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Twenty-Five Individuals Charged In Southeastern Massachusetts Heroin Ring

BOSTON - Twenty-five individuals were indicted on federal drug trafficking charges in connection with a southeastern Massachusetts heroin trafficking ring. Arrests were made this morning in Fall River, Lawrence, Taunton, Marshfield, New Bedford, Berkley and Providence. This indictment follows four other recent federal indictments charging 17 individuals in connection with...
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced On Charges Of Causing Misbranded Drugs To Be Introduced Into Interstate Commerce

CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced that Mushed Salam, 47, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was sentenced on September 28th to one year probation in U.S. District Court after pleading guilty to...
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Sanford Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Oxycodone

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 James Levesque - , 54, of Sanford, Maine pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to distribution of oxycodone. Court records reveal...
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Glocester Resident Pleads Guilty To Manufacturing Methamphetamine

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Kevin Lewis, 40, of Glocester, R.I., pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to manufacturing (meth), announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Glocester Police Chief Joseph S. Delprete. According...
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MGH To Pay $2.3 Million To Resolve Drug Diversion Allegations

BOSTON - In the largest settlement of its kind involving allegations of drug diversion at a hospital, Massachusetts General (MGH) has agreed to pay the United States $2.3 million to resolve allegations that lax controls enabled MGH employees to divert controlled substances for personal use. In conjunction with this record...
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Thomas Keith Of Bennington Sentenced To 41 Months On Heroin And Cocaine Charges

RUTLAND, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Thomas Keith, 42, of Bennington, Vermont, was sentenced on September 24, 2015 in United States District Court...
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Indictment Charges 9 Individuals With Obtaining Oxycodone In Fraudulent Prescription Scheme

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 nine individuals have been charged by indictment with participating in a drug trafficking ring that obtained more...
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DEA’s 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is This Saturday

The Event will take place from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Saturday, September 26, 2015 DENVER - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for...
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Bridgeport Man Who Purchased Tableting Machine To Produce Oxycodone Pills Sentenced

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 Jason Oliviera, 35, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to...
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Lawrence Man Indicted In Connection With Major Drug Trafficking Operation

LAWRENCE, Mass. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Attorney General Maura Healey announced that a Lawrence man has been indicted in connection with a major drug trafficking operation in which authorities seized approximately a kilogram each of heroin and...

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