DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Connecticut Man Who Sold Heroin To Overdose Victim Sentenced

FEB 23 - HARTFORD, 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 Jevaughn Watson, 23, of Bridgeport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to...
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Norridgewock Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Oxycodone

FEB 22 - 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 Brandon Lancaster, 21, of Norridgewock, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to distributing oxycodone. According to court...
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New York Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Charge Stemming From Overdose Death In Greenwich

FEB 22 - HARTFORD, 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, today announced that Isaiah Hart, 21, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael...
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Two Year Sentence For Conspiring To Distribute Crack, Heroin In

FEB 21 - 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 Bradford Christopher, 36, of Alna, Maine was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. to two years...
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Fairfield Doctor Who Illegally Prescribed Oxycodone Sentenced

FEB 17 - HARTFORD, 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 Paul Bellofiore, M.D., 56, of Trumbull, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford...
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Southeastern Connecticut Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison

FEB 16 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Sydney Jackson, also known as “Fatz,” 34, of New London, Conn. and Queens, N.Y., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine. Michael J. Ferguson...
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Israeli National Indicted And Extradited To Boston On Cocaine Conspiracy And International Money Laundering Charges

FEB 16 - BOSTON - An Israeli national and his co-conspirator were indicted in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a conspiracy to transfer $2.5 million of cocaine from Colombia to Israel via Boston as well as money laundering. Jalal Altarabeen, aka Glal El Tarbin, aka Jalal Salamah...
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Waterbury Man Sentenced To More Than 4 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin

FEB 16 - BRIDGEPORT, 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 Ronald Weaver, 38, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill...
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Guilford Man Sentenced To Three Years For Distributing Heroin

FEB 16 - 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 Joshua Bickmore, 30, of Guilford, Maine was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr...
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Two Indicted By Federal Grand Jury For Trafficking Fentanyl-Laced Heroin

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...