United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BOSTON – Two women were indicted by a federal grand jury in Worcester in connection with their management of Northern Herb, a marijuana delivery service that operated in Massachusetts from 2015 to 2018. Deana Martin, 51, of Milton, was charged with one count of conspiring to distribute more than 100...

BANGOR, Maine – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Andre Fields, aka “Coop,” aka “Pops,” aka “Boss,” aka “Unc,” 56, of Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – United States Attorney James Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Alex Mercado, 40, of Jamestown, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, was sentenced to serve 120 months in...

BOSTON – A Worcester woman was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for methamphetamine offenses. Mindy Doherty, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy S. Hillman to four years in prison and four years of supervised release. In February 2019, Doherty pleaded guilty to two counts of methamphetamine...

BOSTON – Eleven individuals from Cape Cod and Rhode Island were arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in a wide-ranging heroin conspiracy. The following individuals were charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute heroin: Edwin Otero, 29, of Hyannis; Justin Joseph, 32...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and United States Attorney James Kennedy, Jr., announced today that eight defendants have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, heroin and fentanyl which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – A federal grand jury has indicted 12 members of a Syracuse-based drug trafficking organization that distributed more than two kilograms of heroin and mixtures of heroin and fentanyl, announced DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith. “DEA’s...

HARTFORD, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Connecticut United States Attorney John H. Durham announced that Omar Villarreal, 27, of La Puente, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by...

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Randy Barton, 49, of Loudon, N.H., was sentenced to 120 months in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. According to court documents and statements...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – United States Attorney James Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Terrance Washington, 32, of Elmira, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams or more of a fentanyl...