BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON An Abington man was sentenced on June 18th in federal court in Boston for conspiring to distribute oxycodone pills. Kenneth Veiga, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 60 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. In April 2024, Viega pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present 30-year-old Ecuadorian national charged in Massachusetts with assault to murder and assault and battery with a weapon. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested Daniel Parra June 13 in Fall River. "Daniel Parra has not only shown a blatant disregard for U.S. immigration law  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A Cambridge man was arrested on July 18th in connection with an ongoing investigation of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Over the course of the past four years, the defendant is alleged to have been responsible for the manufacturing of over 200 kilograms of counterfeit pills. Schuyler Oppenheimer, a/k/a "SK,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: An Abington man was sentenced on June 18th in federal court in Boston for conspiring to distribute oxycodone pills. Kenneth Veiga, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 60 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. In April 2024, Viega pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: A Boston man was arrested and charged last week in federal court in Boston in connection with illegal firearm smuggling between the United States and the Dominican Republic. Alexis Lara Herrera, 26, was charged with one count of smuggling goods from the United States; aiding and abetting. Herrera made an initial appearance in federal court in B  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A convicted felon has been sentenced in connection with firearm and drug offenses that occurred in 2019 and his subsequent possession of firearms and narcotics while on pre-trial release for the previously charged offenses. Christian Soares, a/k/a "Eazy," 31, of Brockton, was sentenced on July 18, 2024 by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to 12   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: A former Boston Police officer was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with an investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department's (BPD) evidence warehouse. Michael Murphy, 64, of Hyde Park, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to two years of supervised release. Murphy was also o  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A former Boston Police Sergeant was sentenced on July 18, 2024 in federal court in Boston in connection with an investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department's (BPD) evidence warehouse. George Finch, 62, of Franklin, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to three years of probation, to be followed by six months to be serve  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release: A former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 3rd Congressional District of Massachusetts was sentenced on July 18th in federal court in Boston for charges of violating the Federal Election Campaign Act and false statements. Abhijit Das, a/k/a "Beej," 51, of North Andover, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 21 mon  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: * * * Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources is part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive a $450 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice * * * BOSTON (JULY 22, 2024) - Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agen  more