United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BOSTON - A Berlin man was charged today with conspiring to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, as well as money laundering and tax evasion. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; and John G...

AUG 28 - ( HARTFORD, 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, today announced that Avijit Mitra, M.D., with an office at 270 Amity Road in Woodbridge...

SHREVEPORT - , La. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd announced on August 26, 2013 that William Paul Boyter, 76, Michael Paul Boyter, 51, and Antony Reuben Riley, 49, all of Shreveport, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to charges of conspiracy, money laundering...

CONCORD, N.H. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, John P. Kacavas announced that David M. Kwiatkowski, 34, a former employee of Exeter Hospital, pleaded guilty today to eight counts of...

BOSTON - John Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today that a Framingham man pleaded guilty today in federal court in connection to crimes committed while in his official capacity as a Watertown police...

BOSTON - Following a two-month long trial in U.S. District Court a federal jury today convicted James J. Bulger, for the murder of 11 people, as well as numerous counts of extortion, money laundering, drug dealing, and firearms possession. After deliberating for over 32 hours, over five days, the jury...

(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) - - Shedrick D. Hollis, 40, of Phenix City, was sentenced on August 11, 2013 to 35 years in prison for drug trafficking and weapons possession charges. On March 14, 2013, Hollis was convicted of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine powder, crack cocaine, (a club drug...

NEW ORLEANS - Anthony Smith, 50, a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U. S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to 183 (15.25 years) imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy involving the trafficking of more than five kilograms of cocaine from the Houston, Texas area, to Bogalusa...

BANGOR, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Ryan Ellis, a/k/a” Dude”, “Calvin”, “Piles”, 34, formerly of Greenbush, Maine; Alan J. Ketchen, a/k/a “AJ”, “Hobbes”, 40, formerly of Bangor; Jamie...

BOSTON - A Peabody man was arrested today for attempting to manufacture methamphetamine in a hotel room. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; and Colonel Timothy P. Alben, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced...