BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A member of a large-scale criminal enterprise has been convicted after a four-day trial for distributing large amounts of cocaine throughout Eastern and Western Massachusetts. Vicente Gonzalez, 51, of Chicopee, was convicted on Oct. 3, 2024 of one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or m  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: CONCORD, N.H. A Northfield woman has pleaded guilty in federal court for diverting fentanyl from an ICU patient at Concord Hospital, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Lisa Richardson, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of Tampering with Consumer Products. U.S. District Court Judge Landya McCafferty scheduled sentencing for January 16, 2025.  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAHQUAN BLACKWIN, also known as "Mula," 27, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics an  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2024: A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty on Friday to willful failure to collect, account for and pay over any payroll taxes owed by businesses he owned and controlled. According to court documents, Kenneth Marston, of Kingston, was the owner and operator of Bowmar Steel Industries Inc., a steel fabrication company, and Teleconstructors Inc., which provided installation services on cellular phone   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: CONCORD. N.H. A Lawrence, Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court for trafficking methamphetamine in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Narquin Sanchez-Unbes, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Landya B. McCafferty, to 42 months in federal prison and one year of supervised release. On June 6, 2024  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: CONCORD, N.H. A Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court for drug trafficking in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Carlos Alejandro Chevalier Santos, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Samantha Elliott to 36 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release. In June 2024, Chevalier Santos pleaded gui  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A Boston man has pleaded guilty to his role in Cameron Street, a violent Boston gang. Charod Taylor, a/k/a "Pachino," 35, of Boston, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise (commonly referred to as RICO conspiracy) and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young s  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A mother and son were sentenced in federal court in Boston for participating in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that allegedly distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Javier Bello, a/k/a "Javi," 29, of Beverly, Mass. was sentenced by U.S. District   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ISRAEL MENDOZA, also known as "D-Nice" and "Israel Mandosa," 44, formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribut  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: WETHERSFIELD, Conn. Vanessa Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JIMMY LASSUS, 40, of Wethersfield, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to distribution of fentanyl and oxycodone. According to court documents and statements made in court, in the early morning of   more