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PRESS RELEASE

Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing Prescription Drugs

May 11, 2011
BOSTON, MA. - A Worcester man was convicted today in federal court of possessing suboxone with intent to distribute. Special Agent in Charge Steven W. Derr of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in New England and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced that Leopold McLune, 28, pleaded guilty before...
May 11, 2011
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DEA New England Collects Over Nineteen Tons Of Prescription Medication

May 10, 2011
BOSTON, MA. - Steven W. Derr Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England announced that the New England Field Division collected 38,190 pounds of prescription medications during the DEA “Take-Back” initiative that took place April 30, 2011 throughout the United States. In New England there...
May 10, 2011
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Anthony Carosella Sentenced To 120 Months In Prison For Drug Trafficking, Armed Robbery, And Pharmacy Burglaries

May 10, 2011
BURLINGTON, VT. - Steven W. Derr, 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 on May 5, 2011, Anthony Carosella, 26, of Addison County, was sentenced to 120 months in prison...
May 10, 2011
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New Britain Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine And Crack

May 09, 2011
NEW BRITAIN, 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 STEVEN VELEZ, 32, of New Britain, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton...
May 09, 2011
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Lawrence Man Sentenced For Selling Crack

May 09, 2011
BOSTON, MA. - A Lawrence man was sentenced today in federal court for selling crack cocaine. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Boston Field Office and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced that HANSEL ZAPATA, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge...
May 09, 2011
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Floridian Fuzz Guilty Of Hauling Cocaine Through East Texas

May 09, 2011
BEAUMONT, TX - A 51-year-old Spring Hill, Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Tony Darrell Fuzz pleaded guilty to possession with intent to...
May 09, 2011
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Hartford Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Crack Distribution Charge

May 06, 2011
HARTFORD, 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 TERRELL HUNTER, 29, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in Hartford...
May 06, 2011
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DEA Announces Colorado, Utah, Wyoming And Montana Prescription Drug Take-Back Results

May 05, 2011
DENVER, CO. - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced the overwhelmingly successful results of the second national prescription drug “Take-Back” campaign in the states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. The American public turned in more than 22,000 lbs. of prescription drugs for safe and proper disposal in...
May 05, 2011
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Norwalk Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For Role In Narcotics Distribution Conspiracy

May 04, 2011
NORWALK, 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 JERRY LIVINGSTON, 49, formerly of Lexington Avenue, Norwalk, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert N...
May 04, 2011
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced For Multi-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

April 29, 2011
MEDFORD, MA. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that William Mejia-Cruz, of Medford, Massachusetts, was sentenced by United States District Judge George Z. Singal to 14 years in prison to...
April 29, 2011
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