United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jorge Melendez, 44, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture more than 100 marijuana plants, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to...

(BOSTON - Two New Bedford men pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston to selling heroin. Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; announced that Manuel Lopes, a/k/a “Junior” Lopes, 36, and...

( - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Richard Anderson, also known as “Mayut” and “Porter,” 28, of New Haven, was sentenced...

( - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Jesus Agosto, also known as “Gordo,” 24, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Leonard Marchetta, a physician’s assistant, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to distribute a massive quantity of oxycodone out of a Staten Island-based medical clinic he oversaw. During a...

( - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Providence Police Chief Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr announced Pedro Mercado, 32, of Providence, was sentenced today to 36 months in federal...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Charlie Shrem, the former Chief Executive Officer and Compliance Officer of BitInstant, a Bitcoin exchange company, and the former Vice Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, was sentenced today to two years...

MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice was joined by Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and city and federal officials yesterday afternoon to announce the dismantling of a multi-million dollar illegal drug pipeline which ran directly from Mexico to New York City and Long Island as part of...

( - BOSTON - A Dominican man, who most recently resided in Salem, was convicted yesterday of participating in a North Shore drug trafficking conspiracy. Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division, United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Daniel J. Kumor...

( - BOSTON - Three individuals were charged today in U.S. District Court in Boston with distributing oxycodone via false prescriptions. Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced that Leslie Credle, a/k/a Chanel...