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

WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 22 (TNSres) -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release (TNSres): Results from the FLAURA2 Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca's TAGRISSO(R) (osimertinib) with the addition of chemotherapy provided a clinically meaningful and consistent benefit in subsequent outcomes after disease progression in patients with locally advanced or metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated (EGFRm) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). TAGRISSO w  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

LOS ANGELES, California, March 21 (TNSres) -- The Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California at Los Angeles issued the following news: A new treatment approach that combines a targeted therapy drug with hormone therapy significantly increased the amount of time a person with stage 2 or 3 HR-positive, HER2-negative early breast cancer lives without the cancer returning, according to a new study co-led by UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators. The  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 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Governor Maura T. Healey nominated Rebeca G. Figueroa, Vanessa Velez, and Steven S. Kim as Associate Justices to the Boston Municipal Court. The nominees will now be considered by the Governor's Council for confirmation. "I am proud to nominate these three attorneys to the Boston Municipal Court. Throughout the course of their careers, they've shown a clear and dedicated commitment to just  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 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

NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts, March 22 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has issued a $17 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Wamsutta Preservation LLC, an affiliate of HallKeen Management, Inc., which is using proceeds to renovate and preserve the historic Wamsutta Apartments, a 144-unit affordable multifamily rental housing complex in New Bedford's Acushnet Heights Historic District. The company is making significant upgrades to all bathrooms and most kitche  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