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...

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...

STAMFORD, Conn. - Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Fernando McMillan, Special Agent in Charge of the Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations New York Field Office, and Stephen P. Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –The Drug Enforcement Administration, in coordination with more than 4,400 law enforcement partners across the country, will host the 28th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering communities across the United States a safe, convenient, and anonymous way to...

ASHLAND, Ky. – A Columbus, Ohio, man, Angelo Dre Clifton, 31, was sentenced on Monday, by Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning, to 25 years in prison, for the distribution of fentanyl resulting in an overdose death. According to Clifton’s plea agreement, on June 9, 2019, law enforcement responded to...

LONDON, Ky. – A Lebanese and Italian national, Alessandro Sabbagh, 27, was sentenced on Friday, April 11, 2025 by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier to 78 months in prison, for conspiracy to sell counterfeit drugs and knowingly causing the sale of a counterfeit drug. According to his plea agreement, between...

Louisville, KY – This week, following a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted a Louisville, Kentucky man of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Jim Scott of the DEA Louisville Field Division, and Chief Paul...

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...

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 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...