United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BOSTON - Two Holyoke residents were convicted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield for their role in distributing oxycodone pills shipped from Florida. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Shelly Binkowski, Inspector in Charge...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, 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 Gilbert Galan, JR., also known as "G" and "Skittles," 32, of New Haven, was sentenced today by...

FRESNO, Calif. - Phary David Chim, 31, resident of Kent, Washington, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to structure cash transactions and one count of aggravated structuring. According to court documents, Phary Chim's co-conspirators obtained prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone from pharmacies in Modesto, California and then transported...

LAREDO, Texas - Edgar Loera and Miguel Angel Vives-Macias have been convicted by a federal jury of multiple counts in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving heroin and methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdicts...

HAMDEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, 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 Tyrell Gary, also known as "T-Buggy," 29, of Hamden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N...

BOSTON - A former Watertown Town Councilman and his ex-wife were sentenced yesterday for their roles in marijuana-trafficking and money-laundering conspiracies involving hundreds of kilograms of marijuana and millions of dollars of drug proceeds. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United...

PORTLAND, 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 today that Derek Parker, 30, of Gonic, New Hampshire, was sentenced in United States District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to four...

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today, charging Juan Carlos Martinez-Vargas, 29, of Modesto, with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The according to court documents, on February 9, 2014, Martinez-Vargas was arrested when he was attempting to deliver one pound of methamphetamine to a...

WASHINGTON - Today the U. S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed (NPRM) to move hydrocodone combination (HCPs) from Schedule III to Schedule II, as recommended by the Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human (HHS) and as supported...

PORTLAND, 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 today that Derek Parker, 30, of Gonic, New Hampshire, was sentenced in United States District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to four...