BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Eddie Hammett, 50, of Stamford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in...

CONCORD, N.H. - Ten individuals were arrested by federal, state and local authorities, announced Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney John P. Kacavas. The arrests are the result of a year-long investigation conducted by state and...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Tylon Vaughn, also known as “Bucky B,” 36, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior...

BOSTON - Twenty-two Springfield men were charged today in federal and state court with either distributing a controlled substance or unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. Separate federal indictments alleging the distribution of crack cocaine were returned against Alberto Correa-Martinez, 27, andStephen Tavernier 28 SheradTherrien, 24; David Faust, 26; Richard...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Michael Thompson, 35, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen...

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jennifer Dowling, 33, of Pittston, Maine, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to...

PHOENIX - On June 18, 2014, the final defendant was sentenced in connection with Operation Clean Green - a multi-year investigation conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Internal Revenue Service. Hector Raul Ortiz-Tarazon, Sr. and his son, Hector Francisco Ortiz, Jr. ran a drug trafficking (DTO) that shipped...

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jennifer Dowling, 33, of Pittston, Maine, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to...

TUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA)Special Agent in Charge, Doug Coleman, today announced the seizure of 89 pounds of white heroin and the arrest of seven defendants as part of an 11-month investigation. The seizure marks one of the state’s largest heroin busts. The investigation coined, “Operation Smack Talk”...

PHOENIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman today announced that o - n June 9, 2014, John Kweku Eshun, 52, of Ellenwood, Ga., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 41 months in prison. Eshun is the 12th and final defendant sentenced in...