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PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO - The Drug Enforcement Administration announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted, unneeded, or...
July 28, 2015
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Heroin Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 7 Years In Federal Prison

July 27, 2015
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Efrain Arroyo Melendez, aka Frank Feliz Baez, 49, of the Allston section of Boston, Mass., has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for trafficking heroin into Providence, R.I., announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and...
July 27, 2015
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Civil Penalty Settlement Reached With CVS Pharmacy In Car

July 27, 2015
BOSTON - The United States has reached a civil settlement with CVS Health in connection with allegations that the CVS pharmacy in Carver violated federal regulations related to the sale of prescription drugs. Twice in the spring of 2014 armed robbers stole large quantities of Schedule II prescription drugs from...
July 27, 2015
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Kern County Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Cocaine Smuggling

July 27, 2015
FRESNO, Calif. - Jimmy Gil, aka Joselin Jimelet Gil Sanchez, aka Joselin Gil, aka Gilberto Sanchez, 35, of Shafter, was sentenced today to five years in prison for conspiring with Jose Luis Montoya-Salazar, (Montoya), 42, of Mexico City, and Luis Ricardo Eslava-(Eslava), 42, of Sinaloa, Mexico, to import, distribute, and...
July 27, 2015
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Nevada City Woman Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Cultivation And Structuring Currency Transactions On First Day Of Trial

July 21, 2015
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Patricia Jane Albright, 64, of Nevada City, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to manufacture marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, and structuring currency transactions to evade federal reporting requirements. On September 18, 2014, Albright’s son and co-conspirator, Jordan Wirtz, pleaded guilty to federal firearms charges. On February 26, 2015...
July 21, 2015
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Hartford Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 9 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Possessing Firearm

July 20, 2015
HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deidre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Travale Givens, also known as “Newport,” 34, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P...
July 20, 2015
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North Haven Man Sentenced To More Than 3 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Prescription Narcotics

July 17, 2015
NORTH 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 Brian Earl, 40, of North Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton...
July 17, 2015
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Derry Man Indicted On Charges Related To Sales Of Synthetic Cannabinoids

July 17, 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 a federal Grand Jury has returned a five-count indictment against Tony Aoude, 44, of Derry, New Hampshire that charges him with various offenses...
July 17, 2015
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Bakersfield Man Charged With Manufacturing Hashish Oil In His Home

July 17, 2015
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Following the arrest earlier today of August Davison, 26, of Bakersfield, an indictment has been unsealed charging him with maintaining a drug-involved premises, conspiracy, and manufacturing and distributing marijuana in the form of hashish oil. According to court documents, from approximately January 2014 to April 2015, Davison...
July 17, 2015
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Lewiston Man Sentenced To Over 10 Years For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

July 14, 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 Paul Robinson - , 33, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 121...
July 14, 2015
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