CONCORD, N.H. – Manchester resident Aaron Silva, 27, was sentenced in federal court to 72 months of imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. According to court documents and statements made in...

CONCORD, N.H. – Tuftonboro resident Justin Trudeau, 27, was indicted by a federal grand jury for possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of fentanyl analogue and 50 grams and more of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Trudeau will appear in federal court in Concord on a...

CONCORD, N.H. – Kittery, Maine resident Trenton Murphy, 28, was sentenced in federal court to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine with a Massachusetts-based drug trafficking organization (DTO), U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. According to court documents and...

BOSTON – A Lawrence, Mass. man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to his involvement in a drug trafficking organization (DTO). Over two kilograms of suspected controlled substances and a pill press were recovered. Jose Vasquez Lantigua, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and...

Tallahassee, Fla.– Marcello Hinojosa, 53, of Tallahassee, Fla., pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said...

Tallahassee, Fla. – Tedrick Childs, 46, of Tallahassee, has been sentenced to 21 years and six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of distribution of cocaine and one count of distribution of methamphetamine. Childs, who was on supervised release for a 2018 federal drug conviction, was...

CONCORD, N.H. – A Laconia man was sentenced in federal court to 160 months in federal prison with four years of supervised release for one count of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, in a case brought by New Hampshire’s Homeland Security Task Force. Benjamin...

Ocala, Fla. – Jimmy Deon Lofton (46, Ocala) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber to eight years and one month in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Lofton pleaded guilty plea on May 28, 2026. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the...

BOSTON – A Boston man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for felony narcotics charges. Michael Lagasse, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Myong J. Joun to time-served (approximately 10 months) followed by three years of supervised release. The government recommended a sentence of 40 months...

BOSTON – A Las Vegas man, formerly of Northborough, Mass., pleaded guilty on Sept. 10, 2026 in federal court in Worcester for conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute large quantities of anabolic steroids and methamphetamine. The defendant also pleaded guilty to firearms charges. Mark Taslakian, 52...