BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on June 10, 2024, Keniel Santiago, 21, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced by United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 60 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a three-year term of supervised...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on June 10, 2024, Law Zabriskie, 66, of Bridgewater, Vermont, was sentenced by United States District Judge William K. Sessions III to a time-served sentence to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty in federal court to drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Carlos Alejandro Chevalier Santos, 22, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and distribution of controlled substances. U.S. District Court Samantha Elliott scheduled sentencing for September 16, 2024. Charges...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Manchester man was sentenced in federal court for drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. John Barber, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Samantha Elliott to 60 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release. The defendant was ordered to forfeit...

MIAMI– On June 10, Sudiata Stinson, 47, of Vero Beach, Fla., was sentenced to 188 months in prison for distributing a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, by U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez sitting in Miami. On February 7, Stinson pleaded guilty to an indictment charging...

BOSTON – A Providence, R.I. man has been sentenced for his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed fentanyl throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Rafael Cesar Cabreja Jimenez, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 42 months in prison, followed by two...

BOSTON – A Boston man has pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine hydrochloride (“crystal meth”). Vincent Lambert, 41, pleaded guilty to three counts of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. In June 2023, Lambert was indicted by a federal grand jury. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani scheduled...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office stated that Kajuan Woods, 35, of Brooklyn, New York has been charged by criminal complaint with possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute in Burlington, Vermont in January 2024. Woods was arrested in connection with this complaint on June 4, 2024. Woods’s initial...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who previously admitted to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, which involved a plot to kidnap a U.S Postal Service (USPS) employee while members of the conspiracy searched for missing cocaine that had been shipped from Puerto Rico, has been sentenced to nearly...

Tampa, Fla. – U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday has sentenced Christian Perez-Seda, 38, of Tampa, Fla., to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison for distributing and possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Perez-Seda pleaded guilty in March 2024. According to court documents, on July 24, 2021, Perez-Seda...