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Leader Of North Shore Heroin Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Prison

November 20, 2015
BOSTON - Jason Melchionda, 35, of Chelsea, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor to 108 months in prison and four years of supervised release. In May 2015, Melchionda pleaded guilty to distributing over 1 kilogram of heroin between March 2013 and August 2013. In 2013, Melchionda...
November 20, 2015
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Portland Man Charged With Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm

November 19, 2015
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 Moses Okot - , 27, of Portland has been charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm...
November 19, 2015
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Portland Man Pleads Guilty To Armed Bank Robbery And Gun Charges

November 19, 2015
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 Francis J. Ready - , 59, of Portland, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to armed bank robbery and using a firearm...
November 19, 2015
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South Portland Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm

November 19, 2015
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 Wayne Sunderland, a/k/a “Sean Johnson,” a/k/a “Thomas Butler - ,” 32, of South Portland, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court...
November 19, 2015
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Burlington Man Pleads Guilty To Pharmacy Robbery; Admits Two Other Robberies

November 19, 2015
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Eric S. Miller United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Bryan McMahon, 30, of Burlington, pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Burlington to a charge of...
November 19, 2015
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Waterbury Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Manufacturing And Distributing "Date Rape Drug"

November 17, 2015
WATERBURY, 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 HATEM SALEM, 46, of Waterbury, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to...
November 17, 2015
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Two Men Charged With Sex Trafficking

November 17, 2015
BURLINGTON, 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 a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Gary Delima, 26, and Sharif Cargo, 26, both of...
November 17, 2015
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Maryland Man Admits Distributing Synthetic Drug That Caused Overdoses At Wesleyan University

November 12, 2015
MIDDLETOWN, 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 Zachary Kramer, 22, of Bethesda, Maryland, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of...
November 12, 2015
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Milford Psychiatrist And Office Employee Charged With Illegally Distributing Narcotics

November 12, 2015
MILFORD, 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 and Milford Police Chief Keith Mello announced that Ljudmil Kljusev, M.D., who has operated a psychiatry practice located at 227 Naugatuck...
November 12, 2015
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Two Brooklyn New York Narcotics Dealers Sentenced For Distributing Heroin And Crack Cocaine In Rutland

November 09, 2015
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 stated that Alvin (a.k.a. “Baby”), 25, and Stephen (a.k.a. “MJ”), 25, both from Brooklyn, New York, were sentenced by...
November 09, 2015
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