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PRESS RELEASE

Gang Member To Federal Prison For Drug Conspiracy

October 01, 2015
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - -James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration announced today that a man who distributed crack cocaine for nearly a decade was sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison. Albert Allen, Jr., 30, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term...
October 01, 2015
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California Man Sentenced To Prison For Driving Heroin To Kansas City

October 01, 2015
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - -James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration announced today that a California man who was arrested in Kansas with 15 pounds of heroin was sentenced Monday to 46 months in federal prison. Juan Carlos Ahumada, 21, San Fernando, Calif., pleaded guilty to...
October 01, 2015
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California Men Sentenced For Meth Conspiracy

October 01, 2015
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today that two California men have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri. Jaime Gonzalez-Alvarado, 33, a citizen of Mexico residing...
October 01, 2015
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced On Charges Of Causing Misbranded Drugs To Be Introduced Into Interstate Commerce

September 30, 2015
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...
September 30, 2015
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Sanford Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Oxycodone

September 29, 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 James Levesque - , 54, of Sanford, Maine pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to distribution of oxycodone. Court records reveal...
September 29, 2015
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Glocester Resident Pleads Guilty To Manufacturing Methamphetamine

September 29, 2015
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...
September 29, 2015
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MGH To Pay $2.3 Million To Resolve Drug Diversion Allegations

September 28, 2015
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...
September 28, 2015
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Thomas Keith Of Bennington Sentenced To 41 Months On Heroin And Cocaine Charges

September 25, 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 announced that Thomas Keith, 42, of Bennington, Vermont, was sentenced on September 24, 2015 in United States District Court...
September 25, 2015
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Indictment Charges 9 Individuals With Obtaining Oxycodone In Fraudulent Prescription Scheme

September 25, 2015
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...
September 25, 2015
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Nebraska Man To Federal Prison For Meth Conspiracy

September 25, 2015
SIOUX CITY, Neb. - -James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today that a man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced September 24, 2015, to six years in federal prison. Jose William Orellana, 42, from South Sioux City, Nebraska, received the prison term after...
September 25, 2015
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