DEA Archived Press Releases

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Woodbridge Doctor Pays $45,000 To Settle Allegations Under The Controlled Substances Act

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...
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Former Employee Of Exeter Hospital Pleads Guilty To Charges Related To Multi-State Hepatitis C Outbreak

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...
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Drug Trafficking Organization Leader Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison

PHOENIX - - On August 12, 2013, Artemio Pena-Torrecillas, 26, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Boltonto 40 years in prison. Pena-Torrecillas was found guilty by a federal jury on May 30, 2013, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or...
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Former Watertown Police Officer Convicted Of Passing False Prescriptions Using Another’s Identity

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...
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Federal Jury Convicts James “Whitey” Bulger

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...
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Fourteen Charged In Bangor Area Bath Salt Distribution Conspiracy

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...
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Tucson ‘Liposuction Technician’ And Aide Arrested On Multiple Felony Charges

TUCSON, Ariz. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman today announced the arrest of Gustavo Nunez and Ilda Garcia on felony charges including Possession of Dangerous (ARS 13-3407 A.1) and Practicing Medicine without a (ARS 13-3455). The charges arise from a three-month investigation conducted by the DEA’s...
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Peabody Man Arrested And Charged With Drug Offenses

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...
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Brookfield Man Sentenced To 27 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Oxycodone

BRIDGEPORT, 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, announced that Kyle M. Lutrus, 28, of Brookfield, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant...
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Treasury Targets Sinaloa Cartel Facilitators And Money Laundering Operation

PHOENIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman announced today that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) reported the designation of three individuals and three entities linked to Ismael Zambada Garcia, one of the principal leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel. Those designated...