HARTFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANGEL BENITEZ, 38, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for drug distribution and firearm...

STAMFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANNY TURKVAN, also known as “Smooth” 54, of Stamford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for...

BOSTON – Two Massachusetts men have been arrested and charged in connection with the seizure of approximately 73 kilos of cocaine in Revere, Massachusetts. Noel Betances, 42, of Chelsea and Reylin Segura, 31, of Boston, were charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances...

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Calvin D. Thomas, Jr., 30, and Satori Ashanti Keys, 45, both of Pensacola, were indicted by a federal grand jury this week. Each man was charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, more than 500 grams of...

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – Lagarius Joseph Johnson, 21, was sentenced to 35 years and 3 months’ imprisonment in federal court for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of controlled substances, and possession of a machinegun, and possession of a machine gun...

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Erik Gammons, 42, of Marianna, Fla., pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday, August 8, 2025, to Possession with Intent to Distribute 500 Grams or More of a Mixture and Substance Containing Methamphetamine and 500 Grams or More of Cocaine. The plea was announced by John P...

MIAMI – A Fort Pierce man has been sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for drug trafficking. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon imposed the sentence on Derron Nathaniel Johnson, 28, following his guilty plea to distribution of fentanyl and cocaine. According to the facts admitted at the change...

BOSTON – A Worcester psychiatrist has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for illegally prescribing controlled substances. Mohamad Och, 69, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to four years of probation and ordered to pay a $30,000 fine. In November 2023, Och was convicted following...

Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KRISTEN CAROTENUTO, 35, of Pelham, New York, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to five months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for tampering with vials...

BOSTON – A Southbridge man who served as the chief lieutenant of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed cocaine and fentanyl throughout the North Shore and Central Massachusetts areas has been sentenced in federal court in Worcester. Ismael Maysonet, 44, of Southbridge, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge...