PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Connecticut man detained at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility while awaiting sentencing on a criminal matter prosecuted in the District of Connecticut has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence to two years of incarceration for arranging to have papers soaked with a synthetic...

BOSTON – An associate of the violent Boston gang Cameron Street has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in federal court in Boston. Michael Lopes, a/k/a “Meech,” 35, of Pawtucket, R.I., pleaded guilty to a one-count Superseding Information charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody have announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging...

BOSTON – A Boston-area man has pleaded guilty to his role in Cameron Street, a violent Boston gang. Daronde Bethea, a/k/a “Freeze,” 32, of Boston and Brockton, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, more commonly known as RICO conspiracy; conspiracy to interfere with commerce by...

BOSTON – A Philadelphia woman has been sentenced to eight days in prison for conspiring to distribute kilos of fentanyl and heroin. The government recommended a sentence of 37 months in prison. Elba Pena, 34, was sentenced on Feb. 1, 2024 by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man with a lengthy criminal history, to include more than a dozen convictions for a wide variety of offenses, including breaking and entering, drug trafficking, domestic violence, forgery and counterfeiting, larceny, armed bank robbery, and carrying a concealed weapon, was sentenced today to five years...

BOSTON – A Malden man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for distributing methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement officer. David Desousa, 33, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 10 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release. In...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – eBay Inc, an e-commerce company headquartered in San Jose, California, has agreed to pay $59 million and to enhance its compliance program to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in connection with thousands of pill presses and encapsulating machines that were sold through...

BOSTON – A Boston man has pleaded guilty to attempting to receive 24 kilograms of cocaine intended for distribution. Eddy Javier Guerrero, 31, pleaded guilty on Jan. 19, 2024 to one count of attempt to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. U.S. District Court Judge...

BOSTON – A Venezuelan man has been sentenced for laundering drug trafficking proceeds from around the world. Manuel Calderin Calderin, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 27 months in prison and one year of supervised release. In October 2023, Calderin Calderin pleaded guilty to...