United States Drug Enforcement Administration

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Pharmacy chain CVS Health Corp. has agreed to pay $450,000 to resolve the United States’ allegations that several of its Rhode Island stores violated the federal Controlled Substances Act by filling invalid prescriptions and maintaining deficient records, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the...

BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England ;United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; William P. Offord, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation in Boston; and John Smith, Director of the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of...

CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced that Mohamed Alam, 62, of North Andover, Massachusetts, was sentenced today to one year probation in U.S. District Court after pleading guilty to Causing...

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 Lamar Jones, also known as “Cream,” 31, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District...

STAMFORD, 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 Alan Wilson, 24, of Stamford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Nicholas Selser, 33, and Michael Fortes, 48, of Cranston, R.I., have pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to the manufacture of (meth) inside a residence at the D’Evan Manor housing complex in Cranston, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement...

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration announces the arrival of Special Agent in (SAC) Gary Tuggle. With an area of responsibility that includes all DEA offices in Pennsylvania and Delaware, Mr. Tuggle brings new energy and commitment to the enforcement priorities of the region for...

SCRANTON, Penn. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a grand jury in Scranton has charged ten men and one woman with conspiring to distribute cocaine, cocaine (crack) and heroin in Monroe County. According to United States Attorney Peter Smith, the indictment alleges...

BOSTON - A dozen individuals were arrested yesterday morning and charged by complaints following a lengthy law enforcement investigation into a Taunton-based heroin distribution ring. Four Taunton residents were arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin in connection with the heroin distribution ring: Eddyberto Mejia Ramos, 22, aka “Chi...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Kevin Lewis, 40, of Glocester, R.I., was ordered detained in federal custody following an initial appearance in federal court in Providence today on charges of manufacturing and possessing (meth) with the intent to distribute, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration...