WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * Massachusetts Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $147 Million * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Massachusetts' Initial Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Admini  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, July 26 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Jennifer Parks, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Col. Fred E. Garcia II assumed leadership of the Cyber and Networks Directorate's Enterprise IT and Cyber Infrastructure Division during a ceremony at Hanscom Air Force Base, July 19. He succeeds Col. Justin Collins, who is preparing to retire. The division is part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Cyber and Networks Di  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON 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 Ju  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that AURELIA CAROLINA LARA-DIAZ, 30, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Boston, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 50 months of imprisonment for trafficking fentanyl   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: A Salem man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that manufactured and distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing narcotics. Kion Shepherd, 25, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to 70 months in pri  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging LUIS RODRIGUEZ, also known as "Plum" and "Minnie  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that Hussein Iman, age 20, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Joseph Cadorette, II, age 37, of Williamstown, Vermont, have been charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute and distribution of fentanyl and cocaine base. Cadorette is scheduled to have his initial appear  more