NEW HAVEN , CT - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Cheyne Mazza, 29, of Oxford, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant...

BURLINGTON, VT - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Tristram J. Coffin announced today that with the guilty plea of Marcus Morales, 26, of New York City, this week, to conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone, the prosecution that...

BOSTON, MA - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that three individuals involved in a marijuana growing and distribution conspiracy were sentenced today by United States District Judge...

Two Southern California men were charged today in a federal narcotics case stemming from their involvement in a conspiracy to transport 70 kilograms of cocaine from California to North Carolina. Bobby Ray Palacios, 40, of Buena Park, and Jose Carlos Rios, 43, of Pomona, were arrested Friday night after delivering...

A Simi Valley man pleaded guilty today to a federal narcotics charge of distributing heroin and cocaine that resulted in death, while admitting in court that he distributed drugs that killed two people and nearly killed two others who overdosed. David Ryan Tejera, 23, pleaded guilty to the federal charge...

BOSTON, MA - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced two civil settlement agreements with a Middleton doctor by which he will pay the government $50,000 in civil penalties and will forfeit...

LOS ANGELES, CA - The lead defendant in a federal drug case involving the distribution of multi-pound quantities of methamphetamine in the Long Beach area has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison. Vincent Anthony Ramirez, aka “Toro” and “Big T,” 41, was sentenced August 4, 2011, by United...

LOS ANGELES, CA - A federal wiretap investigation into two Compton-based drug trafficking organizations resulted this week in the arrest of eight people charged with distributing marijuana and illicit prescription drugs locally and across the nation. Two criminal complaints filed last week in United States District Court charge a total...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Rhode Island orthopedic surgeon and an orthopedic assistant made initial appearances in federal court in Providence Tuesday, charged with fraudulently obtaining, distributing and dispensing prescription drugs; announced Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the New England field division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Cranston man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence to 60 months in federal prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, having pleaded guilty in June to possession of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute. Daniel Waite, 23, was arrested...