BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Jessie Alan Clark, 42, of Burke County, was sentenced today to 235 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release on drug and gun charges, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Robert J. Murphy, Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Field Division of the Drug Enf  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, April 20 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Jerry Saslav, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs The installation will host a Holocaust Remembrance Day event and guest speaker at the chapel May 6 from noon to 1 p.m. The annual observance will honor the memory of the millions who suffered and perished during the Holocaust. "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it," said Alexis Victorian, project officer for the D  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: A Springfield man has been arrested on drug related charges involving fentanyl. Emilio Garcia-Cappas, 27, was indicted on one count of conspiracy to distribute 40 or more grams of fentanyl and one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Garcia-Cappas was arrested yesterday and, following an appearance in fede  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SPOKANE, Wash. - Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of announced that Henry Patrick Bevans, III, age 40, of Spokane, was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of Possession with the Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Actual (Pure) Methamphetamine. United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice impos  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Texas man was sentenced to six and a half years in prison and three years supervised release for trafficking more than 21 kilograms of the drug known as Spice from Texas to Alaska. "Spice" is a generic term for synthetic cannabinoids, which are mind-altering chemicals that are formed by dissolving psychotropic drugs in  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: YAKIMA, Wash. - United States Attorney Vanessa R. Waldref announced today that twenty-eight people are in state or federal custody following the return of six separate indictments alleging more than two dozen charges against thirty-four separate defendants. The arrests follow a long-term joint federal and state investigation led by the Bur  more

PORTLAND, Maine, April 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release: A man from Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. U.S. District Judge Jon D. Levy sentenced Jose Alfredo Mercedes Botello, 22, to 44 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. Botello pleaded guilty on November 27, 2023. According to court records, in March  more