STATESBORO, GA: Eighteen defendants from the Laurens and Toombs County, Ga., area are in custody awaiting further legal proceedings after their initial court appearances from a 55-count drug trafficking indictment in U.S. District Court. Each of the 18 defendants is charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Patrick Tylicki, 32, of Matthews, North Carolina, and his co-conspirator, Gregory Alan Kirk, 28, of Charlotte, were sentenced today for their role in distributing fentanyl that resulted in a victim’s death, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Tylicki was sentenced...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – James Leon Massey, 52, of Whittier, N.C., was sentenced to 139 months in prison today followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Robert J. Murphy, Special Agent...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Jonathan Maurice Logan, 35, of Asheville, N.C., was sentenced to 14 years in prison today followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Robert J. Murphy, Special Agent...

BOSTON – A Springfield man pleaded guilty today to possessing cocaine intended for distribution. Hector Quinones, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni scheduled sentencing for May 9, 2024. Quinones was indicted by a federal grand jury...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Concord man was sentenced today in federal court for possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Ethan Lea, 33, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Landya B. McCafferty to 72 months in prison and 3 years of...

BOSTON – A Maine man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with a fentanyl trafficking operation that spanned across northern New England. Douglas Morris, 33, of Bangor, Maine, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to 12.5 years in prison and five years of...

BOSTON – A New York man was sentenced on Jan. 5, 2024 in federal court in Springfield for drug trafficking charges involving fentanyl. Chanty Reynoso Vasquez, 28, of Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to two years in prison. In July 2023, Reynoso Vasquez pleaded...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Dajuan Williams, 31, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced in the United States District Court on January 4, 2024, following his guilty plea to drug trafficking and money laundering charges described in counts 1...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Rhode Island woman has been sentenced in federal court in Concord for her role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Maylerin Urena, a/k/a/ Janet, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe to 27 months...