DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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CVS Pharmacy Pays $600,000 To Settle Controlled Substances Act Allegations

OCT 20 - HARTFORD, 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 CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (CVS) has agreed to pay the federal government a total of $600,000...
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Danbury Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison For Murdering I-84 Motorist In 2000

OCT 19 - NEW HAVEN, 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 Alex Garcia, 38, of Danbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer...
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Florida Couple Charged With Illegally Distributing Oxycodone In Connecticut

OCT 19 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging Harry Duren, 73, and Sandra Duren, 53, both of Seminole, Florida, with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, oxycodone. The indictments were jointly announced...
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

OCT 18 - BOSTON - This weekend DEA will once again conduct one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 22 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications at one of...
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Fairfield Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Oxycodone

OCT 14 - HARTFORD, 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 Paul Bellofiore, M.D., 56, of Trumbull, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to one count...
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Fourteen Indicted In Large-Scale Heroin Trafficking Ring

OCT 14 - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Fourteen individuals were indicted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield in connection with a large-scale heroin trafficking organization that was supplied by sources in the Dominican Republic and New York. Thirteen men and one woman from Springfield, Mass. and Bronx, NY were indicted...
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West Haven Woman Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison For Distributing Narcotics

OCT 12 - HARTFORD, 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 Deborah Miller, 60, of West Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant...
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West Haven Woman Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin Involved In Overdose Death

OCT 11 - NEW HAVEN, 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 7, Alyssa Jelliffe, 23, of West Haven, was sentenced by Chief U.S...
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

OCT 07 - NEW HAVEN, 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 Christopher Chavez, 40, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey...
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Pawtucket Heroin, Cocaine Trafficker Pleads Guilty In Federal Court

OCT 07 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Tomas Martinez, 27, of Pawtucket, pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal heroin and cocaine trafficking charges. Appearing before U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith, Martinez pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of heroin with the intent to distribute and one count...