CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Mara Morillo, 40, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, oxycodone and cocaine. Morillo appeared...

CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that United States District Court Judge Steven J. McAuliffe sentenced Hector Bienvenido Mateo-Beltre to serve 51 months in federal prison. Mateo-Beltre previously had pleaded...

BOSTON - A New Jersey firefighter and a Puerto Rican man were arraigned in U.S. District Court in Worcester today in connection with selling heroin in Leominster, Mass. Carlos Jimenez, 50, of Englishtown, NJ, and Ivan Cruz-Rivera, 47, of Dorado, PR, were charged in a complaint with one count of...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Charles Connor, 35, of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to six years and six months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement...

BRIDGEPORT, 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 James Costanzo, 38, of Ansonia, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 57...

BOSTON - The final tally is in from the 11th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 30th, 2016. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Division and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 86,900 pounds or 43.4 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs at 551...

FRESNO, Calif. - Timothy New, 33, of Pensacola, Florida, pleaded guilty today to shipping in interstate commerce, with intent to defraud, misbranded synthetic drugs, commonly known as “spice,” Acting United States Attorney Philip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. According to court...

CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Justin Bartimus, 35, formerly of Methuen, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty on May 4, 2016 to: (1) conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to...

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 Bradley Commerford, 20, of Derby, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty in New Haven federal...

SAN FRANCISCO - Northern California and Central Valley residents turned in 26,333 (13 tons) of prescription drugs during DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Nationwide, Americans turned in more unused prescription drugs than on any of the previous 10 events since it began in 2010, demonstrating their understanding of the...