PORTLAND, Maine, July 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release: A Lowell, Massachusetts man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for distributing and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiring to distribute and possess methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen sentenced Angel Luis Lozano, 27, to 60 months in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release. Lozano pleaded guil  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 15, 2024: A former Weymouth Police officer was sentenced today for assaulting a man in custody by punching the victim multiple times without legal justification. Justin Chappell, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to two years' supervised release, with the first six months to be served in home confinement. Chappell was a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: A Quincy man pleaded guilty today to his involvement in a sophisticated international money laundering and drug trafficking organization. Licheng Huang, 41, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley scheduled sentencing for Oct. 31, 2024. In May 2023, Huang was among 12 individuals from Massachus  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: A Worcester man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. Yoelfi Feliz, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 74 months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release. In November 2023, Feliz was char  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: MIDDLETOWN, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that JASON FABEL, 46, of Middletown, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to po  more