PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Massachusetts man described in court documents as being a “kilo weight dealer” of cocaine has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom. Juan Betancourt Sosa, 29, pleaded guilty on October 16, 2024, to a charge of...

BOSTON – Three men pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with their participation in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine and laundered the proceeds. Lawrence Michael Nagle, Jr., 34, of Saugus, pleaded guilty...

BOSTON – An Allston man has been indicted for trafficking methamphetamine and 1,4-Butanediol (BDO), an analogue of Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) – more commonly known as the “date rape drug” – out of his Allston home. Peter Schiepers, 32, is charged with one count of distribution and possession with the intent...

BOSTON – A Dominican national living in Boston has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for distributing fentanyl. Santo Rafael Franco Andujar, formerly charged as “John Doe,” was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to 11 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised...

BOSTON – A Boston area man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in Cameron Street, a violent Boston gang. Jose Afonseca, 32, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to 100 months in prison, to be followed by four years of...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Manchester man pleaded guilty in federal court for trafficking large quantities of fentanyl, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Davis announces. Stephen Stangle, 60, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. U.S. District Court Judge Paul J. Barbadoro scheduled sentencing for June 25...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Stephen P. Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Enfield Police Chief Alaric Fox announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and Stephen P. Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, have announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned a three-count indictment charging JOSE BARET, 33...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that ERIC HERMAN, 32, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to drug distribution and firearm possession offenses. According to court documents and statements made in...

BOSTON – A Mexican national previously deported twice from the United States has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in a conspiracy to distribute kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine and launder the proceeds. Jesus Lopez Medina, 33, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J...