Tampa, Fla. – U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Vicente Lopez Mero (67, Ecuador) to 19 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Lopez Mero pleaded guilty on...

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Malcolm Jamal Norvilus, 39, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., was sentenced July 1, 2025, to 120 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Calvin Eugene Williams, 35, of Panama City, Fla., has been indicted in federal court for trafficking in methamphetamine on two separate occasions. John P. Heekin, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the charges. Williams was indicted for possessing with the intent to distribute...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Jason Rigdon, 44, of Crawfordville, Florida, pleaded guilty July 9, 2025, to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of multiple firearms by a convicted felon. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. “I applaud the...

CONCORD, N.h. – A Manchester man has been sentenced in federal court for drug trafficking offenses, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Davis announces. Stephen Stangle, 60, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Steven J. McAuliffe to 120 months in federal prison and 5 years of supervised release. In March 2025...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kendrick Jermaine Hills Jr., 22, of Williston, Florida, has been indicted in federal court for charges related to armed drug trafficking. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the charges. Hills was arrested on July 10, 2025, and appeared before United...

CONCORD, N.h. – A Boston man has been sentenced in federal court in Concord in connection with a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine in New Hampshire, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Juan Ramon Soto Baez, 55, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Samantha Elliott...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man has been convicted for a second time on federal methamphetamine trafficking charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom. David Vasbinder, 40, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to a charge of possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or...

BOSTON – A Salem, Massachusetts man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for his 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. Gino Castillo, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that JOSHUWA DIAZ, 34, of Bridgeport, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics. According...