., who has operated a psychiatry practice located at 227 Naugatuck...
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Two Brooklyn New York Narcotics Dealers Sentenced For Distributing Heroin And Crack Cocaine In Rutland

RUTLAND, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson 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 Alvin (a.k.a. “Baby”), 25, and Stephen (a.k.a. “MJ”), 25, both from Brooklyn, New York, were sentenced by...
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Former Canaan Man Sentenced To Over Six Years For Cocaine And Oxycodone Distribution

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Frank Curtis, - 35, formerly of Canaan, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to...
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Portland Man Sentenced To 11 Years For Crack Conspiracy And Distribution

PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Marco Gordon - , 34, of Portland was sentenced today to 11 years in prison and five years of supervised release for...
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Stratford Man Charged With Trafficking Meth And Heroin, Illegally Possessing Firearms

(STRATFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that Mark Leigh-James, also known as “Rich,” 23, of Stratford, has been indicted on narcotics trafficking and firearm possession offenses. This...
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Worcester Nurse Pleads Guilty To Stealing Pain Medication From Patients

BOSTON - A nurse pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Worcester to stealing pain medication from patients in a nursing care facility in Worcester. Joanna Dacri, 34, of Auburn, Mass., pleaded guilty to one count of acquiring and obtaining Oxycodone by deception. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman...
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Doctor Sentenced To 7 Years For Illegally Prescribing Narcotics, Defrauding Government Programs

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Deirdre M. Daly United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and Phillip Coyne Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, announced...
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Three Waterbury Men Indicted For Trafficking “Black Tar” Heroin

WATERBURY, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson 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 on October 28, 2015, a federal grand jury in Bridgeport returned a four-count indictment charging Hugo Tejeda -...