FORT DRUM, New York, May 22 -- The U.S. Army's Fort Drum (10th Mountain Division) issued the following news: By Mike Strasser In 2006, roughly 12,000 Soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division (LI) were in Afghanistan, fighting insurgent forces while engaged in all manner of military operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Among those Soldiers was Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti, for whom the Monti Physical Fitness Center was named during a memorialization ceremony June 30, 2010, at For  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Peter McCarthy, 51, of Lynn, Massachusetts, the owner of Steps to Solutions Inc., a group of residential sober homes, was found liable following a five-day jury trial. In August 2021, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit alleging that McCarthy subjected female tenants to sexual harassment in violation of the Fair Housi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: A Brooklyn man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) wherein he transported kilograms of cocaine from New York to Boston in August 2020. Dinelson Hernandez-Rodriguez, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to 68 months incarceration and three years of supervised  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Magellan Diagnostics, Inc., a medical device company headquartered in Billerica, Mass., has agreed to resolve criminal charges relating to its concealment of a device malfunction that produced inaccurately low lead test results for potentially tens of thousands of children and other patients. As part of the criminal resolution, Magellan will ple  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: A Rhode Island man was sentenced today for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed fentanyl throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Alfredo Valdez, 45 of Providence, R.I. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release.   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: Two men have been charged with allegedly conspiring to murder a witness in a federal trial as well as rivals. One defendant also allegedly discussed the murder of federal prosecutors. Elijah Melton, 26, of Middleborough, and Kareem Pires, 25, of Wareham, have been charged with one count each of conspiring to commit murder for hire. Pires was arrested this mornin  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: A Canton orthopedic surgeon was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a health care fraud scheme. Dr. Olarewaju James Oladipo, 60, of Canton, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 16 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release. In December 2023, Oladipo was convicted by a federal  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 22 -- The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation today announced that Ruby McIntee, a U.S. Citizen and senior at the High School of Dundee in Dundee Scotland, has won the national John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest for High School Students. The winning essay describes how former U.S. Representative Vito Marcantonio (New York 18th District) courageously oppo  more