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Storage Facility Manager Sentenced For Trafficking Cocaine And Heroin

May 20, 2016
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Kwame Davis, 42, of Pawtucket, a former manager of a storage facility business located in Pawtucket, was sentenced today to 77 months in federal prison for trafficking cocaine and heroin from his office at the storage facility. At sentencing, U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith...
May 20, 2016
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DEA Task Force Takes Down Fentanyl Distribution Ring

May 19, 2016
HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Britain Police Chief James P. Wardwell and Wethersfield Police Chief James Cetran, announced that the following nine individuals were arrested...
May 19, 2016
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California Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Trafficking Charge

May 19, 2016
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 Luis Cedillo, 33, last residing in Sylmar, Calif., pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count...
May 19, 2016
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Detroit Man Sentenced To More Than 7 Years On Federal Drug Conspiracy Charge

May 17, 2016
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 Raymond “Ken” Ferris, 60, of Detroit, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor, Maine to a 87 month term of...
May 17, 2016
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Holden Woman Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Conspiracy Charge

May 17, 2016
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 Sara Monroe, 29 - , of Holden, Maine, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor, Maine to conspiracy to possess with...
May 17, 2016
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Haverhill Resident Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charge

May 12, 2016
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 Mara Morillo, 40, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, oxycodone and cocaine. Morillo appeared...
May 12, 2016
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced To 51 Months In Prison For Possession Of Fentanyl With Intent To Distribute

May 12, 2016
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 United States District Court Judge Steven J. McAuliffe sentenced Hector Bienvenido Mateo-Beltre to serve 51 months in federal prison. Mateo-Beltre previously had pleaded...
May 12, 2016
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New Jersey Firefighter Charged With Drug Distribution

May 12, 2016
BOSTON - A New Jersey firefighter and a Puerto Rican man were arraigned in U.S. District Court in Worcester today in connection with selling heroin in Leominster, Mass. Carlos Jimenez, 50, of Englishtown, NJ, and Ivan Cruz-Rivera, 47, of Dorado, PR, were charged in a complaint with one count of...
May 12, 2016
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Ansonia Man Sentenced To 57 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Prescription Narcotics

May 11, 2016
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 James Costanzo, 38, of Ansonia, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 57...
May 11, 2016
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DEA New England Field Division Collects A Record 43.4 Tons Of Prescription Drugs During The 11th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

May 11, 2016
BOSTON - The final tally is in from the 11th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 30th, 2016. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Division and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 86,900 pounds or 43.4 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs at 551...
May 11, 2016
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