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Federal Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday February 18, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Acting Mass. U.S. Attorney: New Bedford Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Conspiracy
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: A New Bedford man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to his role in a Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) operating in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Jose Santiago, 46, pleaded guilty on Feb. 12, 2024, to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Bu  more

ERO Boston arrests Guatemalan national charged with child sexual assault in Rhode Island
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston apprehended an unlawfully present citizen of Guatemala Feb. 6 who is facing child molestation charges in Providence, Rhode Island. "This Guatemalan national has disregarded U.S. immigration laws and has been charged with horrific crimes against a Rhode Island child," said ERO Boston Field Office Direct  more