RUTLAND, VT. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on February 4, 2026, Joseph Llano, 26, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced by United States District Judge Mary Kay Lanthier to a term of 60 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 4-year term of...

CONCORD, N.H. – Craig Pearson, 42, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. According to the plea agreement, in late June and early...

BOSTON – A Duxbury man has been charged in a six-count indictment for allegedly distributing, and conspiring to distribute, fentanyl and cocaine in Duxbury, Kingston, Middleborough and Plymouth. Justin Tatum, a/k/a “JD,” 40, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess...

CONCORD, N.H. – Mark Williams, 45, plead guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. According to the charging documents and statements made in court, in...

STAMFORD, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SAMUEL ELIE, 49, of Stamford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 108 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release for distributing narcotics. According to court...

BOSTON – A Rhode Island woman has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for her leading role in laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars of her then-boyfriend’s fentanyl trafficking money. Carolina Correa, 35, of Cranston, R.I., was sentenced on Feb. 4, 2026 by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T...

BATON ROUGE, LA – United States Attorney Kurt Wall announced the sentencing of Michael D. Nelson, age 56 of Independence, Louisiana, in connection with an extensive federal, state, and local investigation aimed at a large-scale cocaine and heroin trafficking network based in East Baton Rouge and Ascension Parishes. U.S. District...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Two related indictments charging 19 defendants in a drug trafficking conspiracy based in Jefferson County have been unsealed, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona. The following individuals were charged in the first indictment: Hakim Rashad James, also known as “Hop,” 48, of Birmingham, Ranisha Alliya Tolbert, also...

BOSTON – A member of the violent Boston-based gang, H-Block, has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for drug conspiracy charges. Trea Lankford, a/k/a “Montana,” a/k/a “Heffna Boss Don,” a/k/a “Tre Cain,” 34 of Boston, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to eight years in...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Warwick man has been sentenced in federal court in Rhode Island for selling fentanyl-laced pills disguised as Percocet, announced United States Attorney Charles C. Calenda Preston Quintanilha, 23, was sentenced on January 20, 2026, by U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy to 36 months of...