BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Jesus Andres Villapudua, a/k/a "Chik" (35, San Luis, Arizona), and Noel Alfredo Garcia, (34, Las Vegas, Nevada) with conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Both def  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: * * * Agency takes action against property owner to address lead-based paint hazards and protect children and families * * * On March 21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an Administrative Order on Consent to Historic Cargill Falls Mill, LLC to take immediate steps to protect tenants and visitors at The Lofts at Cargill Falls Mill in Putnam, Conn. from l  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that Raymond Montanez (42, Land O' Lakes) has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and one count of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. Each count carries a minimum mandatory term of 5 years, and up to 40 years, in federal prison. A sent  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: A Boston man was sentenced yesterday for his role in a money laundering conspiracy. Mark Anthony Figueroa, 50, a/k/a Angel Figueroa, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release. Figueroa was also ordered to pay a fine of $30,000 and forfeiture of more than $700,000.  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: A Colombian man was sentenced yesterday for his role in a sophisticated money laundering organization that laundered approximately $1 million in proceeds from drug trafficking through United States banks. Luis Fernando Galindo Ramos, 55, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 38 months in prison. In December 2023,   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A former Worcester resident has been indicted for firearms offenses and distributing cocaine. Juan Otero, 22, of Franklin, was indicted on one count of dealing in firearms without a license; one count of receiving a firearm while under indictment; one count of possession of a machinegun; and one count of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: A Maine man was sentenced today for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy that operated in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Northern California. Jacob Parlin, 44, of Lebanon, Maine, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release. In November 2023, Parlin was  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: An Ohio man has been charged in Boston, Mass. for a nearly three-decade scheme to conceal his alleged involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which left more than 800,000 people dead. The defendant is also charged with obstruction of justice and with perjury for allegedly offering false testimony in the 2019 Boston trial of his former classmate and now-convic  more

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 22 -- The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, a service component of the U.S. Africa Command, issued the following news: By Maj. Joe Legros "I really can't believe I'm here in Kenya again," said U.S. Army Spc. Dalya Wambui, attached to the 772nd Military Police Company, Massachusetts National Guard. Born in Nairobi, Wambui is back in her native country, which is hosting exercise Justified Accord 2024, U.S. Africa Command's largest military exercise in East Af  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Efrain Rivera Matos (45, Tampa) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl charges. Rivera Matos pleaded guilty on December 8, 2023. According to court documents, on July 27, 2022, Rivera Matos conspired to ship approximately 56  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that Marcus Lutrell Walden (36, Winter Haven) has pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine and p-fluorofentanyl (a fentanyl analogue). Walden faces a minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 40 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to the p  more