BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A Vermont man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield in connection with illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Jeffrey Baird, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and one count of possessing with the intent to distribute methamphet  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont announced that Maria Alvarez, 43, of Rutland, has been arraigned in U.S. District Court in Burlington. Previously, a federal grand jury sitting in Rutland, Vermont returned a one-count indictment on November 15, 2023, alleging that Alvarez possessed cocaine with  more