BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Leonardo Lara, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs to 10 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release. In October 2025, Lara was convicted by...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A Rockford man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and heroin. DeMargio Tripp, 36, pleaded guilty earlier this year to distributing 40 grams or more of fentanyl and heroin in the Rockford area in 2024 and 2025. Tripp also admitted that...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LESTER ARRINGTON, 34, of Naugatuck, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to a cocaine trafficking charge. According to court documents and statements...

MADISON, Wis. – Jamar M. Purnell, 49, Chicago, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of...

BOSTON – A Dominican national residing in Saugus was indicted and extradited back to the United States from the Dominican Republic to face multiple federal charges stemming from a Homeland Security Task Force investigation for continuing criminal enterprise, drug trafficking and money laundering. Frank Maiky Baez Guerrero, 29, was charged...

BOSTON – A Dominican man unlawfully residing in Lawrence was sentenced in federal court in Boston for money laundering, false use of a Social Security number and aggravated identity theft. Juan Carlos Lugo Gonzalez, a/k/a “Josue Cabrera,” 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Denise J. Casper to...

BOSTON – Thirteen individuals have been charged for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) operating in Central Massachusetts and Puerto Rico that distributed cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl and marijuana. The following defendants have been charged with one count each of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances: Jack Saez Jr...

CONCORD, N.H. - Donaida Gonzalez, a.k.a. “Yijana Rodriguez,” age 54, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. According to court documents and statements, in early 2024, law enforcement agencies began investigating a...

BOSTON – Eighteen individuals in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, California and Hawaii have been arrested in connection with an alleged drug trafficking and money laundering scheme centered in Gardner, Massachusetts. The following defendants have been charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that Todd Jarvis, 54, and Kylei Brown, 24, both of Winooski, Vermont, have been charged by criminal complaint with possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base and fentanyl. On May 12, 2026, Jarvis appeared before United...