United States Drug Enforcement Administration

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 Mark Tasker, a/k/a “Mackie”, 49, of Dexter, Maine; Greg Tasker, 28, of Stetson, Maine; and Eugene Moulton, 67, and Antoinette Perreault...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Dr. Michael Roger Chiarottino was sentenced today to three years in prison for illegally prescribing oxycodone and other controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. Dr. Chiarottino pleaded guilty on March 8, 2016, to...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Sacramento woman was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment on Thursday, July 14, 2016, charging her with possession with intent to distribute hydrocodone and fentanyl, distribution of hydrocodone and fentanyl, and using a cellphone to facilitate a drug trafficking offense. The...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Todd Alan Nelson, 51, of Salem, Oregon, was sentenced on July 12, 2016, to a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, followed by a consecutive five-year mandatory minimum sentence for possession of a firearm during and in relation...

CAMDEN, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for his role in...

SAN ANTONIO - A federal jury convicted a high ranking member and a (“hitman”) for the Los Zetas drug cartel, of conspiring to commit numerous murders and other acts of violence in Northern Mexico in furtherance of a drug distribution operation announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Drug...

CONCORD, N.H. - - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced that Mark Ross, 42, of Gonic, New Hampshire, and Leslie Aberle, 32, of Salisbury, Massachusetts appeared before United States District Court Judge Landya...

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 Christopher Fogler, 31, of West Haven, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall...

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 Anthony Velez, also known as “Tone,” 37, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Misael Ledesma-Renteria, a/k/a “Miguel Angel Barreto-Mora,” a/k/a “Misael Renteria,” was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Brian Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge...