United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FEB 15 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Yesterday a federal grand jury in Providence returned a two-count indictment charging a Providence couple with allegedly trafficking fentanyl laced heroin. Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA for New England Michael J. Ferguson, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State...

FEB 14 - BOSTON - Twenty-three men and women involved in two drug trafficking organizations operating in Taunton and Boston were arrested and charged today in connection with distributing heroin and fentanyl. In addition, the Drug Enforcement Administration, along with state and local partners, conducted 12 searches in Fall River...

FEB 14 - 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 Collin Fletcher, 52, last residing in Bridgeport, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge...

FEB 14 - BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Donald Vigue, 42, of Dexter, Maine, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute cocaine. According to...

FEB 10 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Scott Slagel, 41, of Westerly, Rhode Island was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., to three years’ probation for operating a butane hash oil lab in his Westerly residence. Slagel pleaded guilty on May 13, 2016, to endangering human life...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Leshawn Lawson was sentenced to 214 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin. The sentence was handed down yesterday by the Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton, United States...

FRESNO, Calif. - Kaiser Foundation Health System Inc. has paid $850,000 to settle allegations that a Kaiser Permanente pharmacy in Modesto violated the Controlled Substances (CSA) by improperly filling defective prescriptions and by failing to maintain accurate records, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent-in-Charge John...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - David Beckford was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit Xanax pills, for engaging in international money laundering, and for his use and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and in violation of...

FEB 07 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Ross Tardif, 30, of Minot, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 7½ years in...

FEB 02 - CONCORD, N.H. - Rafael Nicolas Lopez-Carrasco, a/k/a Jose Casellas, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 204 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to a federal indictment charging him with one count of conspiracy to...